Teri tasweer bhi tujh jaisi haseen hai lekin
Posted on: September 27, 2009
I have posted a couple of songs from “Kinaare Kinaare” (1963). The movie was a sad melancholic movie and its songs matched the mood of the movie.
The songs were nice to listen to. One thing noticeable in these songs is the lyrics. The lyricist is a person called Nyay Sharma. He had an ability of express complex feelings of a melancholic person well. It is just that he chose to use difficult heavy duty Urdu words to express these feelings. From a Urdu scholarly point of view, these lyrics are very good to listen to. Even a layman who cannot understand many of these words can enjoy the songs, because much of the enjoyment in appreciating Urdu shaayari comes when one goes “waah waah” without understanding it, just because everyone else is going “waah waah”.
This song, in comparison to some other songs in this movie is relatively easy to understand, though.This song is sung by Rafi and it is picturised on Chetan Anand. Jaidev is the music director.
Song-Teri tasweer bhi tujh jaisi haseen hai lekin (Kinaare Kinaare) (1963) Singer-Rafi Lyrics-Nyay Sharma, MD-Jaidev
Lyrics
teri tasveer bhi tujh jaisi haseen hai lekin
is pe qurbaan meri jaan-e-hazeen hai lekin
ye meri zakhmi umangon kaa madaawaa to nahin
haal-e-dil is but-e-kaafir ko sunaaun kaise
iske rukhsaaron ki shaadaabi ko chhedoon kyunkar
iske honthon ke tabassum ko jagaaun kaise
teri tasveer bhi tujh jaisi haseen hai lekin
zabt ki taab na kahne kaa saleekaa mujh ko
us pe ye zulm ke khaamosh hai tasveer teri
ghutke mar jaaun magar kisi ko khabar tak bhi na hon
kaisi chattaanon se takraayi hai taqdeer meri
yehi tasveer tassavvur mein utar jaane par
chaand ki kirnon se go badhke nikhar jaati hai
dard palakon se lipat jaataa hai aansoo ban kar
aur ehsaas ki duniyaa hi bikhar jaati hai
is liye tere tassavvur se nahin khud tujhse
iltijaa kartaa hoon bas itnaa bataa de mujhko
kyaa meri dil ki tadap kaa tujhe ehsaas bhi hai
kyaa meri dil ki tadap kaa tujhe ehsaas bhi hai
varnaa phir meri hi vahshat mein sulaa de mujhko
teri tasveer bhi tujh jaisi haseen hai lekin
is pe qurbaan meri jaan-e-hazeen hai lekin
ye meri zakhmi umangon kaa madaavaa to naheen
3 Responses to "Teri tasweer bhi tujh jaisi haseen hai lekin"
October 31, 2009 at 4:02 am
The lyricist Nyay Sharma has come up with a deep meaning song here. It is unfortunate that he did not get more opportunities to show his worth.
November 24, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Nyay Sharma was the producer of this film. The film bombed at the box office despite having good lyrics and lovely songs. Probably, audience did not accept Dev Anand-Meena Kumari pair.
October 31, 2009 at 2:56 am
Never heard this song before. Lyrics are mind boggling. I need more time to understand this song. But love it……..This is waht RafiSahab’s variation is in all the songs…….Thanks a lot Atul.
Amit Dave