.... ek ajnabi se mile pichhale kaiin lamhon se ... jab jazbaa-e-dil se apne haath milaayaa humne ... ye kin deewaar-e-sawaalaat ko kuredaa shab-bhar jo shabnami khayaalaat pe ret ko giraayaa humne ... phir se saahil pe ruk-ruk ke dhhoondhhaa ashish ... jahaan yaadon ki seepiyon ko bichhaayaa humne ... ...... aaj phir paani baras rahaa thhaa ... jaise bechain aasmaan se uljhane.n baras rahee.n thhee ... jharokhe se pardaa hataakar haathh mein chaay kaa pyaalaa uthhaaye hum bhee un uljhanon mein shaamil ho gaye ... chhajje ke kone se tapakati nanhi-nanhi boonde chhoti si chamak dikhaa kar barasate paani mein doob jaati thhee ... baDi chhoti si zindagi thhee inki ... kaash bechainiyaan bhee aisi hi hoti.n ... neeche phaile paani ke sailaab mein kisi nayi boond ke tapakate hi gol-gol leharon ki jhaalar taiyyar ho jaati thhee ... ek ke baad ek nayi lehar ... khidki ke sheeshe par paani ke chhee.nte har pal nayi tasveere.n taraashate thhey ... kaash .... zehan par bhee koi tasveer kaa rukh itni aasaani se badal saktaa .... wahaan to roll mein gol gol lipati hui tasveeren thhee jo muD muD kar phir roobaroo ho jaati thhee ... is barsaat ne yaadon ke bhanvar mein laa khadaa kar rakhaa thhaa ... barsaat dhheere dhheere baDhhati rahi ... maano aankhon ke saamne dhhuen ka pardaa kheench rahi thhee ... dhhundhhle aasmaan par baadalon ke guzarate kaarwaan ke saath main us puraane daur mein pahunch gayaa thhaa jahaan se chand roz pehale baahar niklaa thhaa ... chand roz kahaan ... ye waqt beete to arsaa guzar gayaa thhaa .... kuchh bheegi raaton ke kisse, ... kuchh tumhaare aawaaz ki bayaar, kuchh kham-khayaali ki nazdeekiyaan, ... aur thhodaa saa pyaar ... aankhon hi aankhon mein hansane kaa andaaz, wo palako.n se chhlakati hui sharaarat, ek taraf jhuke chehare se lipati hui baalon ki geeli si lat, ... aur maasoomiyat mein chhupaa koi raaz ... .... us raaz ko jaan na paayaa ... pehchaanate pehchaanate cheharaa dhhu.e kaa baadal ho chukaa thhaa .... aawaaz ki bayaar saanson ki tang deewar ban chuki thhee ... ha.nsee khamosh tasveeron mein qaid thhee ... bas haathon mein chand tasveeren aur un baDi baDi aankhon se Dhalki maasoomiyat liye chalaa aayaa ... haath mein wohi chaay kaa pyaalaa .... thhandi si chaay ... sheeshe par boondon se khinchee nayee betarteeb tasveere.n .... aur zindagi se maange hue kuchh pal ... kuchh maange hue din ... aur kuchh maangi hui raatein ... This is a song from Basera ... Yet another RD - Gulzar movie [though not present in the rmim article list of Gulzar-lyrics movies] ... Charming Shashi Kapoor, beautiful Rekha, Mom-ly Rakhi, bubbly Poonam Dhhillon, Footbally Raj Kiran, a nice story, decent acting, couple of touching songs, and a bunch of smooth flowing songs ... thats Basera in a nutshell. Saanware sunaa baansuri, Jahaan pe baseraa ho ..., tumhe chhoDke ab jeene ko jee to nahee.., aaungi ek din ... aajjaun? [yeah thats also a song :)] ... , and this beautiful song by lata that i present here. .... terrific poetry ... especially the second stanza .... this movie got out in 1981, and Lata [though many disagree] started sounding a bit screechy at high pitch then [listen to the other song "jahaan pe baseraa ho..." if you want to know what i am refering to] ..., However, fortunately, this song does not require her to go too high for too long ... and she sounds terrific ... mild strings set the atmosphere of this song .... the style is very similar to one of the "Ghar" songs ... gushing harmonious violins soon take us over the hill .... over to the note where the song starts ... and a crisp tabla beat and guitar chords accompaniment begins ..... jaane kaise beetegi ... ye barasaatein ... X 2 maange hue din hain .. maangi hui raatein ... jaane kaise beetegi ... ye barasaatein .. maange hue din hain ... maangi hui raatein ... jaane kaise beetegi ... the usual hramonious high pitched gushing violins continue the line and then a go off little astray .. mixing into the surbahaar sounds ... as sitar piece mingles softly with the jal-tarang sound [perhaps created on synth as it sounds little artificial] and the beautiful interlude [like all other good things in life] comes to the end with violins and synth ... but it is taken over by controlled voice of lata ... dhuaan dhuaan saa rehtaa hai .. X 2 bujhee bujhee see aankhon mein .. aaaaaaaaa X 2 sulag rahe hain ... geele aansoo .. aag lagaa ..ti .. hai barasaatein ... maange hue din hain ... maangi hui raatein .. jaane kaise beetegi .. violins yet again ..... in continuation however, this time its sitar and then saxophone ... RD's Hall-mark bass guitar shows its head briefly .. but the gush of violins bring us to the end of this beautiful interlude too ... bharaa huaa thhaa dil shaayad .. X 2 chhalak gayaa hai seene main .. X 2 behane lage hain ... saare shiqwe ... badi gamgee.n hai .... dil ki baatein .. maange hue din hein ... maangi hui raatein .. jaane kaise beetegi ye barasaatein ... maange hue din hain ... maangi hui raatein ... jaane kaise beetegi ... .... The other song from this movie has beautiful beginning lyrics ... the typical Gulzar imagination ... [the rest of the lyrics of this song are also very nice] kabhee paas baithho ... kisi phool ke paas ... suno jab mehekataa hai .. bahut kuchh ye kehtaa hai ... kabhee gungunaa ke ... kabhee muskuraa ke ... kabhee rote rote ... kabhee gham chhupaa ke ... [i think this line is slightly different, beautiful nevertheless] jahaan pe saweraa ho .... baseraa woheen hai .... and then at the end ... there is this beeeeeeeeautiful turn to it ... jahaan pe baseraa ho ... saweraa woheen hai ... .......... only i wish Asha had sung this one then ... ashish