#437

     Song: yeh kya hai dhang zamaane ka
           kaisi yeh khudaai hai
           har ek bhalaai ka badla
           duniya mein buraai hai...

     Film: Dak Babu (1954)
     Singer: Talat Mahmood
     Music: Dhani Ram
     Lyrics: Prem Dhawan
     *ing: ?

"Once More..", #6.

This is yet another instance of a song whose rendition aligns itself
perfectly with it's words. This is an attribute that unfailingly
affects the way the song speaks to you. With the musical giants who
populated the HFM landscape in the golden era, songs like these were by
no means a rare occurrence, and a fair amount of discussion has been
triggered on RMIM in the past on this, if I'm not mistaken.

Such songs cannot be listened to indifferently. They make the listener
a part of the story they tell and the emotions they express, whatever
they may be. Which is why I'd say pick the right time to listen to
them, else a sad song like this one will yank a depressed mood a few
feet further below :-) Just as we instinctively participate in the
jubilation that "phaili hui hai sapnon ki baahen" celebrates, we cannot
help but brood over the stark disappointment and hopeless despair that
weaves through this soulful dirge. Beautifully composed and sung, and
written with a simple but true sense of resignation.

ae dil le chal ab yeh nagari mujhe raas na aayi hai..
har ek bhalaai ka badla duniya mein buraai hai...