Jaan-e-bahar husn tera bemisaal hai (her beauty is beyond compare)
Film: Pyar kiya toh darna kya (1963)
Music: Ravi
Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Singer: Mohammed Rafi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6dVti1YVwM
How did I forget this? This should have been top of the list... although the praise is for the rainy night he met her, it's made memorable because of her! What lyrics by Sahir! One of the most exquisite songs in Raag Yaman imo.
Zindagi bhar nahi bhoolegi
Film: Barsaat ki Raat (1960)
Music: Roshan
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Singer: Mohammed Rafi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cohx2f10wU
Although this song is meant to be sardonic - it's directed at Shammi who DK is clearly not interested in but he's meant to praise her beauty so he does, I'm still posting it because the lyrics are filled with praise.
He is willing to pledge the wind, the night, the moonlight for one single 'act of performance' by her. Ada means more like a style or an attitude that is usually put on and not genuine, so there right there begins his subtle mocking.
And 'mujhe kyon na ho teri aarzoo. teri justajoo mein bahar hai' is directed at himself and the conditioning by society. She clearly stands for eveything that's desirable in a woman, so why wouldn't he when longing for her would only mean 'good things' (bahar/ spring) for him?
What a great song!
Ye hawa, ye raat, ye chandni
Film: Sangdil (1952)
Music: Sajjad Hussain
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishen
Singer: Talat Mehmood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQCMe6ZDifs
Edited by LizzieBennet - 4 months ago
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