Mere Dil Aaj Tu Maayoos Na Ho
Posted on: August 3, 2016
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a 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.
This article is the 12300th song post in the blog.
The saga starts in 1947. It is the runaway hit “Afsaana Likh Rahi Hoon Dil e Beqraar Ka” (film ‘Dard’). Not many artists can lay claim to such a meteoric debut. And also, not many can pride themselves with unbroken partnerships and associations with other artists, that have lasted for an entire lifetime.
The saga comes to a close in 1974. That is the span of the art – 27 years. The span of living years starts in 1916, and concludes in 1970 – a stretch of just 54 years.
Remembering Shakeel Badayuni – poet extraordinaire, designer of nearly 750 songs for approx 90 films, the only lyricist in the history of Indian cinema to win three Filmfare awards for best lyricist – back to back. Today, it is the centenary celebration of his birth anniversary.
Along with this centenary celebration, we are also celebrating the next century milestone for this musical blog. Today, we also arrive at the 12,300th way stop, on the ongoing journey of this musical bandwagon. The journey continues and so will the celebrations. The ocean of Hindi film music will sustain and be sustained – “Ye Kaafila Hai Pyaar Ka Chalta Hi Jaayega”.
Shakeel Badayuni, birth name Shakeel Ahmed, was born on 3rd August, 1916, in the town of Badayun, in UP. His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed, was a maulavi (a Muslim priest). He encouraged his son to learn Urdu, Persian and Arabic, an education that stood the child in good stead, for the career as a poet. Young Shakeel was 20 years when he joined the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). By this time, his interest and talent in shaayari had developed prodigiously. The only poet known in his family was a distant ancestor, Khalifa Mohammed Waasil. But his talent and his presentation, made him a much sought after poet in the contemporary mushairas. While at AMU, he came in touch with poets Neeraj and Jigar Moradabadi, and he acknowledges that he learnt a lot from them. Verily, he considered Maulana Zia-ul-Qadri as his mentor and teacher. Maulana Qadri was also a well known contemporary poet, whom young Shakeel would listen to and interact with at mushairas.
In 1940, he got married to Salma, a distant cousin. In 1942, he came to Delhi, and took up government service in the Supply department. He continued to participate in mushairas and poetical gatherings. He stayed away from political affiliations, and for that reason he never drew close to other famous poets of his time, like Sahir, Kaifi Azmi and Shailendra etc. He acknowledged that his poetry is more about romance, about human relationships and life. A couplet he once wrote, sums up his approach to poetry
main ‘shakeel’ dil ka hoon tarjuman, ke mohabbaton ka hoon raazdaan
mujhe fakhr hai meri shayari meri zindagi se juda nahin
Then came 1946. And with it came an invite to participate in a mushaira at Bombay. As the designs of providence would have it, music director Naushad was present at this gathering. He was impressed by this young man from Delhi. He connected with young Shakeel and took him to meet AR Kardar. The political situation was already tending towards a separation of states, and with it came the sad departure of many artists from Bombay to Lahore. Shakeel stepped into this opportune and potential vacuum. Naushad and Kardar invited him to write songs for Kardar’s next production – ‘Dard’. And the rest, quite literally, is history. With the film ‘Dard’ started a partnership with Naushad that lasted all the way to the film ‘Sunghursh’ in 1968 – an unbroken stint wherein Shakeel wrote the poetry for each and every film that Naushad did between 1948 and 1968.
The fact that Shakeel Badayuni’s career never really became more busy and more prolific, is at times attributed the factionalism in the industry. Maybe it simply could have been the personal trait of not really going after work. His other notable associations are with Ghulam Mohammed and Ravi. His work with Naushad is the largest segment of his films. However, interestingly, he never won a Filmfare award for any of Naushad’s films. The three awards came for ‘Chaudhvin Ka Chand’ (1961) with Ravi, for title song “Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho. . .”, ‘Gharana’ (1962) again with Ravi, for the song “Husn Waale Tera Jawaab Nahin” and in 1963 for the film ‘Bees Saal Baad’, with Hemant Kumar, for “Kahin Deep Jaley Kahin Dil”.
His filmography is a matter of record (covered in quite a bit of detail in the previous post by Atul ji). His poetry, in terms of shaayari and ghazals, is heartening – pick up any of his films, and his the list of popular hit songs just continues. And notably, he was equally adept and at home with creating bhajans and songs relating to Hindu religion. Once again, that sampling is too numerous as in itself. Suffice to mention “Mann Tadpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj” (‘Baiju Baawra’, 1952) and “Manmohan Mann Mein Ho Tumhin” (‘Kaise Kahoon’, 1964), even though there are many more notables to list.
Shakeel Sb’s contribution to the ocean of Hindi film songs is exemplary. A major part of his tally of around 750 songs is already covered on this blog. That also underscores the amount of popular hits amongst his creations. With close to 600 of his songs already showcased here on this blog, his tally is quite close to being fully represented. The words and the sound are eternal. And so did he write, about the sustenance of his own work
harshr tak garmi-e-hangaama-e-hasti hai ‘shakeel’
silsila khatm na hoga mere afsaane ka
The song being presented today is arguably the last song by him to find a place in a film. A few of his creations appeared in films after his passing away in 1970. This song from the 1974 film ‘Jurm Aur Sazaa’ appears to be the last one in terms of the listings in Geet Kosh. We do not find any more songs written by him, appearing in films after this one.
