apne apne hue paraye
kismat ne kya din dikhalaye
kuch socho aur kuch ho jaye
haye re dhiraj kaun bandaye
apne apne hue paraye
gham ki jo taqdeer na hoti
jo itni bepir na hoti
dil par itna bojh na hota
pairon me zanjir na hoti
jin rahon pe koi na aaye
baithe unpe naina bichhaye
dil nadan kahey jata hai
shayad vo shayad laut aaye
kaun hain hum kyun jane koi
apna humein kyun mane koi
bahatar hai iss badhali me
ab na humein pahchane koi
apne apne hue paraye
kismat ne kya din dikhalaye
kuch socho aur kuch ho jaye
haye re dhiraj kaun bandaye
apne apne hue paraye
Sometimes I feel life seems to be saying," a heart needs to be broken just to test its strength." Which is why people love, hope, dream-and then have all that love, hope, and dreaming shatter. Which is why hearts break. We picture one thing, and get another. Our very own turn away from us, leaving us numbed.
Everyone talks of good and bad luck. Here we have a poet who speaks of sorrow having its own luck! ' Gham ki jo taqdeer na hoti'. The enormity of that kind of pain!A pain that has been humanized. And has its own fortunes. At least I have not seen or heard this kind of expression before, after this song. And, the poet continues, this pain has a merciless fortune life. The crushing strength of this sorrow, that has a sorrowful fortune that, in turn, has a merciless fortune! 'Gham ki jo taqdeer na hoti ,jo itni bepir na hoti.' Uff!
And the hopelessness of hope- longingly waiting for someone on a path no one ever traverses.The pathos, the utter pity of the still-alive-in-death hope-shaayad...
'shayad vo, shayad laut aaye' notice the double usage of 'shaayad' to such wonderful effect, underlining the hope in a hope in a hope. Such a simple device used to such powerful effect by Shailendra. Not a lyricist, surely a poet.
And then the final acceptance that no one will come, no one will return.With a despairing sense of humiliation. The stars have turned to dust. One is utterly insignificant, simply a nobody. And yes, it is better to be in the shade, than to be seen and ridiculed in this miserable state. ' bahatar hai iss badhali mein, ab na humein pahchane koi'. Such sadness in the word 'badhali'.. No wonder this song brings tears to the listener's eyes.
Definitely, a song to treasure.
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