chalo ek baar phir-se, ajnabi ban jaye hum dono, (film: gumraah, 1963, mahendra kapoor)...a fabulous "live" cover-version, by the late-great jagjit singh-ji...may God bless you in your heavenly abode!

*Song: Chalo ik baar phir se
Movie: Gumraah (1963)
Singer: Mahendra Kapoor
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Music: Ravi*


chalo ik baar phir se, ajnabi ban jaaye hum dono
na main tumse koi ummeed rakhoon dilnawaazi ki,
na tum meri taraf dekho galat andaaz nazron se
na mere dil ki dhadkan ladkhadaaye meri baaton mein,
na zaahir ho tumhaari kashm-kash ka raaz nazron se
tumhe bhi koi uljhan rokti hai peshkadmi se,
mujhe bhi log kahte hai ki ye jalwe paraaye hai
mere humraah bhi rusvaaiyaan hai mere maazi ki,
tumhaare saath bhi guzri hui raaton ke saaye hai
taarruf rog ho jaaye to usko bhoolna behtar,
taalluk bojh ban jaaye to usko todna achha
woh afsana jise anjaam tak laana na ho mumkin,
use ek khoobsurat mod dekar chhodna acha


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*Come on, once again let the both of us become strangers
I shall not any longer hold expectations of favours from you
Nor shall you look at me with eyes filled with wrong intentions
My heartbeat shall not hereafter falter with my words
Nor shall the secret of your grief be evident in your glances
Some perplexity stops you too out of hesitation
People tell me too that this beauty belongs elsewhere
My companions too are the disgraces of my past
You have with you too the shadows of the bygone nights
When acquaintance becomes a malady, it's better to forget it
When attachment becomes a burden, it's better to shatter it
When taking the saga to its final destination is impossible,
It's better to grant it a lovely twist and to leave the matter alone