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It happened at the height of the Rajesh Khanna wave — in the after-1970 Aradhana glow when Mohammed Rafi’s confidence was at its lowest ebb. The Mohammed Rafi who had sung, for Naushad, a total of 149 songs (81 of them solo) through 35 years. That ace composer had heard about how sheer nonentities, in the recording room, had begun dictating to Mohammad Rafi.
During a small-time composer’s Rafi recording, therefore, Naushad quietly slipped into the sound recordist’s booth at Mehboob Studios in the Bandra suburb of Bombay. As he sat through the recording, Naushad felt aghast to find striplings, in the recording room, telling a stalwart like Rafi how to sing.
Whereupon Naushad discreetly moved out, leaving word that his pet performer should call on him, without fail, at his Ashiana Bandra home — on the singer’s way back to Rafi Villa after the recording.
As Rafi entered his mentor-composer’s home, Naushad first took him severely to task. The burden of the Naushad song — “Who are these people to tell Mohammed Rafi what to do? Isn’t Rafi too trained a performer to submit to anyone but the song composer?”
Having heard out his benefactor, Rafi explained to Naushad in detail how, through three years, they had sapped his will to perform — as his own man. Naushad’s counter to that — “Never ever forget that you are Mohammed Rafi, a performer whose seasoning, by now, far exceeds that of any male singer in the industry. Always remember, Rafi that the singer you identify as your rival, now, has no classical background at all. So how possibly could he be competition to you, Rafi? Go back, confident like before, to the recording room. Just sing like my Rafi always did.”
Having said that, having identified Kishore Kumar as no classical competition to Rafi, Naushad instinctively realised that something more tangible had to be done to restore to Rafi his known niche in our song lexicon.
To this end, Naushad hurried with a recording due for My Friend (1974) and summoned Rafi, for a song-rehearsal, for that film. For a solo cast in the Naushadian Bhairavi mould. As Naushad thus put Rafi through his performing paces afresh, for the My Friend Bhairavi classic going as Naiyaa Meree Chaltee Jaaye Sahare Tere Badhte Jaaye, Rafi instinctively regained performing poise.
Almost concurrent with that happening came the Film World magazine awards and Rafi, here, was very much in the running for the Best Singer citation. Bombay’s Shanmukhananda Hall was jampacked that serene evening as it came to be announced that Mohammed Rafi had been voted Best Singer for his empathetic rendition of Teree Galiyon Mein Na Rakhenge Qadam Aaj Ke Baad — as written by Saawan Kumar and tuned by Usha Khanna to go on Anil Dhawan in Hawas. The moment — to the backdrop of the Teree Galiyon Mein number playing — Mohammed Rafi was pronounced the winner, this singer, in walking up to the stage, was a man metamorphosed.
All of Rafi’s shaken singing confidence thus returned in one stroke — it was his first award in years. The same Mohammed Rafi who had made it a habit of bagging the prestigious Filmfare Best Male Singer award every other year
loverofmusic:zi.ndagii bhar nahii.n bhuulegii vo barasaat kii raat
ek a.njaan hasiinaa se mulaakaat kii raat
zi.ndagii bhar nahii.n bhuulegii …haay vo reshamii zulfo.n se barasataa paanii
phuul se gaalo.n pe rukane ko tarasataa paanii ( so beautifully written, u cud actually picturise)
dil me.n tuufaan uThaate hue
dil me.n tuufaan uThaate hue haalaat kii raat
zi.ndagii bhar nahii.n bhuulegii …Dar ke bijalii se achaanak vo lipaTanaa usakaa
aur phir sharm se balakhaake simaTanaa usakaa
kabhii dekhii na sunii aisii ho
kabhii dekhii na sunii aisii tilismaat ki raat
zi.ndagii bhar nahii.n bhuulegii …surkh aa.nchal ko dabaakar jo nicho.Daa usane
dil pe jalataa huaa ek tiir saa chho.Daa usane
aag paanii me.n lagaate hue
aag paanii me.n lagaate hue jazabaat ki raat
zi.ndagii bhar nahii.n bhuulegii …mere naGmo.n me.n jo basatI hai vo tasvIr thI vo
naujavAnI ke hasI.n Kvaab kI tAbIr thI vo
aasmano.n se utar aaI thI jo raat kI raat
zi.ndagii bhar nahii.n bhuulegii …The music as wel as the lyrics are so so beautiful…. another of the category is ‘Chouduvi ka chaand’
chaudavii.n kaa chaa.nd ho, yaa aafataab ho
jo bhii ho tum khudaa ki qasam, laajavaab hozulfe.n hai.n jaise kaa.Ndho pe baadal jhuke hue
aa.Nkhe.n hai.n jaise may ke payaale bhare hue
mastii hai jisame pyaar kii tum, vo sharaab ho
chaudavii.n kaa …cheharaa hai jaise jhiil me khilataa huaa ka.nval
yaa zi.ndagii ke saaj pe chhe.Dii huii gazal
jaane bahaar tum kisii shaayar kaa Kvaab ho
chaudavii.n kaa …hoTho.n pe khelatii hai.n tabassum kii bijaliyaa.N
sajde tumhaarii raah me.n karatii hai.n kaikashaa.n
duniyaa-e-husn-o-ishq kaa tum hii shabaab ho
chaudavii.n kaa …That is another song that excels in every way…music, lyrics, singing …..Oh! Too good! When we were is college me and my best friend used to say for fun ‘kaash hamare baare mein bhi koi aaise geet gate…’
Loverji, these are gems and classics, songs that immortalised Rafisaab, he has gone (as we all will someday) but he certainly has leave an indelible mark for fans throughout the world.
