Ajeeb daastaan hain yeh,
Kahaan shuru kahaan khatam.
Yeh manzilein hain kaun see,
Naa woh samajh sake naa hum.
Yeh roshnee key saath kyon,
Dhuwaan uthhaa chiraag sey
Yeh khwaab dekhatee hoon main,
Key jagg padee hoon khwaab sey
Mubaarakein tumhein ke tum
Kisee key noor ho gaye.
Kisee key itane paas ho,
Ke sab se door ho gaye.
Kisee kaa pyaar le ke tum
Nayaa jahaan basaaoge
Yeh shaam jab bhee aayegee,
Tum hum ko yaad aaoge
Here’s my effort at translation:
WHAT A CURIOUS STORY IS THIS,
I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT BEGINS
AND WHERE IT ENDS !!
WHAT ARE THE PINNACLES OF THIS STORY ?
NEITHER HE COULD UNDERSTAND…..
NOR ME…..
WHEN A LAMP LIGHTS UP
WHY DOES IT EMIT SMOKE TOO
ALONG WITH THE BRIGHTNESS IT CREATES ?
WHENEVER I SEE THIS HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE,
I WAKE UP SUDDENLY FROM THE EXPERIENCE !!
WHAT A CURIOUS STORY IS THIS…..!
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR
BECOMING THE LIGHT OF SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE !
YOU WERE SO NEAR TO SOMEONE ( ME ? )
THAT NOW SUDDENLY YOU HAVE GONE FAR
FAR AWAY FROM EVERYBODY !!
WHAT A CURIOUS STORY IS THIS……!
YOU WILL CARRY SOMEONE’S LOVE NOW
AND CREATE A NEW WORLD OF YOUR OWN !!
BUT WHENEVER I SHALL THINK OF THIS EVENING,
I SHALL BE REMEMBERING YOU ALWAYS !!
WHAT A CURIOUS STORY IS THIS….?
Hope you will enjoy this song on Youtube ! Have a nice day. Try the following link ( Click on it and see,or copy and paste it in the address bar and see.)
Link: http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=eJLdL5_QkVo
– J S BROCA
H A P P Y M A K A R S A N K R A N T I !!
Jitoo Sir,
By the time I read the last line in all your postings, I find myself in a new world of imagination and I get deeply involved for sometime. It happens to me most of the time. This time again the same, but I really don’t know how to fly a kite. But I present them to the small children in our neighbourhood and enjoy. Best wishes.
Dr Pooja G Bhuyar, Bijapur
Jan 13, 2009
A superb classic Jitoo. But first I thought you must have posted the song from Bhabhi, sung by Mohamd Rafi and Lata, picturised on Nanda and Jagdeep (?): Chali chali re patang meri chali re, chali badalon ke par, ho ke dor pe savar, sari duniya ye dekh dekh jali re…
Shernaz Wadia, Pune
Jan 13 2009
Dear Brocaji,
Happy Sankrati to you and your family. Baroda I was there for 6 months from June-Dec. 1991. I spend six months after my marriage in India. Now I will have to spend the Dec.-June to see Sankrati and Holi, etc…
Wow I enjoyed watching this song. I have seen most of the movies but I do not recall this one. Raj Kumar and Meena Kumari, what a great pair. Nice poem nice composition. Especially like the part, “where to beginning , where to end.” Is this not the question within our own lives? Mystery hai truly. Regards to you,
Lina Mistry/Tandel, Virginia, USA
Jan 14, 2009
Dear Dr Pooja ji, Thanks for your lovely feedback. Flying a kite is a bit tricky but not that difficult. I learnt it when I was in Std V or VI. You require at least two persons of you want to fly it accurately.
J S Broca, New Delhi
Jan 14, 2009
Dear Shernaz, thanks for you comments. Yes, you are right, the ocassion was apt for a song on Patangs (kites). The song had been hovering in my mind since about a week or so but the final shape of the posting took place on Sankranti eve so I thought of somehow linking the kite’s motion in the wind with the motion of a boat in the water. I hope you must have enjoyed this black and white song of yesteryears. All the best dear.
j s broca, new delhi
Jan 14, 2009
Dear Linaji
I thank you for your response. Kite flying on Makar Sankranti day in Gujarat, is nothing short of mania. I also have very happy memories of my stay, study, hostel etc in Baroda. It is a beautiful city. As regards this song “Ajeeb Dastaan…” it is a very popular song amongst lovers of oldies.
J S Broca, New Delhi
Jan 14, 2009
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