Dil tere aane se pahle…O likhne waale ne
Posted on: February 25, 2009
I am posting one great song after another from the 1949 movie called “Badi Bahan”. Here is another such song from this movie.
This song “dil tere aane se pahle.. O likhne waale ne” really took me back to those days of Radio Ceylon’s “Puraani filmon ke geet” programme, where I recall having heard this song quite a few times. I did not like old songs those days, but now, when I am hopefully more mature (?), I love this song. Superb lyrics by Rajinder Krishan and what singing by Suraiyya ! One can feel the pathos of the situation just by listening to the voice. They do not make songs like this now a days. This song is pure gem.
Song-Dil tere aane se pahle…Likhne waale ne (Badi Bahan) (1949) Singer-Suraiyya, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Husnlal Bhagatram
Lyrics
dil tere aane se pahle bhi yoonhi barbaad thaa
aur yoon hi barbaad hai tere chale jaane ke baad
o likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne likh di meri taqdeer me barbaadi
likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne likh di meri taqdeer me barbaadi
likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne
dil ko jab teri muhabbat kaa sahaaraa mil gayaa
main ne samjhaa meri kashti ko kinaaraa mil gayaa
haay qismat ko magar kuchh aur hi manzoor thaa
aankh jab kholi to kashti se kinaaraa door thaa
o likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne likh di meri taqdeer me barbaadi
likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne likh di meri taqdeer me barbaadi
likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne
chhod kar duniyaan teri tujhko bhulaane ke liye
ham chale aaye yahaan aansoo bahaane ke liye
dil abhi bhoolaa na thaa tujhko ke phir qismat meri
khench kar laayi tujhe mujhko rulaane ke liye
o likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne likh di meri taqdeer me barbaadi
likhne waale ne
o likhne waale ne likh di meri taqdeer me barbaadi
likhne waale ne
4 Responses to "Dil tere aane se pahle…O likhne waale ne"
February 25, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Your comment has made me full of nostalgia, Bawa.
Radio Ceylon broadcasted only on short wave (25 metre and 41 metre). And tuning the set for reception of all radio stations, including Radio Ceylon, was a black art. The metre nbnad would be too cramped at night (Binaca geetmala time) and ifthe radio ceylon frequency shifted a bit, often you could not locate that station again. I am reminded of many frustrating wednesday night when I missed bulk, if not the entire Binaca geetmala programme.
All India Radio’s Urdu overseas service ( broadcast from Delhi) had nice songs in the afternoon, and most of their farmaishes were from Pakistan, as you mentioned. I am not surprised. Though Bollywood movies and their songs are officially banned there, some of the biggest fans of Bollywood movies are found there.
I was quite an “expert” in radio stations those days, and I have mentioned about my experiences of various radio stations in my other blog squarecutsblog.blogspot.com
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March 20, 2010 at 4:47 am
Bawa and Atul, both fo you have made me too full of nostalgia of that great era. Radio Ceylon was broadcast on short wave 25,31 and 41 and those were the days of transistor radios.I had a powerful Hitachi radio and the reception was excellent. Lots of people gathered in my house on wednesday evening at 8 p.m. to hear Amin Sayani broadcast Binaca Geetmala.
The real old filmi songs programe was on sunday from 10 to 11 pm.on radio Ceylon. The starting of the programe was a song from film Afsana sung by Lata Mangeshkar, ” Abhi to main jawan hu abhi to main jawan ho, khushio ke geet gaye ja gaam ke tarane gaye ja,tuj ko jawani ki kasam dil ki lagi bhujaye ja, duniya meri lutaye ja, aja piya ja piya ,abhi to main jawan hu abhi to ma jawan hu.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
February 25, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Atul, you were based where you got Radio Ceylon easily. We in the North only got it on Short Wave so reception was variable: I remember the radio being turned this way and that in order to catch it for the Binaca Geet Mala on summer nights.
Our best musical station was All India Radio’s Urdu Service operating out of Jalandhar. New songs in the morning, then some time in the day Bhule Bisre Geet (more 50s, 60s).
Late at night was the really old stuff in a programme entitled “Awaaz de Kahaan Hai”, which began with Noor Jehan’s singing of this line. This had the Saigal era songs, which my Dad enjoyed, even though he was just a kid in Saigal’s hey dey.
I always assumed that it was in Urdu for old-timers like my father for whom it was their main language at school. But the radio would read out long lists of “farmaishes” before each song, a lot of them purportedly from Pakistan, so I think it must have been a “propoganda” station!
Even at the time I wondered about the station being inundated by mail from Pakistan, it didn’t seem realistic (but maybe it was true).
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