Shamshad Begum.
Ik bar phir kaho zara
A non-filmi song pretaing to mid 40s.
In this context I may add that lyricist of this
song was Mr Niazi (I do not remember his full name)
who for many years after partition was director,
Radio Pakistan,Peshawer.A music lover,poet and
singer of sort.Her daughter,Naheed Niazi,is also
a singer and lent her voice to a few songs in
Pakistani films.Mr Niazi had also written a sequal
'Ik bar phir suno zara' but he would not agree to its
rendering by anyone other than Shamshad Begum who
had by that time settled in India.So the sequal was
never recorded.Nevertheless,her daughter sang both
the creations of her father in a PTV show some 20
to 25 years ago.Ofcourse,she was no match for
Shamshad Begun.Here are the full lyrics of this
classic song:
Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay meri sari kainaat
Teri ik nigah per nisar hay
Meri saari zindagi ka noor too
Jannat-e-arzi, main rashk-e-hoor too
Lazzat-e-jaan, rahat-e-qalb-e-hazeen
Ishrat-e-nazzara, mehvesh, mehjabeen
Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay too bohat haseen hay
Nigah main shabab ka khumar hay
Sharm kay parday main pinhaan shokhiyan
Muskurahat main nihaan hon bijliyan
Her ada teri mujhay merghoob hay
Gher ki her cheese say mehboob hay
Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay paiker-e-fani hay kya
yeh dil to teri rooh per nisar hay
Jism fani, husn bhi fani mera
Jazb-e-dil per hay lafani mera
Mard herjai hay her gul per nisar
Dil magar deti hay aurat aik bar
Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay mujh ko ghair ka khayal
Tauba tauba sakhat nagavar hay
Man vohi hoon, man badal sakti nahin
Doosray saanchay main dhal sakti nahin
Ab teri taiver, teray taur aur hain
Main kahan ab qabil-e-ghaur aur hain
Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay mera ishq
Mehr aur maah say ziyada paidar hay
Meray sir ki jhooti qasmain kya hooin
Zahiri ulfat ki rasmain kya hooin
Girya-e-paihem vo uljhan kya hui
Aankh ki tezi vo dharkan kya hui
Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay mera ishq
Ustuvar rooh say ziyada ustuvar hay
Baandh ker ehd-e-vafa torra to kya
Sheesha-e-dil torr ker jorra to kya
Sub samajhti hoon magar maazoor hoon
Dil ki is feryaad say majboor hoon
Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay meri sari kainaat
Teri ik nigah per nisar hay
Urzung
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Before you buy.
I think the comma should be after "main" i.e.
Jannat-e-arzi main, rashk-e-hoor tu
> Lazzat-e-jaan, rahat-e-qalb-e-hazeen
> Ishrat-e-nazzara, mehvesh, mehjabeen
> Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay too bohat haseen hay
> Nigah main shabab ka khumar hay
>
> Sharm kay parday main pinhaan shokhiyan
> Muskurahat main nihaan hon bijliyan
> Her ada teri mujhay merghoob hay
> Gher ki her cheese say mehboob hay
> Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay paiker-e-fani hay kya
> yeh dil to teri rooh per nisar hay
>
> Jism fani, husn bhi fani mera
> Jazb-e-dil per hay lafani mera
> Mard herjai hay her gul per nisar
> Dil magar deti hay aurat aik bar
> Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay mujh ko ghair ka khayal
> Tauba tauba sakhat nagavar hay
******
"saKHt"
>
> Man vohi hoon, man badal sakti nahin
I think this should be :
"Main wohi hooN, main badal sakti nahin"
> Doosray saanchay main dhal sakti nahin
> Ab teri taiver, teray taur aur hain
****
"tere"
> Main kahan ab qabil-e-ghaur aur hain
The meaning would be clearer to stray readers if
a comma is placed after "kahaaN" i.e.
"Main kahaaN, ab qaabil-e-GHaur aur hain"
> Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay mera ishq
> Mehr aur maah say ziyada paidar hay
>
> Meray sir ki jhooti qasmain kya hooin
> Zahiri ulfat ki rasmain kya hooin
> Girya-e-paihem vo uljhan kya hui
> Aankh ki tezi vo dharkan kya hui
> Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay mera ishq
> Ustuvar rooh say ziyada ustuvar hay
>
> Baandh ker ehd-e-vafa torra to kya
> Sheesha-e-dil torr ker jorra to kya
> Sub samajhti hoon magar maazoor hoon
> Dil ki is feryaad say majboor hoon
> Ik bar phir kaho zara (x2) kay meri sari kainaat
> Teri ik nigah per nisar hay
>
> Urzung
I am very grateful to you for posting the complete
lyrics of this classic song. I have already
referred to this haunting melody in another thread
and am most gratified to learn that there are
others beside me who remember it today.
Afzal
Urzung
Urzung Sahib (I persume)
Thanks for posting the most beautiful song; it is in a class of its
own. Do let us know if you find it, where and how you got it. Thanks,
Vijay Kumar
> Vijay Kumar
I meant presume, of course.
As I remarked earlier,the sequal 'ik bar phir suno zara' was sung by
Naheed Niazi.Its video recording exists but not commercially.You may
be sure of it that I shall be posting its lyrics when I have the
song.