Note: The complete version of this song is now in the consolidated ISB. The original FITB article is retained here for archival purposes.This is one of the most lovely Gaud-Malhar pieces I've ever heard.
Film: Barsat ki Raat (1960)
Singer: Suman Kalyanpur, Kamal Barot
Music: Roshan
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
ISB Contributor:
garajat barasat saavan aayo re
garajat barasat saavan aayo re
laayo na sa.ng me.n, hamare bichha.De balamavaa
sakhii kaa karuu.n haay
garajat barasat saavan aayo re
garajat barasat saavan
aayo re saavan aayo, saavan aayo re
garajat barasat saavanrimajhim\-rimajhim mehaa barase
rimajhim\-rimajhim mehaa barase, barase, haa.N
rimajhim\-rimajhim mehaa barase
tarase jiyaravaa miin samaan
pa.D gaii phiikii laal chunariyaa
piyaa nahii.n aae
garajat barasat saavan aayo re
garajat barasat saavanpal pal chhin chhin pavan jhakore \- 3
laage tan par tiir samaan, tiir samaan, aa .a.a
sakhii laage tan par tiir samaan
nainan jal so bhiige kajariyaa
agan ba.Dhaaye
garajat barasat saavan aayo re
laayo naa sa.ng me.n, hamare bichha.De balamavaa
sakhii kaa karuu.n haay
garajat barasat saavan aayo
laayo naa, sa.ng me.n, hamare, bichha.De, balamavaa .a .a
sakhii kaa karuu.n haay re haay
Strictly speaking, the inclusion of this song stretches the boundaries of the series, but I could not resist. "garajat barasat saavan aayo re" is a reworking of a traditional Gaud-Malhar ba.ndish in tiintaal, a ba.ndish that Roshan himself had used in its original form earlier as the title song of MALHAR (1951), in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. The ba.ndish is as follows:
garajata barasata bhiijata aaiilo
tumare milana ko apane prem piharavaa
lo garavaa lagaaejo lo hama tuma ik Dhi.nga rahilo \- 2
to lo rahilo hiyaraa samaa.n \- 2
saavana aaiilo laala chunariyaa
de ho ra.ngaae
garajata barasata ...
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