Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Mujhko Yaqeen Hai

mujhko yaqeen hai sach kahti thi
jo bhi ammi kahti thi -2
jab mere bachpan ke din the,
chaaNd mein pariyaaN rahti thi
mujhko yaqeen hai sach kahti thi
jo bhi ammi kahti thi

ek ye din jab apnoN ne bhi
hamse naataa toD liyaa -2
ek vo din jab peD ki shaaKhen
bojh hamaaraa sahti thi
mujhko yaqeen hai sach kahti thi
jo bhi ammi kahti thi

ek ye din jab saari saDken
rooThi rooThi lagti hain -2
ek vo din jab aao khelen
saari galiyaaN kahti thi
mujhko yaqeen hai sach kahti thi
jo bhi ammi kahti thi

* ek ye din jab jaagi raaten
deevaaroN ko takti hain -2
ek vo din jab shaamoN ki bhi
palken bojhal rahti thi
mujhko yaqeen hai sach kahti thi
jo bhi ammi kahti thi

ek ye din jab laakhoN Gham aur
kaal paDaa hai aaNsoo kaa -2
ek vo din jab ek zaraa si baat
pe nadiyaaN bahti thi
mujhko yaqeen hai sach kahti thi
jo bhi ammi kahti thi
jab mere bachpan ke din the,
chaaNd mein pariyaaN rahti thi
mujhko yaqeen hai sach kahti thi
jo bhi ammi kahti thi


Sung by: Jagjeet Singh
Written By: Javed Akhtar

1 comment:

Gaurav said...

These couplets are there in the collection "Tarkash" by Javed Akhtar and my love for them has been growing as I have been growing up.

As far as I remember there is another couplet to add to the ones you have already mentioned. (Though you are not in the wrong factually cuz these are the ones that Jagjit Singh rendered in the album Silsila). If I remember it right it went something like:

Ek ye ghar jis me mera saaz-o-saaman rehta hai;
Ek wo ghar jis me meri boodhi Naani rehti thi.