Ghazab kiya tere waade pe aitbaar kiyaa
Posted on: March 27, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Ghazab kiyaa tere waade pe aitbaar kiyaa’ is a famous ghazal written by Daagh Dehlvi. Ever since I heard this ghazal sung by Mohammed Rafi for the first time in late 60s, I am spellbound by his rendition. In fact, I scouted for a gramophone record in 78 rpm of this song in early 70s and I was able to get a brand new record. I must have played this record many times and now I can tell which points Mohammed Rafi takes a momentary pause while singing this ghazal. This non-filmy ghazal was set to music by Khayyam. This ghazal has also been sung by many well known singers of thesub-continent such as Mehdi Hasan, Pankaj Udhas, Mallika Pukhraj, Farida Khanumand many more. With due respect to all these singers who are numero uno in their own rights, I still prefer to listen to Mohammed Rafi’s version.
I have given the background not for discussing this iconic ghazal. In fact, this non-filmy ghazal with predominantly Urdu words requires a different treatment which is not my forte. I am actually discussing an old Hindi film song which is an amalgam of the two lines from this ghazal followed by a line from the traditional thumri ‘sautan ghar naajaa’. Rest of the lyrics in the song is written by Qamar Jalalabadi. The song is from film WARIS (1954) and is sung superbly by Rajkumari under the baton of Anil Biswas. Five songs from this film have already been discussed in this blog.
The song is picturised on a mujra dancer whom I am not able to recognise. The other actors appear during the song picturisation are Yakub and Nadira. This is a lesser known song from this film sung in traditional thumri style. Rajkumari starts the two lines of the ghazal with high pitched voice and gradually brings it down to a low pitch with a slower pace as she completes the second line. After listening to her two lines of rendition,I have no words for appreciating her efforts except by saying ‘wah wah’. It is a bit of a surprise for me that I had never heard about this gem of a song until recently. The video clip of this song is available but it is of low quality with some missing words. So I have also given the audio link of the song.
After listening to this song, it is difficult to believe that Rajkumari did not have the formal training in the classical singing.
Video
Audio
Song-Ghazab kiya tere waade pe aitbaar kiya (Waaris)(1954) Singer-Rajkumari, Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics
ghazab kiyaa
aa aa aa
tere waade pe aitbaar kiyaa
tamaam raat qayaamat kaa intzaar kiyaa
sautan ghar naa jaa
o more sainyaan
sautan ghar naa jaa
o mere sainyaan
sautan ghar naa jaa
bairan ghar naa jaa
o more sainyaan
sautan ghar naa jaa
o more sainyaan
khabar naa thhi ki hamen
ashqbaar kar doge
hamaari khushiyaan kisi par
nisaar kar doge
tod ke mera pyaar kaa sapnaa
tod ke mera pyaar kaa sapnaa
naa jaa
padoon main tore painyaan
o more sainyaan
haa aa aa
naa jaa
padoon main tore paiyaan
o mere sainyaan
sautan ghar naa jaa
bairan ghar naa jaa
o more sainyaan
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March 27, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Lovely! Hearing it for the first time – what a lovely voice she had. I remember seeing an interview with her on Doordarshan many years ago. I had only heard of her very vaguely till then but that interview helped me to know more about her.
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