Jaane kahaan mera jigar gaya ji

Jaane kahaan mera jigar gaya ji
Abhi abhi yahin tha kidhar gaya ji
Kissi ki adaaon pe mar gaya ji
Badi badi ankhiyon se darr gaya ji
Arre jaane kahaan mera jigar gaya ji
Abhi abhi yahin tha kidhar gaya ji
Kissi ki adaaon pe mar gaya ji
Badi badi ankhiyon se darr gaya ji

Kahin maare darr ke chuha toh nahin ho gaya
Kahin maare darr ke chuha toh nahin ho gaya
Kone kone dekha, na jaane kahaan kho gaya
Kone kone dekha, na jaane kahaan kho gaya
Yahaan usse laaye kaahe ko bina kaam re
Jaldi jaldi dhundho, ke hone lagi shaam re
Yahaan usse laaye kaahe ko bina kaam re
Jaldi jaldi dhundho, ke hone lagi shaam re

Jaane kahaan mera jigar gaya ji
Abhi abhi yahin tha kidhar gaya ji
Kissi ki adaaon pe mar gaya ji
Badi badi ankhiyon se darr gaya ji

Koi ulfat ki nazar zara pher de
Koi ulfat ki nazar zara pher de
Le le do chaar aane, jigar mera per de
Le le do chaar aane, jigar mera per de
Aise nahin chori khulegi takraar se
Chalo chalo thaane, bataaye jamadaar se
Aise nahin chori khulegi takraar se
Chalo chalo thaane, bataaye jamadaar se

Jaane kahaan mera jigar gaya ji
Abhi abhi yahin tha kidhar gaya ji
Kissi ki adaaon pe mar gaya ji
Badi badi ankhiyon se darr gaya ji

Sachchi sachchi kehdo, dikhaao nahin chaal re
Sachchi sachchi kehdo, dikhaao nahin chaal re
Toone toh nahin hain churaaya mera maal re
Toone toh nahin hain churaaya mera maal re
Baatein hain nazar ki, nazar se samjhaaungi
Pehle pado paiyya, toh phir batlaaungi
Baatein hain nazar ki, nazar se samjhaaungi
Pehle pado paiyya, toh phir batlaaungi

Jaane kahaan mera jigar gaya ji
Abhi abhi yahin tha kidhar gaya ji
Kissi ki adaaon pe mar gaya ji
Badi badi ankhiyon se darr gaya ji
Arre jaane kahaan mera jigar gaya ji
Abhi abhi yahin tha kidhar gaya ji
Kissi ki adaaon pe mar gaya ji
Badi badi ankhiyon se darr gaya ji

Movie: Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)
Director: Guru Dutt
Singers: Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Music Composer: O P Nayyar

A fun song to help in these morbid times, hopefully.

Majrooh Sultanpuri won a Filmfare for ‘Chahunga main tujhe’ (Dosti). It amazes me that the same man wrote this playful, nonsensical ditty!

On this blog, Geeta Dutt is a favourite, so it’s no surprise that we love this song.

And on screen, enacting the beautifully sung song is a lovely, big-eyed young woman we probably didn’t get to see often enough, Yasmin (or Vinita Butt, apparently) with Johnny Walker.

What’s not to love! ~ R