• Ghazal : Rafta Rafta who meri

    From Mogul TV@21:1/5 to Ashok on Fri May 28 16:12:39 2021
    On Tuesday, September 9, 1997 at 1:00:00 PM UTC+6, Ashok wrote:
    In article <5v4fci$1...@drn.zippo.com>, EkMitra says...
    The words for this Gazal are in ISB (song number 176).
    But there is no information on the poet. Anyone knows?
    Rafta rafta woh meri hasti ka saamaan ho gayey,
    Pehlay jaan, phir jaan-e-jaan, phir jaan-e-jaana ho gayey !
    Din-b-din badnay lagi us husn ki raaniyaan,
    ^^^^^^^^^
    Pehlay Gul, phir gul-badan, phir gul-badamaan ho gayey !
    ^^^^^^^^^
    Aap to nazdeek say nazdeek-tar aatay rahey,
    Pehlay dil, phir dilruba, phir dil kay mehmaan ho gayey !
    The first word is "rAnAiA.n" (rAnAee is grace, tenderness,
    beauty).
    And is the second word "gul_badAnA.n"?
    Not sure if it means anything different from "gul_badan".
    There is one more sher, of which the second misra I find
    very interesting:
    pyaar jab had se ba.Dhaa, saare takalluf miT gae
    aap se phir tum hue, phir tu kaa unvaa.n ho gae

    A variation of the Gazal showed up in a 1960s film,
    'Ham Kahaan Ja Rahe Hain'. I don't remember who claimed
    lyricist "credit" for it. The tune by Basant Prakash is
    superb and the singers were Mahendra Kapoor and Asha.
    Here are the lyrics, posted sometime ago by Surajit Bose.

    raftaa raftaa vo mere ha.Nstii kaa saamaa.n ho gaye
    pehle dil phir dilrubaa phir dil ke meh_maa.N ho gaye
    raftaa raftaa vo hamaare dil ke armaa.N ho gaye
    pehle jaa.N phir jaan-e-jaa.N phir jaan-e-jaanaa ho gaye
    raftaa raftaa hus_n nikhraa aur nikhartaa hii gayaa
    pehle gul, phir gulbadan, phir gulbadaamaa ho gaye
    raftaa raftaa unkii aa.Nkho.n kaa nashaa baDhane lagaa
    pehle mai, phir maikadaa, phir mai ka tuufaa.N ho gaye

    Ashok

    PS: raanaaiaa.n triggers the lovely Rafi song in my
    mind:
    tum chale jaaogi, parchhaaiaa.n reh jaaengi
    kuchh na kuchh husn ki, raanaaiyaa.n reh jaaengi
    Shagun: Sahir: Khayyam
    Nice discussion

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