The music is by Laxmikant Pyaarelal, and the singing voice is that of Suman Kalyanpur. On screen, the song is performed by Nanda, who is singing this song as a ‘lorie’ (lullaby), sung in a sad mode, as she tries to put to sleep her younger brother in the film. The film is produced and directed by NA Ansari for the banner of Bundelkhand Films, Bombay. The story line is a formulaic ‘patriotic-national secrets-traitors-foreign powers’, which is a typical genre that NA Ansari would handle. In the film, the father of Nanda is a security officer for the Indian secret service, whose whereabouts become unknown, as he is returning to India from some foreign land with lot of information. The sad mood in the song is a reflection of this sentiment about their father’s disappearance. The song appears in two parts in the film, as the this scenario gets repeated. The video clip is a cut-and-splice of these two parts that appear separately in the film.
And so, one more century milestone down the belt. It is congratulations time once again, to all the members and reader friends of this musical bandwagon. And best wishes to all for many more returns of this celebration. And a teaser for the next milestone – watch out, for something special could be coming your way. 🙂
Song – Mere Dil Aaj Tu Maayoos Na Ho (Jurm Aur Sazaa) (1974) Singer – Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics – Shakeel Badayuni, MD – Laxmikant Pyaarelal
Lyrics
mere dil aaj tu
maayoos na ho
mere dil aaj tu
maayoos na ho
kal na ye gham ka andhera hoga
shaam ke baad savera hoga
mere dil aaj tu
maayoos na ho
kal na ye gham ka andhera hoga
shaam ke baad savera hoga
aaj bigdi hui taqdeer hai
to honay de
dil ki tooti hui tasveern hai
to honay de
teri khusiyon ki kiran phootegi
kal zamaana yahi teri hoga
mere dil aaj tu
maayoos na ho
mere dil aaj tu
band kar aankh
mere sahaare so ja
tere qaabil nahin
duniya ke nazaare so ja
neend ke shehar mein khusiyan hain teri
jaa wahin tera basera hoga
mere dil aaj tu
maayoos na ho
kal na ye gham ka andhera hoga
shaam ke baad savera hoga
hmmmm mmmm mmmmm
hmmmm mmmm mmmmm
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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मेरे दिल आज तू
मायूस ना हो
मेरे दिल आज तू
मायूस ना हो
कल ना ये ग़म का अंधेरा होगा
शाम के बाद सवेरा होगा
मेरे दिल आज तू
मायूस ना हो
कल ना ये ग़म का अंधेरा होगा
शाम के बाद सवेरा होगा
आज बिगड़ी हुई तक़दीर है
तो होने दे
दिल की टूटी हुई तसवीर है
तो होने दे
तेरी खुशियों की किरण फूटेगी
कल ज़माना यही तेरा होगा
मेरे दिल आज तू
मायूस ना हो
मेरे दिल आज तू
बंद कर आँख
मेरे दी के सहारे सो जा
तेरे काबिल नहीं
दुनिया के नज़ारे सो जा
नींद के शहर में खुशियाँ हैं तेरी
जा वहीं तेरा बसेरा होगा
मेरे दिल आज तू
मायूस ना हो
कल ना ये ग़म का अंधेरा होगा
शाम के बाद सवेरा होगा
हम्ममम म्ममम म्ममम
हम्ममम म्ममम म्ममम
7 Responses to "Mere Dil Aaj Tu Maayoos Na Ho"
August 4, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Congratulations to all for getting to the 12300 mark. Apni pyar ki gaadi chalti rahe, apni pyar ki gaadi chalti rahe… 🙂
Thanks, Sudhirji, for this wonderful post about Shakeel Badayuni. Indeed he belonged to the era of rich Urdu poetry and gave us a lot of memorable songs/lines. I love “sajde tumhaari raah mein karti hain kehkashaan”. And one of my favourite songs is “zara sun haseena e naazneen” for its lyrics.
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August 4, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Sudhir ji,
Many Thanks for this post.
1. “jisse maut ne na poocha, usse zindagi ne mara”.
2. “ke usike ho gaye hum, jo na ho saka hamara”
Rafi-Ravi-SB magic in Do Badan.
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August 4, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Congratulations on crossing 12300th Milestone.
Because these milestones are a routine matter now for all of us, does not decrease its importance. They are as important as any other achievement, because Atul ji and his Team has worked for them.
With an expert writer like Sudhir ji, the enjoyment of celebration surely enhances.
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August 4, 2016 at 6:05 pm
i agree with guruji here. it has become a matter of routine all these centuries. i have started waiting for the thousands..;-)
congratulations Atulji on song number 12300.
actually i had noted the milestone in the morning though not as soon it was posted.
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August 5, 2016 at 1:41 am
Congratulations to Atulji, Sudhirbhai and the entire team here on reaching the milestone. What a song to remember Shakeel Badayuni on his centennial birth anniversary!!! Thanks Sudhirbhai for the wonderful post.
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August 5, 2016 at 9:48 am
Another small step to bigger things. Merits congrats all round.
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August 4, 2016 at 6:36 am
Congratulations Sir and many thanks for this post !!!
Congratulations Atul ji on this century …!!!!
Congratulations all … !!!!
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