Others like Mohd Azeez, Vipin Sachdeva, Debashish Das Gupta, Bankin Pathak, Shabbir Kumar, and (likable) Sonu Nigam tried their best…………but then the Ustad is most notable…….Rafi will always be Rafi, we will always crave for his recordings.
Have these listed in the “Memories of Mohd Rafi” thread, with audio and translations for the enjoyment of all fans.
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uncleSom: abdool:Did a couple of adjustments to the Lyrics, should now be in order for translationsIf you don’t mind, here are a few adjustments. Please see if it matches what you hear.
bataa li(?) dil may teri yaad ansoo paunch liye,
rahe tu shaad, hamara hai kya jiye na jiyetara toote duniya dekhe
(dekha na kisee ne dil toot gayaa) 2jithne hi taare toote
hogaa na kabhee andhiyaraa
aasman par bahut hai taare
dil tha ek hamara, dil tha ek hamaraa
toot na jaaye kyon dil uskaa
saathi jiskaa toot gayaa
dekha na kisee ne dil toot gayaa
tara toote duniya dekhe …chaand ko apna daav hai pyara
chhupee hai koyi kahaanee
mai bhi chhupaaye huhn seene may
kisee ki ek nishaani, kisee ki ek nishaani
kaise manaalun aansoo apni
bhaag hi mujhse rooth gayaa
dekha na kisee ne dil toot gayaa
tara toote duniya dekhe …Uncle Som we can always depend on you to guide us rightly, appreciate this.
Your are correct as the very first word should be “Basa lee:”
The song has now been translated by a friend and it is only too fair to share such a beautiful heart wrenching, raw emotions Mukesh Selection:Some minor changes in the lyrics …
Basa lee Dil May Tere Yaad
Instilled in my heart, your memory
Asoo poonch leyay Rahay tu shaad
wiped away my tears, may you be happy
Hamara hai kya jeyai na jeyai
Me, Its not important that I live, or notTara Totay Duniya Dekhe
A star breaks and the world witnesses it
(Dekhaana kissine dil toot gaya )2
No one saw as the heart brokeKitne bhi taray tootay ho gaana kabhi andhiyara
No matter how many stars break, it will not be dark
Aasman par bahut hain taray
In the sky, many are the stars
Dil tha ek hamara, dil tha ek hamara
mine was just the one heart
Toot na jai quen dil usaka
How will this heart not break
Saathi Jisaka chuut gaya
He whose love was separated
Dekhaana kisine dil toot gaya
No one saw as the heart brokeTara Totay Duniya Dekhe
A star breaks and the world witnesses it
(Dekhaana kissine dil toot gaya )2
No one saw as the heart brokeChand ko apna daag hai pyara
The moon holds dear its blemish
Chuupi hai koyee kahani
Some tale is hidden behind this
Mai Bhi Chupai hoon seenay may
I too have concealed in my bossom
Kisse ki ek nishaani Kisse ki ek nishaani
someone’s keepsake
Kaise Mana loon aanso apnay
How to persuade my tears
Baag hi Mujhasay roothe gaya
Luck is estranged from me
Dekhaana kissine dil toot gaya
No one saw as the heart brokeTara Totay Duniya Dekhe
A star breaks and the world witnesses it
(Dekhaana kissine dil toot gaya )2
No one saw as the heart brokeTrans: Saeed
You guys are so nice, my badluck that you are not nearby for me to offer a cup of coffee
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