ज़िन्दगी भर नहीं भूलेगी वो बरसात की रात,
एक अनजान हसीना से मुलाकात की रात,
ज़िन्दगी भर नहीं भूलेगी …
हाए वो रेशमी ज़ुल्फ़ों से बरसता पानी,
फूल से गालों पे रुकने को तरसता पानी ,
दिल में तूफ़ान उठाते हुए हालात की रात ,
ज़िन्दगी भर नहीं भूलेगी …
डर के बिजली से अचानक वो लिपटना उसका ,
और फिर शर्म से बल खाके सिमटना उसका ,
कभी देखी ना सुनी ऐसी हो….
कभी देखी ना सुनी ऐसी तिलिस्मात की रात ,
ज़िन्दगी भर नहीं भूलेगी …
सुर्ख आँचल को दबा कर जो निचोड़ा उसने ,
दिल पे जलता हुआ एक तीर सा छोड़ा उसने ,
आग पानी में लगाते हुए
आग पानी में लगाते हुए जज़्बात की रात ,
ज़िन्दगी भर नहीं भूलेगी …
मेरे नग़मों में जो बसती है वो तस्वीर थी वो ,
नौजवानी के हसीं ख्वाब की तदबीर थी वो ,
आसमानों से उतर आई
आसमानों से उतर आई थी जो रात की रात ,
ज़िन्दगी भर नहीं भूलेगी …
I could never forget that one rainy night. The night when I met an unknown beauty. I could never forget it for the rest of my life…
There was water dripping from her silky hair; Even those droplets wanted to linger on her rosy cheeks; She created quite a stir in my heart, It was that same night that she created a stir in my heart, I will never forget for the rest of my life…
She was startled by the thunder and lightning, And then she shyly curled up into a ball; I had never seen or heard anything like this before; I had never seen or heard anything like that enchanting night before, I will never forget it for the rest of my life…
She wrung her red shawl trying to dry it, It was as though she had sent a fiery arrow through my heart She ignited a fire in the water of those storms, It was in that same night that she started a fire in the water; I will never forget it for the rest of my life…
Her image lies in all my songs; She is the completion of all my youthful dreams. She has descended from the heavens; She has descended from the heavens on this night of nights, I could never forget that rainy night, The night when I met an unknown beauty, I could never forget…
Barsaat Ki Raat (1960); Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
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