Friday, November 19, 2004

yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai

Yeh mahalon, yeh takhton, yeh taajon ki duniya
Yeh insaan ke dushman, samajon ki duniya
Yeh daulat ke bhooke, rawajon ki duniya
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye, to kya hai?

Har ek jism ghayal, har ek rooh pyaasi
Nigaahon mein uljhan dilon mein udaasi
Yeh duniya hai ya aalam-e-badhawaasi
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye, to kya hai?

Yahan ek khilona hai insaan ki hasti
Yeh basti hai murda paraston ki basti
Yahan zindagi se bhi hai maut sasti
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye, to kya hai?

Jawaani bhatakti hai badkaar bankar
Jawaan jism sajte hain baazar bankar
Yahaan pyar hota hai vyopar bankar
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye, to kya hai?

Yeh duniya jahaan aadmi kuchh nahin hai
Wafaa kuchh nahin dosti kuchh nahin hai
Jahan pyaar ki kadr hi kuchh nahin hai
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye, to kya hai?

Jalaa do ise fooq dalo yeh duniya
Jalaa do, jalaa do, jalaa do
Fooq dalo yeh duniya
Mere samne se hata lo yeh duniya
Tumhari hai tum hi sambhalo yeh duniya
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye, to kya hai?

6 comments:

Pallavi said...

pyaasa ??

Arunima said...

ye duniya ye mehfil, mere kaam ki nahi

Akruti said...

Hi,goodone here,i came here from arunima's blog,the comment u wrote,Quoting gulzaar,actually ita fav song of mine,liked it alot.keep posting

manuscrypts said...

jab milega, tab dekha jayega!! ;)

Stone said...

@Pallavi :: Yes pyaasa, Sahir Ludhianvi at his best.

@Arunima :: Seriously....ye duniya ye mehfil, mere kaam ki nahi.

@Neelima ::thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment.

@manuscrypts :: Nahi yaar, now its not needed.

@endlessecho :: Guru Dutt's gem.

Anonymous said...

man this is absolute power..... dude u knw, the validity of a piece of creativity, i believe, lies in its being timeless...these lyrics wriitten 50 yra ago....make a perfect sense till date......and they neva found india good enough for oscars...... these lyrics belong to a song frm gurudutt's legendary movie 'pyaasa'......vocals hemant kumar sahab........ a sublime salute to all......