THAT EVENING--bilingual

THAT EVENING


That evening was not usual,
This evening, too, is so.
That evening, too, she was near me,
Now, too, she’s around though.

In her shy, pretty, downcast eyes,
I discerned thoughts of me.
Shy query in her fleeting smile
I could certainly see.

It seemed to me that on her lips
My own name was dancing.
It occurred to me somehow that
Her heart was so prancing.

Even now I do think a smile
She has in downcast eye.
Even now in her glance I do,
A tinge of desire, spy.

I know for sure that on her lips,
Now too, she has my name.
I think even now she has a
Gleam of love in her vein.


• Based upon a beautiful Hindi movie song, given below.
• Written in abcb, 8-6-8-6 meter


MC Gupta
6 March 2008

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ORIGINAL HINDI LYRIC [In both Hindi and English scripts]


वो शाम कुछ अजीब थी, ये शाम भी अजीब है
वो कल भी पास पास थी, वो आज भी करीब है

झुकी हुई निगाह में, कहीं मेरा ख़याल था
दबी दबी हँसीं में इक, हसीन सा सवाल था
मैं सोचता था, मेरा नाम गुनगुना रही है वो
न जाने क्यूँ लगा मुझे, के मुस्कुरा रही है वो
वो शाम कुछ अजीब थी ...

मेरा ख़याल हैं अभी, झुकी हुई निगाह में
खुली हुई हँसी भी है, दबी हुई सी चाह में
मैं जानता हूँ, मेरा नाम गुनगुना रही है वो
यही ख़याल है मुझे, के साथ आ रही है वो

वो शाम कुछ अजीब थी, ये शाम भी अजीब है
वो कल भी पास पास थी, वो आज भी करीब है


Movie Name: Khamoshi (1969)

Singer(s): Kishore Kumar

Music Director(s): Hemant Kumar

Lyricist(s): Gulzar

Woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thi Yeh shaam bhi ajeeb hai
Woh kal bhi paas thi voh aaj bhi karib hai

Jhooki huvi nigaah mein kahin mera khyaal tha
Dabi-dabi hansee me ek haseen sa sawal tha
Main sochta tha mera naam gun guna rahi hai woh
na jaane kyon laga mujhe ke muskura rahi hai woh

woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thi yeh shaam kuchh ajeeb hai
Woh kal bhi paas thi voh aaj bhi karib hai

Mera khyaal hai aabhi jhuki hui nigaah main
Khili huyee haseen bhi hai dabi huyee chaah me
Main jaanta hun mera naam gun guna rahi hai woh
yehi khayaal hai mujhe ke muskura rahi hai woh

Woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thi yeh shaam kuchh ajeeb hai
Woh kal bhi paas thi voh aaj bhi karib hai
Woh hi khyaal hai muje ki saath aa rahi hai voh