Tumko paaya hai to jaise khoya hoon
Posted on: February 19, 2026
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Tum ko paaya hai to jaise khoya hoon
Kehna chaahoon tum se bhi to kya kahoon
Kisi zabaan mein bhi wo lafz hi nahin
Ke jin mein tum ho kya tumhen bataa sakoon
Main agar kahoon tum saa haseen
Kaayenaat mein nahin hai kaheen
Ta’areef yeh bhi to sach hai kuchh bhi nahin
How can an emotion, an achievement, a lacking, a statement, a praise, an expression of being lost, are to be expressed in a few lines? This mukhda of the song in “Om Shanti Om” is a perfect example. It says quite plainly that there are not words to be found in any language to describe you, i.e. the heroine. It is not just her beauty, the hero wants to praise. It is the essence of the person, that he is unable to describe.
In the stanza, her attributes are detailed as shokhiyon, adaayen, zulf, aanchal, roop ki chaandni etc. also dilkashi. But these words are just not enough to say what the hero wants to say. I have seen this film, but cant recall the whole story. Will have to see this once more to refresh the memory.
It had a famous dialogue about “Kaayenaat” which the first incarnation of Shah Rukh Khan is fond of saying in front of a imaginary mike, while enacting a acceptance speech at an award function. Then the next re-incarnation Shah Rukh Khan, born to a superstar, a superstar himself, has total recall and says the same speech word by word, at a real award function in his acceptance speech.
“Itni shiddat se main ne tumhen paane ki koshish kee hai
ke har zarre ne mujhe tum se milaane ki saazish kee hai.
Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaaho to puri kaayenaat,
ussey tum ne milaane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai.”
I am trying to think, if there is any other song in hindi films having the word ‘kaayenaat’ in it. Certainly, in old hindi films songs, this is a rare word. The word has become synonym with SRK and this film, it seems. Because I suggested it as a name for a baby, but this was rejected as “it sounds too much like a SRK movie dialogue”.
Some asha’ar about ‘Kaayenaat”:
Khudaa ki itni badi kaayenaat mein
Bas ek shakhs ko maangaa mujhe vahi na milaa
(Bashir Badr)
Hayaat le ke chalo kaayenaat le ke chalo
Chalo to saare zamaane ko saath le ke chalo
(Makhdoom Mohiuddin)
Tu ne yeh kya gazab kiyaa mujh ko bhi faash kar diyaa
Main hi to ek raaz thha seena-e-kaayenaat mein
(Allama Iqbal)
Yeh kaayenaat abhi naa-tamaam hai shaayad
Ki aa rahi hai damaadam sadaa-e-kun-faya-kunn
(Allama Iqbal)
Hai kaayenaat ko harkat tere zauq se
Partav se aaftaab ke zarre mein jaan hai
(Mirza Ghalib)
Ham hain ka’abaa ham hain but-khaana hamin hain kaayenaat
Ho sake to khud ko bhi ek baar sajda keejiye
(Majrooh Sultanpuri)
Dil gayaa raunaq-e-hayaat gayee
Gham gayaa saari kaayenaat gayee
(Jigar Moradabadi)
Jahaan mein manzil-e-maqsood dhundhne waale
Yeh kaaayenaat ki tasveer hi khayaali hai
(Shehzad Ahmed)
Gardish-e-‘ayyyam se chalti hai nabz-e-kaayenaat
Waqt ka pahiyya ruka to zindagi ruk jaayegi
(Latif Shah Shahid)
Yeh kaayenaat mere saamne hai misl-e-bisaat
Kahin Junoon mein ulat doon na iss jahaan ko main
(Akhtar Usman)
Zameen ke jism ko tukdon mein baantne waalo
Kabhi yeh gaur karo kaayenaat kis ki hai
(Ibrat Machlishahri)
Yahi zamaana-e-haazir ki kaayenaat hai kyaa
Dimaag roshan ho tera dil-o-nigaah bebaak
(Allama Iqbal)
