Umren lagi kehte hue... do lafz the... ek baat thi.

It always accompanies me when i am drifting into oblivion. At full moon nights, its usually a loving companion. Last night, when i was searching for the stars past midnight, it tugged at my heart and stayed there for a long time. It is playing the possessive lover here... or is it me who simply refuses to let it go?

No estranged lovers thoughts this, but rather a poetry by the eminent Gulzaar Saab. And just like the words of this simple poetry... the songs engulfs you halke halke. Though Bol na halke halke is from the biggest debacle of this year Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, the song somehow refuses to be kept aside and forgotten. I don't normally lap up everything from the house of Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy... but this one was different. Way different.

Sample the delicacy of the lyrics...

Aaa neend ka sauda karen... ek khwab dein... ek khwab lein
(Let us make a deal and exchange our sleep... Let us take one dream and give one away)

Ek khwab toh ankhon mein hai... ek chaand ke takiye tale
(One dream remains in my eyes and the other is under the moon’s pillow).

Kitne dino se yeh aasman bhi soya nahi hai.. esko sula de.
(Its been days since this sky has slept, why don't you put it to sleep?)

When were such beautiful lyrics last heard? To make it more dreamy, the music directors brings the lyrics to life by opting for Indian instruments like the the table and the flute. But it is the unconventional voice of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and the under-stated Mahalaxmi Iyer that gives the song its soul.

Umren lagi kehte hue... do lafz the... ek baat thi…
(It took a lifetime to say two words and just one thing)

Woh ek din, sau saal ka... sau saal ki woh raat thi
(It felt like 100 years in a single day and the nights were 100 years long)

Kaisa lage jo chupchaap dono... pal pal me puri sadiyaan bita de.
(What if both of us quiety live a 100 years in a every passing moment?)

Brilliant!

Am drifting... once again...