LEGEND: TALAT MAHMOOD:
Mohd. Rafi, the film industry's most versatile singer and Talat Mahmood, the undisputed monarch who ruled the world of ghazals !
One of the songs that Talat Saab did was
"Chal Udja Re Panchi" recorded for the the film Bhabi
For some reasons or the other the same song was done by Mohd Rafi and Rafi got the nod and his version was selected for Bhabi.
Talat Saab's version was just as well as good as Rafi's.
This song per se is not a Ghazal, but we will present this because of its Popularity:
Chal Ud Ja Re Panchhi Ke Ab Yeh Desh Hua Begaana
Go, fly away bird, now that this world has become a stranger (The bird here refers to the soul.)
Khatam Hue Din Us Daali Ke Jis Par Tera Basera Tha
Gone are the days of that branch on which you were perched
Aaj Yahan Aur Kal Wahan Yeh Jogi Wala Phera Tha
Today here and somewhere else
tomorrow,roaming like a wanderer
Ye tere jaagir nahin thi char ghari ka dhera tha
This was not your place, just a stop for a short while
Sadaa Raha Hai Is Duniya Mein Kiska Aab-O-Dana
Who, in this world, has lived forever
Chal Ud Ja Re Panchhi ...
fly away bird...
Just as the bird move form tree to tree freely, so does man in the world. We are reminded that we are destined to live here only for a few days.
Toone Tinka Tinka Chunkar Nagri Ek Basaai
You have collected bit by bit straws and made your nest
Baarish Mein Terii Bheegi Aankhen Dhoop Men Garmi Khai
In rain your eyes have got wet and suffered the heat of sun
Gham Na Kar Jo Terii Mehnat Koi Kaam Na Aayi
do not grief if your laborious task is not fruitful
Achha Hai Kuchh Le Jaane Se Dekar Hi Kuchh Jaana
It is better to give than to take something away
Chal Ud Ja Re Panchhi ...
Go bird, fly away...
Just as the bird builds its nest so too man built his home. Likewise he struggled for his family but in the end he has to leave family and wealth.. but in leaving everthing behind, he now goes forward to that which is alloted for him.
Bhool Ja Ab Voh Mast Hava, Voh Udna Daali Daali
Forget now those intoxicating breezes, those flutters from branch to branch
Jag Ki Aankh Ka Kaanta Ban Gayi Chaal Teri Matwali
Your strut has become a thorn in the eyes of the world
Kaun Bhala Us Baag Ko Poochhe, Ho Na Jiska Maali
Who will ask for that garden that has no gardener
Teri Kismat Mein Likha Hai Jeete Ji Mar Jaana
Your fate has been written to live a lifeless life
Chal Ud Ja Re Panchhi Ke Ab Yeh Desh Hua Begaana
Go, fly away bird, now that this world has become a stranger
Rote Hain Woh Pankh Pakheru Saath Tere Jo Khele
In tears are those birds who once played with you
Jinke Saath Lagaye Toone Armaanon Ke Mele
with whom you shared so many dreams
Bheegi Ankhiyon Se Hi Unki Aaj Duaen Le Le
with whom you shared so many dreams
Kisko Pata Ab Is Nagri Mein Kab Ho Tera Aana
Who knows now when you will return to this city
Chal Ud Ja Re Panchhi ...
Go bird, fly away....
Those birds who played with you are your friends and realatives. They cherished your dreams with you. Who knows when you take birth again in which home and which city.