Shor jitna hai kaayenaat mein
Mere andar ki khaamoshi se hua
(Kashif Husain Ghair)
Ravaan hai qaafila-e-rooh-e-iltifaat abhi
Hamaari raah se hat jaaye kaayenaat abhi
(Saba Akbarabadi)
Banaata hoon main tassavvur mein uss ka chehra magar
Har ek baar nayee kaayenaat banti hai
(Tarkash Pradeep)
Abr-e-bahaar baad-e-sabaa apni raah len
Majnoon ko kaayenaat kisi kaam ki nahin
(Abdullah Saqib)
Mujhe to lagtaa hai jaise yeh kaayenaat tamaam
Hai baazgasht yaqeenan sadaa kisi ki Nahin
(Adeel Zaidi)
Nazar aur vus’at-e-nazar ma’alum
Itni mehdood kaayenaat nahin
(Mael Lucknavi)
Mujh ko shauq-e-justuju-e-kaayenaat
Khaak se ‘Aadil khala tak le gayaa
(Mahfuzur Rahman Adil)
Yeh kaayenaat ye bazm-e-zuhur kuchh bhi nahin
Teri nazar mein nahin hai jo nur kuchh bhi nahin
(Jalaaluddin Akbar)
Hai ikhtiyaar hamein kaayenaat par haasil
Sawaal yeh hai ke ham kis ke ikhtiyaar mein hain
(Hayat Warsi)
Aye Khudaa tu hi be-misaal nahin
Main bhi hoon kaayenaat mein tanhaa
(Jameel Yusuf)
The song is filmed on Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, the extra artist and the movie star. Shah Rukh is trying to woo her in filmy setting, with Shreyas Taplade, aiding with the film studio equipments. Though, being an actor, why she would enjoy such make believe filmy set ‘chai-paani’ event, is unclear.
Shah Rukh Khan has a double role, for the two lives, and Deepika Padukone also has ouble role, 2 lives but different persons. It was said to be a remake of “Karz”, but the story has lots of common things from films like “Madhumati” and “Kudrat”.
Javed Akhtar is the lyricist and music directors are Vishal-Shekhar. This film had very good melodious songs, situational ones. One party song is posted in the blog, celebration of the same award.
But the award goes to Sonu Nigam, for the rendition of this melody, along with Shreya Ghoshal.
Video:
Audio:
Song-Tumko paaya hai to jaise khoya hoon (Om Shanti Om)(2007) Singers-Sonu Nigam,Shreya Ghoshal, Lyricist-Javed Akhtar, MD-Vishal-Shekhar
Lyrics:
Tum ko paayaa hai
toh jaise khoyaa hoon
kehnaa chaahoon bhee toh
tum se kya kahoon
tum ko paayaa hai
toh jaise khoyaa hoon
kehnaa chaahoon bhee toh
tum se kya kahoon
kisee zabaan mein bhee
woh lafz hee naheen
ke jin mein tum ho kyaa
tumhen bataa sakoon
main agar kahoon
tum sa haseen een
kaayenaat mein
naheen hai Kaheen
ta’areef yeh bhee toh
sach hai kuchh bhee ee naheen
tum ko paaya hai toh
jaise khoyaa hoon
shokhiyon mein doobee yeh adaayen en
chehre se jhalkee huyee hain
zulf kee ghanee ghanee ghataayen aen aen
shaane se dhalkee huyee hain en en
lehraataa aaanchal
hai jaise baadal
baahon mein bharee hai jaise chaandnee ee
roop kee chaandnee ee
main agar kahoon
yeh dilkashee
hai naheen kaheen
na hogee kabhee
ta’areef yeh bhee toh
sach hai kuchh bhee naheen
tum ko paaya hai toh
jaise khoya aa hoon
tum huye ae
meharbaan aan
toh hai yeh ae
daastaan aan
o o tum huye ae
meharbaan aan
toh hai yeh ae
daastaan aan
ab tumhaara mera
ek hai kaarvaan
tum jahaan main wahaan
main agar kahoon oon
hamsafar meree ee
apsara ho tum
ya koyee paree
ta’areef yeh bhee toh
sach hai kuchh bhee naheen
tum ko paaya hai toh
jaise khoya aaooun bhee to
tum se kya kahoon
kisee zabaan mein bhee
woh lafz hee naheen
ke jin mein tum ho kyaa
tumhen bataa sakeen
main agar kahoon oon
tum sa haseen
kaayenaat mein
naheen hai Kaheen
ta’areef yeh bhee toh
sach hai kuchh bhee naheen
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