Tumhe yaad ho ke na yaad ho
Posted on: January 21, 2014
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.
Tum mere pass hote ho goya
Jab koi doosra nahi hota
Most of the readers of this blog may have known this she’r albeit with a minor variation in the song o mere shaah e khubaan written by Hasrat Jaipuri in ‘Love in Tokyo’ (1966). But how many of us would have known ( including me until few months back) that this original she’r was written by Momin Khan ‘Momin’, one of the prominent Urdu poets in the Mughal court during early 1800s. And what a beautiful romantic she’r!. Mirza Ghalib who was the contemporary and a close friend of Momin is reported to have offered his entire ‘Diwan e Ghalib’ for Momin’s this she’r, one among the nine she’rs in his ghazal ‘asar usko jaraa nahin hota’.
Momin Khan ‘Momin’ (1800-1851) hailed from a family of hakims (physicians), originally belonging to the Kashmir Valley. His grandfather migrated to Delhi when he was appointed as a hakim for the Mughal royal family. His father who was also a hakim, wanted his only son to pursue the family vocation. Being a man of letters, he sent his son for a formal education in a madrasa to study Arabic and Persian. In the event, while Momin did become a hakim, he is better known today as one of the leading romantic Urdu poet.
Momin was a multi-facet personality. Apart from being a renowned hakim and a poet, he was a good singer, an astronomer, an expert chess player and an ardent flute player. He had no worry from the financial side thanks to his practice and the inheritance of the family pension of his father from the British Government. He lived a very comfortable life So what came out in his poetry was his romantic disposition. He is regarded as a Casanova having numerous love affairs during his short life. His poetry also reflects the conflict between being a ‘Momin’ (practicing muslim) and the lover of ‘but’ (idols, referring to his love for women).
Those interested in knowing more about Momin Khan ‘Momin’ may like to read a scholarly article on Hakim Momin Khan Momin.
One of his most famous ghazals by which Momin Khan ‘Momin’ is known worldwide is ‘wo jo hum mein tum mein karaar thha tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho’. This ghazal has been rendered by many famous singers as well as upcoming singers. But, in my view, the best rendition of this ghazal is by Begum Akhtar and I was toying with the idea of presenting her rendition of this ghazal in this article. However, while searching for the number of singers who have rendered this ghazal, I came to know that this ghazal was also sung in the film ‘Shikaayat’ (1948) by Kalyani, Manik Dadarkar ( aka Manik Varma) and Chorus. The highlight of this ghazal was that it was sung as an all female qawwali. Unfortunatley, the video clip of this qawwali is not available but luckily is available in the audio clips in two parts.
SHIKAAYAT (1948) was produced under the banner of Navyug Chitra and was directed by Shahid Lateef. The film has Shyam and Nigar Sultana in lead roles with Agha, Snehlata Pradhan, Raj Mehra, Sanalini Devi, Baby Shankutala etc in the supporting roles. The songs were set to music by Rashid Atre. I have no idea about the film’s story but from the title, it appears to be of the genre of family/social drama.
Compare the mood of the ghazal sung in qawwali style with that of the one sung in a soulful voice by Begum Akhtar.
Part-1
Part-2
Song-Tumhe yaad ho ke na yaad ho (Shikaayat)(1948) Singers-Kalyani, Manik Varma, Lyrics-Momin, MD-Rashid Atre
Both, Chorus
Lyrics
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Part-1
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aa aa aa aaa
aaa aa aaa
aa aa aa
aa aa aaa
aa aa aaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa
wo jo hum mein tum mein
qaraar thhaa aa
aa aa aa aaa
wo jo hum mein tum mein
qaraar thhaa aa
tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
aa aa aa
aa aa aaa
wahi yaani waadaa
nibaah kaa aa
aa aa aaa
aa aa aaaaa
aa aa aaa aa
wahi yaani waada nibaah ka
tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
saa ni saa ni dha pa maa
saa ni dha pa ma dha saa
ni dha pa ma saa
ma paa ma ga re saa
yaad ho ke na yaad ho
wo naye giley wo shikaayaten
wo naye giley wo shikaayaten
wo maze maze ki hikaayaten
wo maze maze ki hikaayaten aen aen
wo har ek baat pe roothhna aa
aa aa aaa
wo har ek baat pe roothhna aa
tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aaa aaa
aaa aaa
yaad ho ke na
gaa maa pa ni
ma pa ni saa
sa ri ni saa
ni pa saa
ni pa saa
ni pa saa
yaad ho ke na yaad ho o
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Part-2
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ho ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
wo jo lutf mujh se thhe beshtar
wo jo lutf mujh se thhe beshtar
wo karam ke thha mere haath par
wo karam ke thha mere haath par
mujhe sab hai yaad zaraa zaraa
aa aa aaa
mujhe sab hai yaad
zaraa zaraa aa
tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
yaad ho ke na yaad ho
aa aa aaa
kabhi hum mein tum mein bhi chaah thhi
kabhi hum mein tum mein bhi chaah thhi
aji chaah thhi
ho ji chaah thhi
aahe chaah thhi
ae ji chaah thhi
kabhi hum mein tum mein bhi raah thhi
kabhi hum mein tum mein bhi raah thhi ee ee
aa aa aa aaa
aa aa aa
aa aa aaa
kabhi hum mein tum mein bhi raah thhi ee ee
kabhi hum bhi tum bhi thhe
aashnaa
aa aa aa
aa aa aaa
kabhi hum bhi tum bhi thhe
aashnaa aa
tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na
yaad ho na
ho ho ji yaad ho na
aahe ji yaad ho na
yaad ho na
yaad ho na
ho
ji yaad ho ke na yaad ho
ji tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
yaad ho ke na yaad ho…o
3 Responses to "Tumhe yaad ho ke na yaad ho"
January 21, 2014 at 7:40 pm
I have already sent song ae Momino suno ye kahani namaaz ki from Film Abdullah-1960 sung by Mukesh
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January 23, 2014 at 10:41 am
Such words were also penned by Qamar Jalalabadi for Shankar (JK) for film Ganga aur Geeta 1979 ” Kabhi hum me tum me qarar tha tumhe yaad ho na yadd ho ” an unreleased song in the voice of Mukesh and still not available on YT
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January 21, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Happy, and actually surprised, to see someone write about Momin. Most people do not know him or have simply forgotten about him. They only remember Ghalib and not his contemporaries.
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