Note: The complete version of this song is now in the consolidated ISB. The original FITB article is retained here for archival purposes.

This, from the ISB, is an interesting candidate for the series. It's quite rare, but not unheard of, to have part of the sthaayi clipped on EP recordings. One example is "chi.ngaarii koii bhaDake," in which the second line of the song, "patajha.D jo baag ujaaDe" etc., is missing on quite a few releases--the 45 RPM that I used to own, for instance. Another is this early Roshan composition.

Film: Anhonee
Singer: Talat Mehmood
Music: Roshan
Lyrics: Satyendra Athaiya
ISB Contributor: ShashiKant Joshi

mai.n dil huu.N ik aramaan bharaa
tuu aake mujhe pahachaan zaraa
mai.n dil huu.N ik aramaan bharaa

Kud maine husn ke haatho.n me.n
shoKii kaa chhalakataa jaam diyaa
gaalo.n ko gulaabo.n kaa rutabaa,
kaliyo.n ko labo.n kaa naam diyaa, naam diyaa
aa.Nkho.n ko diyaa saagar gaharaa \- 2
tuu aake mujhe pahachaan zaraa

ye sach hai, terii mahafil me.n
mere afasaane kuchh bhii nahii.n
par dil kii daulat ke aage
duniyaa ke Kazaane kuchh bhii nahii.n
yuu.N mujhase nigaaho.n ko na churaa \- 2
tuu aake mujhe pahachaan zaraa

This happens to be one of my favorite Talat solos. Most available recordings of the song reproduce it as given above. But the Anhonee / Bewafa CD has a longer version, as does the movie. The usual recordings just plunge into the first stanza after "ik aramaan bharaa." On the CD, the sthaayi itself has an additional line:

ik saagar huu.N Thaharaa Thaharaa \- 2
tuu aake mujhe pahachaan zaraa

The tune of this line is the same as that of the last line of each of the two stanzas. Following this line, there's an elaborate interlude (mainly piano) before the stanza begins with "Kud mai.nne hus_n ke haatho.n me.n." In addition, on the usual recordings there's no pause between "duniyaa ke khazaane kuchh bhii nahii.n" and "yuu.N mujhase nigaaho.n ko na churaa," but in the CD, a brief rill on the piano intervenes.

I'm told that in the movie, after completing this song, Sunil Dutt, seated at the piano, moves directly into the following lines:

ye jhilamil karate hue diye \- 2
aaKir ik din bujh jaae.Nge
daulat ke nashe me.n Duube hue
ye raag ra.ng miT jaae.Nge
guu.Njegaa magar ye giit meraa \- 2
ye giit meraa

The CD includes these lines on the same track, which is listed as "main dil hoon ek arman bhara / ye jhilmil karte huye." The lines are set to a tune very distinct from that of the overall song, so much so that in terms of music alone, they could be considered a fragment of an entirely different song. However, the lyrics clearly tie these lines to the earlier two stanzas. The rhyme scheme and meter are the same: abxbc, the "c" line rhyming with the sthaayi. And the semantics match. "daulat ke nashe" takes up the bit about "duniyaa ke Kazaane kuchh bhii nahii.n." The overall theme, that the listener should give up the material world for the true riches of love, is the same. From this, one can conclude that these lines are part of Satyendra's poem but, for whatever reason, Roshan chose to set a different tune for them.