Sunday, September 3, 2017

(Par)Desidedly, sorrow wAs(h)a sweet (Ra)f(eel)ing

Ek Pardesi Mera Dil Le Gaya, from Phagun* (1958), was three minutes and 53 seconds long, and means, “A stranger (from a faraway land) stole my heart.”

Its next line went, “Jaate jaate meetha meetha gham de gaya” (which could be translated to, “While departing, he left me with sweet sorrow.”)

It was penned by Qamar Jalalabadi, composed by O P Nayyar and rendered by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle.

(*Note: It is the twelfth month of the Hindu calendar. Its counterpart in the Gregorian calendar is the period between late February and late March.)   

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