Aaaj Jane Ki Zid Na Karo - Badal Aur Bijli

Aaj Jane Ki Zid Na Karo – Badal aur Bijli

Composition – Sohail Rana

Lyrics – Fayyaz Hashmi

Singer – Habib Wali Mohammad

Prelude – Words are too short to describe the emotions in this timeless classic “ Aaj Jane Ki Zid Na Karo “ penned by Fayyaz Hashmi and composed by Sohail Rana . The song was originally sung by Habib Wali Mohammed Saheb for the film “ Badal aur Bijli “ and popularised by Malike – e – Ghazal ( Queen of Ghazal ) Farida Khanum ji . I first came across a cover version of this song by Akriti Kakkar on You Tube . I have spent innumerable nights thinking about this song and the raag “ Yaman Kalyan “ compelling us to travel to a celestial land . 

Aaj jane ki zid na karo

Oh beloved ! Don’t be persistent in going away from me.

Yoon heen pehlu main baithe raho

Please sit beside me.

Aaj jane ki zid na karo

Oh beloved ! Don’t be persistent in going away from me

Haye mar jaayenge hum toh lut jaayenge

Aisi baatein kiya na karo

Oh beloved ! I will die in lamentation . I will be robbed of my happiness . Don’t say such words to me .

Aaj jane ki zid na karo  

 

Tum heen socho zara kyun na rokein tumhain

You just think why I shouldn't stop you from leaving. 

Jaan jaati hain jab uthke jaate ho tum

I cease to live when you get up and leave me.

Tum ko apni kasam jaan ­- e -  jaan

I swear by you, my dearest, every word I have just said. 

Baat itni meri maan lo

Oh beloved ! just listen to me

Aaj jane ki zid na karo

 

Waqt ki qaid main zindagi hai magar

Life is imprisoned by time . 

Chand gadiyan yahi hain jo azad hain

There are only a few moments which are free.

In ko kho kar meri jaan – e – jaan

Umr bhar na taraste raho

Oh beloved ! Don’t lose these precious moments and yearn for them for the rest of your life. 

Aaj jane ki zid na karo

 

Kitna masoom rangeen hai yeh sama

How innocent and colourful is the soiree.

Husn aur ishq ki aaj meeraaj hai

Today is the pinnacle of beauty and love.

Kal ki kis ko khabar jaan -e- jaan

Rok lo aaj ki raat ko

Oh beloved ! Who knows what awaits tomorrow . Hold onto today’s night .

Aaj jane ki zid na karo

Postlude – The lamentation of the lover when the beloved is persistent in going away is beautifully captured in this song . Love is a mysterious emotion. The rapturous moments it gives to the lover by just being with the beloved are just enthralling . There is an unknown joy of just spending moments together in silence even if there is nothing to speak of. The aching which is brought to the lover just by the thought of separation from the beloved is an eternal theme which poets have explored since time immemorial . 

The second stanza speaks about how human beings are imprisoned by time, spending their lives in pursuit of earning their living and fulfilling their obligations, when love comes as a magical visitor which gives them meaning in this earthly life . The moments spent in love are the only priceless moments which make life worth living . Life is too short to be rushed upon , and it’s important to take it one day after the other and enjoy the feeling of just being with our love and make treasured memories so that we don’t regret it later . 

The third stanza speaks about how the atmosphere is filled and at the zenith of beauty and splendour of the beloved . We are beings who wish that that time would just stop moving forward so that we can capture the precious moments and just be with our love . The poet speaks about how our life should revolve around the present and not in anxiety of the future because we never know what awaits us . The song “ Aaj jane ki zid na karo “ will be eternal ,evoking the echoes of all the people who have experienced love .