Baat Karni Mujhe Mushkil - Mehdi Hassan

Baat karni mujhe mushkil – Mehdi Hassan

Composition – Mehdi Hassan

Lyrics – Bahadur Shah Zafar

Singer – Mehdi Hassan 

Prelude – The ghazal “ Baat Karni Mujhe Mushkil “ brings the breeze of the mountain in “ Raag Pahadi “ enthralling music lovers . The song was written by Mughal king Bahadur Shah Zafar who was also a poet . This ghazal by Mehdi Hassan Saheb takes one to a trance with its mellifluent melody . 

Baat karni muje mushkil kabhi aisi toh na thi

Jaisi ab hai teri mehfil kabhi aisi toh na thi

I feel difficult speaking to you - I was never like that  before . Your soiree is so elegant . It was never like that before .

 

Le gaya chin ke aaj kaun tera sabr-o-qarar

Beqarari tujhe aae dil kabhi aisi toh na thi

Oh heart ! Who has taken away your patience and calm ? The heart is restless .It was never like that before .

 

Unki ankhon ne khuda jaane kiya kya jaadu

Ki tabiyat miri maaeil kabhi aisi toh na thi

Only God knows what magic she has done to me with her eyes that I am attracted to it . It was never like that before .

 

Chasm-e – qaatil meri dushman thi hamesha lekin

Jaise ab ho gayi qaatil kabhi aisi toh na thi

The murderous,  intoxicating eyes were always my foes . But now I have been slain by the entrancing eyes of yours .It was never like that before .

 

Kya sabab tu jo bigdata ‘zafar’ se har bar

Khu teri hur- shamail kabhie aisi toh na thi

Oh beloved ! What is the reason that you get offended with Zafar every single time . Your attributes are like those a celestial nymph of exquisite beauty . It was never like that before .

Postlude – The lover speaks about the time when he  realises he is in love and compares it with the time he never felt such an emotion . The lover is feeling shy and nervous to talk to the beloved after he realizes he is in love with her . He starts feeling her soiree is resplendent as never before as he feels butterflies in his stomach . The heart of the lover is always anxious these days,  anticipating and thinking about the beloved every moment . The dazzling eyes of the beloved, which tell many unspoken  stories,  have captivated the lover . The lover says that the beloved behaves like a celestial nymph of unmatchable beauty,  and he doesn't know the reason why she gets offended with him every time after throwing tantrums . Bahadur Shah Zafar’s poem is a playful unspoken tete -e – tete between the lover and her beloved in their minds .