Morey jubna ka dekho ubhaar
Posted on: January 29, 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.
The song which I am presenting here is the one which was in my mind for quite some time for posting in this blog. But I was a bit hesitant as I felt that the song was very close to be called a bawdy song and was much more naughtier than say choli ke peechhe kya hai. But the song is so melodiously rendered by the singer that at last, I decided to present this rare song.
The song is ‘morey jubna ka dekho ubhaar’ sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali for the film MAN KI JEET (1944) under the music direction of S K Pal. The film was produced under the banner of Shalimar Pictures and was directed by Wahid ud din Zia ud din Ahmed (popularly known as W Z Ahmed). Shyam and Neena ( wife of W Z Ahmed whose real name was Shahida) were in lead roles. The film’s story was based on Thomas Hardy’s novel ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’.
W Z Ahmed was the owner of Shalimar Pictures, Pune. He also owned a studio at Madras (Chennai). Before migrating to Pakistan, he produced/ directed 5 films in India – ‘Ek Raat’ (1942), ‘Prem Sangeet’ (1943), ‘Man Ki Jeet’ (1944) ‘Prithviraj Samyukta’ (1946) and ‘Mirabai’ (1947). At one time, some of the famous writers and poets like Josh Malihabadi, Krishan Chander, Ramanand Sagar, Aklhtar ul Iman, Sagar Nizami, Bharat Vyas were in the pay roll of Shalimar Pictures.
The surprising pack in the song under discussion is that this naughty song was written by none other than Shaayar-e-Inqilaab Josh Malihabadi. Probably the song composition is based on one of the folk songs in the Avadh region. However, it was his other two songs nagri meri kab tak yoonhi barbaad rahegi and pardesi kyun yaad aata hai which were more popular than the one under discussion.
Only the audio clip of the song is available. From the lyrics, it appears to be a street/stage song.
Song-Morey jubna ka dekho ubhaar (Man Ki Jeet)(1944) Singer-Zohrabai Ambalewali, Lyrics-Josh Malihabadi, MD-S K Pal
Chorus
Lyrics
morey jubna ka dekho ubhaar
paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaa…r
morey jubna ka
o morey
o morey jubna ka dekho ubhaar
paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaa…r
jaise nadi ki mauj
jaise turkon ki fauj
left right
lef right
left
left
jaise nadi ki mauj
jaise turkon ki fauj
jaise sulge se bomb
jaise baalak udhaham
jaise koyal pukaa…r
jaise koyal pukaar
dekho dekho ubhaar
paapi
o paapi
o paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaar
o paapi
morey jubna ka
o morey
morey raaja
jubna ka dekho ubhaar
paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaa…r
jaise dhanni ude
jaise toofaan mein
jaise bhawron ki gun
jaise saawan ki dhun
jaise jaati phuhaa…r
jaise jaati phuhaar
dekho dekho ubhaar
paapi
o paapi
o paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaar
o paapi
morey jubna ka
o morey
o morey jubna ka dekho ubhaar
paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaa…r
jaise saagar pe bor
jaise udta chakor
jaise gendwa khiley
jaise lattu hiley
jaise gaddar anaa…r
jaise gaddar anaar
dekho dekho ubhaar
paapi
o paapi
o paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaa…r
morey jubna ka
o morey
morey raaja
jubna ka dekho ubhaar
paapi
ho paapi
ho paapi
ho paapi
jubna ka dekho ubhaa…r
3 Responses to "Morey jubna ka dekho ubhaar"
February 10, 2014 at 2:19 am
Sadanand ji,
A very interesting pick – hearing the song for the first time. And I was laughing through, as the song played; Josh Sb’s imagination and choice of words is very amusing and interesting.
As compared to some other songs that are naughtier and even more explicit, this song is fun to listen.
Thanks for bringing it up here.
Rgds
Sudhir
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February 7, 2014 at 7:23 pm
Nice song Kamath ji! There is very famous Dadra by none other than Ustad Faiyyaz Khansaheb ” More Jubnape Aayi Bahar, Na Jaiyyo Pardes….’ but have not understood meaning, seems it is Awadhi Hindi. Link is
Regards,
Umesh
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February 8, 2014 at 11:54 am
Thanks for the link.
So the song was not based on folk tune but on a Dadra.
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