Do zulmi naina hampe zulam karen
Posted on: November 18, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
There were a number of Urdu poets during the golden era of Hindi film music that also ran in the contest of attaining the prime slots as lyricists in Hindi films. By early 60s, most of them had either disappeared from the scene or they were marginalised. A few of them had migrated to Pakistan to try their luck there. The names of some of such lyricists who come to my mind are Nakshab, Anjum Philibiti, Zia Sarhadi, Behzad Lucknowi, Aziz Kashmiri, Shewan Rizvi, Noor Lucknowi, Khumar Barabankvi etc. Some of them were also script/screenplay writers at one time or the other.
Kaif Irfani was one of such unfortunate lyricists who, despite his association with Hindi film industry for over a decade could not make it to the category of a successful lyricist. He started his career as a lyricist in 1949 with films ‘Naach’ and ‘Jal Tarang’. His last released film was ‘Aawaara Ladki’ (1967). He wrote lyrics for about 50 films and worked with music directors such as Anil Biswas, Madan Mohan, Roshan, Husnlal-Bhagatram, Bulo C Rani, Hansraj Bahl, Vinod, Hemant Kumar, S D Batish etc. In his 50 odd films, except for ‘Sheroo’ (1957), he shared the assignment of writing lyrics with other lyricists.
I have no idea about the profile of Kaif Irfani. But after listening to many of his songs covered in this blog, I can safely assume that he was a poet of repute who came to Bombay to try his luck in Hindi films. Most of his songs were sheer poetry which were melodiously sung and composed by the concerned singers and music directors, respectively. Take for instance:
ek main hoon ek meri beqasi ki shaam hai(Taraana)(1951), Singer-Talat, MD-Anil Biswas
raaste pe ham khade hain dil e beqaraar le kar(Rajput)(1951), Singer-Suraiyya, MD-Hansraj Bahl
yahi bahaar hai duniyaa ko bhool jaane ki (Raag Rang)(1952) , Singer-Lata, MD-Roshan
ae ishq mujhe aur to yaad nahin hai (Daana Paani)(1953), Singer-Begum Akhtar, MD-Madan Mohan
ise na aur lootiye ye dil bahut gareeb hai (Gul Sanobar) (1953), Singer-Lata, MD-Bulo C Rani
kise yaad rakhoon kise bhool jaaun (Anuraag)(1956) Singer– Mukesh, MD-Mukesh
o maati ke putley itna na kar gumaan (Sheroo) (1957) Singer-Rafi, MD-Madan Mohan
As happened with many artists who came to Bombay (Mumbai) to work in Hindi film industry but could not reach the upper slots in term of success, Kaif Irfani was no exception. In Hindi film industry, one requires more of luck than a talent to become a successful artist. Luck was not in favour of this talented lyricist. Most of the films with which he was associated as lyricist did not fare well in the box office. Furthermore, he did not get opportunity to work with the then successful music directors like Naushad, S D Burman, C Ramchandra, Shankar-Jaikishan and O P Nayyar.
Interestingly, Mukesh took Kaif Irfani to write songs for his home productions ‘Malhar’ (1951) and ‘Anuraag’ (1956). It is observed from singermukesh.com that Kaif Irfani also wrote two NFS which were composed and sung by Mukesh. One such NFS jiyenge magar muskura na sakenge has already been discussed in the blog. Here is the second one ‘do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen (1952). The year of release of this song has not been indicated but going by the style of the first song referred to above and Kaif Irfani-Mukesh combination, I guess, this song was also released in 1952. A feature of this song is that Mukesh has sung antaras of the song almost as recitals followed by singing the refrain multiple times to emphasis on zulmi nainaa (oppressive eyes/glances). The voice of Mukesh is that of his late 40’s/early 50s style and I like it immensely.
Enjoy this song of eternal popularity.
Song-Do zulmi naina hampe zulam karen (Mukesh NFS)(1952) Singer-Mukesh, Lyrics-Kaif Irfani, MD-Mukesh
Lyrics
aaa
aaa aa aaa
aa aaa
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
ye kab tak ??? hai apne nazar mila ne ka aa
kisi se dil na lagaate to dil mein kyun jalte
aaa aaa aaa
bhala ye dard kaleje mein apne kyun uthhta aa
nazar ek teer hamaare jigar pe kyun chalte
aaa aaa aaa
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina
haay
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina ham pe zulam karen
badi khushi se lagaaya thha un se dil hamne ae
badi khushi…eee ee ee eee
badi khushi se lagaaya thha un se dil hamne ae
magar naseeb to dekho ke unko paa na sake
aaa aaa aaa
qaraar dil se gaya aaa
aaa aaa aa aaa
aur neend aakhon se ae
huaa wo haal hamaara
ke ham suna na sake
aaa aaa aaa
do zulmi naina
ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina
ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina
haaye
do zulmi naina
ham pe zulam karen
do zulmi naina
ham pe zulam karen
6 Responses to "Do zulmi naina hampe zulam karen"
November 18, 2013 at 11:14 pm
Sir,
ye kab tak ??? hai apne nazar mila ne ka aa
The correct words are :
ye sab qasoor hai apne nazar milaane ka
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November 19, 2013 at 10:15 am
The complete detail:
1949: Jal Tarang; Naach;
1950
1951: Malhar; Rajput; Tarana;
1952: Raag Rang; Betaab;
1953: Aagosh; Dhun; Daana Pani; Gul Sanobar; Pehli Shadi;
1954: Harjeet; Laadla; Ahesan; Daku Ki Ladki; Pyase Nain; Toofan; Shobhna;
1955: Aab e Hayat; Daku; Ghamand; Sardar; Naata;
1956: Anurag; Laal e Yaman; Laltein;
1957: Chhote Babu; Sheru; Mumtaz Mahal;
1958: Sunle Haseena; Miss 58;
1959
1960
1961; Diamond King;
1962; Naqli Nawab;
1967; Awara Ladki;
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May 16, 2023 at 3:50 pm
Thank you so much for providing this precious writing❤️🙏
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November 18, 2013 at 10:15 pm
Kamath ji,
Many Thanks.
The voice does seem to be of early fifties. But, Mukesh was more natural and on his own amongst NFS. Moreover he is himself the MD. So I will not be surprised if its of late fifties also.
Having sung more than 120 NFS, there is lot to be covered on this great blog as far as Mukesh NFS are concerned.
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