*Gammaan di raat lambi hai ja mere geet lambe ne
na kaali raat mukdi e na mere geet mukde ne.*
(Is this night of sadness long or my songs are long,
neither this black night is ending, nor are my songs.)
As I remember these lines of Shiv Kumar Batalwi, I start to think of the sad songs in Hindi cinema. I know’love is in air’, but due to experiences with life and personal choice, I’ve always liked sad songs over love songs and hence always liked Mukesh over Rafi.
Similarly, in a triangular love story, I’ve always liked the hero who couldn’t get the heroine, as they say, real taste of love is in partition. And as Talat once sung, ’Hain sab se madhur wo geet jinhe hum dard ke sur mein gaate hain’.
Before I begin to depress you with my favourite sad songs, will like to clear few things:
I) In romantic or dancing songs, music plays an important role, and even mediocre lyrics can make a song hit . But in sad songs the importance of lyrics, followed by voice is more than that of music.
II) Some may think that Rafi was the best voice for sad songs, I think I don’t need to tell who really was:).
III) This isn’ list of my favourite sad songs, rather it is list of sad songs, which are my favourite.
IV) Will try my best to avoid, but please bear with me if the list is dominated by one voice.
What is in this world to get?
Hypocrite world forces a sensitive poet is forced to sing a song like:
*Yeh mehlon ye takhtoon ye taajon ki Duniya
ye insaan ke jaalim riwaajon ki duniya.
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaye to kya hai*
Will live and die only here
Wonderful song from’Mera naam joker’, showing feelings of the main character, who is a joker, and while all 3 women he loved in his life have moved forward, he has spent all of his life in a circus
*Jeena yahan marna yahan iske siwa jaana kahan
jab chahe tab humko awaaz do, hum hain wahin kal the jahan
apne yahin dono jahan iske siwa jaana kahan*
Learned from broken dreams
A blind man gets eyes only to see her lover, and sees his lover loving another man, so that man once again decides to become blind
*Toote huye khwabon ne humko yeh sikhaya hai
Dil ne jise paaya tha, aankhon ne ganwaaya hai*
If you can, please come back
Death is ultimate truth of life and here the singer is singing to the dead, if he/she can come back, this one can bring tears to any eye.
*O Jaane wale ho sake to laut ke aana
ye ghat tu ye baat kahin bhool na jaana.*
Am going away from your world
A heart broken man wants to go far away from her lover, where her memories won’t tease him. But will he succeed? on personal experience I don’t think he will.
*Teri duniya se ho ke majboor chala
main bahut door bahut door bahut door chala*
Time never comes back
A man who divorced his wife on wrong reasons and is now wishing that time comes back
*Zindagi ke safar main guzar jaate hain jo mukaam
wo fir nahin aate, wo fir nahin aate*
phool khilte hain, log milte hain magar
patjharh main jo phool murjha jaate hain .
I wish some one was made for me
Koi hota jisko apna hum apna keh sakte yaaro
paas nahin to door hi hota, lekin koi mera apna
Friend and lover betrayed me
How can one feel when his best friend marries his lover.
*Dost dost na raha, pyaar pyaar na raha
jindagi mujhe tere aitbaar na raha, aitbaar na raha*
Who were the people who got love by giving love?
*Jaane wo kaise log the jinke pyaar ko pyaar mila
humne to jub kaliyaan maangi, kaanton ka haar mila*
After heart break, one tries his best to forget the past but it isn’t that easy.
Those memories just don’t go!
*Yaad na jaaye, beete dinon ki
jaake na aaye jo din, dil kyon bulaye unhe
dil kyon bulaye!*
din jo pakheru hote, pinjre main main rakh leta
paalta unko jatan se, moti ke daane deta,
pehlu main rehta chhupaye
(Wonderfully sung by Rafi, which must have impressed even Mukesh*_^)
One I want to forget, comes in my mind frequently
Jinhe hum bhoolna chahen wo aksar yaad aate hain
bura ho is mohabbat ka wo aksar yaad aate hain
bhulaaen kis tarah jinko, kabhi pee thee un aankhon se
jhalak jaate hain jab ansoo, wo saagar yaad aate hain
One tries too hard to forget the past but when in the end he looses, he sings.
Oh forgotten memories, please don’t tease me anymore!
*Bhooli hui yaadon mujhe itna na sataao
chain se rehne do mere paas na aao*
Still there are brave lovers who sings below mentioned songs, but question is have they really succeeded in doing so?.
Have broken the heart that had your love
*Jis dil main basa tha pyaar tera
us dil ko kabhi ka torh diya*
badnaam na hone denge tujhe
tera naam hi lena chhorh diya
From past experiences with love, a heart broken lover is warning every wannabe lover .
Beware! Don’t fall in love!
Keh do koi na kare yahaan pyaar
ismain khushiaan hain kum,
beshumaar hain gum
ek hansi or aansoo hazaar
Love, promises are all lie
*kasme waade pyaar wafa sab
baaten hain baaton ka kya*
koi kisi ka nahin ye jhoothe
naate hain naaton ka kya
Due to word limit, I continue in comments section, however it is advisable you first consult the doctor before going there, looking at the Pros and Cons, and decide which body part is more important for you.