Kaare kaare badra

Kaare kaare badra, ja re ja re badra
Meri atariya na shor macha
Kaare kaare badra, ja re ja re badra
Meri atariya na shor macha
Kaare kaare badra

Kaahe ko jagaaya o bairi main toh soyi thi
Kaahe ko jagaaya o bairi main toh soyi thi
Paapi tu kya jaane main sapno mein khoyi thi
Paapi tu kya jaane main sapno mein khoyi thi
Aankhon se meri li nindiya uda

Kaare kaare badra, ja re ja re badra
Meri atariya na shor macha
Kaare kaare badra
Kabhi ith aye toh kabhi uth jaaye re
Kabhi ith aye toh kabhi uth jaaye re
Dekh ke akeli tu mujhko daraye re
Dekh ke akeli tu mujhko daraye re
Seekhe kahaan se yeh dhang chhaliya

Kaare kaare badra, ja re ja re badra
Meri atariya na shor macha
Kaare kaare badra

Aaja tuhi aaja, pawan lehraaike
Aaja tuhi aaja, pawan lehraaike

Sangh sangh le ja yeh badra udaaike
Sangh sangh le ja yeh badra udaaike
Dungi duwaaein, ho tera bhala

Kaare kaare badra, ja re ja re badra
Meri atariya na shor macha
Kaare kaare badra

Movie: Bhabhi (1957)
Director: Krishnan–Panju
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan
Music Composer: Chitragupt

Sometimes, I like checking out others’ playlists to see songs that fit a certain mood or theme. I found this song on a rainy-day playlist. It immediately struck me as the Hindi version of ‘rain, rain, go away’. And then, the next verse struck a chord, because I have also been rudely awoken from dream-filled slumber by rumbling thunder and pelting rain. I just had to feature it here. Interestingly, our blog also has a song asking the rain not to go away! ~ R