Year: 1969
Movie: Khamoshi
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist: Gulzar
Music Director: Hemant Kumar
Lyrics: here
'Hamne Dekhi Hai' is a delicate song that explains the sublime nature of love. The opening couplet is beautiful:
हमने देखी है उन आँखों की महकती ख़ुशबू
हाथ से छू के इसे रिश्तों का इल्ज़ाम न दो
I have seen the fragrance emanating from those eyes.
Do not stain it by labeling it as a relationship.
Sometimes, two people are drawn to each other but their relationship has no name. By giving a label to a relationship, expectations to conform to the norms of that label set in. The couplet suggests that it is best not to label a relationship. That enables love to remain pure and unstained.
Another song in which love remains unsaid is Hosh Walon Ko Khabar Kya (1999, Sarfarosh).
The next couplet is also beautiful:
सिर्फ़ एहसास है ये रूह से महसूस करो
प्यार को प्यार ही रहने दो कोई नाम न दो
It is only realization; experience it with your soul.
Let love be love, do not ascribe it a label.
In spiritual journeys, the word realization denotes the feeling of oneness with the Universe. A realized person is in love with everything and everybody. No label is helpful to describe that state of mind. It is an experience to be cherished. No words can capture that experience.
Roman Script
Haath Se Chhoo Ke Ise Rishton Ka Ilzaam Na Do Sirf Ehsaas Hai Ye, Rooh Se Mehsoos Karo
Pyar Ko Pyar Hi Rehne Do, Koi Naam Na Do
Hindi
हाथ से छू के इसे रिश्तों का इल्ज़ाम न दो
सिर्फ़ एहसास है ये रूह से महसूस करो
प्यार को प्यार ही रहने दो कोई नाम न दो
Translation
It is only realization; experience it with your soul.
Let love be love, do not ascribe it a label.
Roman Script
Ek Khamoshi Hai, Sunti Hai Kaha Karti Hai
Na Ye Bujhti Hai Na Rukti Hai, Na Thehri Hai Kahi
Noor Ki Boond Hai, Sadiyon Se Baha Karti Hai
Hindi
एक ख़ामोशी है सुनती है कहा करती है
न ये बुझती है न रुकती है न ठहरी है कहीं
नूर की बूँद है सदियों से बहा करती है
Translation
It is a silence that listens and speaks by itself.
It does not die, it does not stop, it does not pause.
It is a drop of bliss that flows for eons.
Roman Script
Aur Palkon Pe Ujaale Se Jhuke Rehte Hain
Honth Kuchh Kehte Nahi, Kaanpte Hothon Pe Magar
Kitne Khaamosh Se Afsaane Ruke Rehte Hain
Hindi
और पलकों पे उजाले से झुके रहते हैं
होंठ कुछ कहते नहीं, काँपते होंठों पे मगर
कितने ख़ामोश से अफ़साने रुके रहते हैं
Translation
It adorns the eyelashes with a glow.
Lips do not say much but on quivering lips,
many silent stories remain suspended (waiting to be told).
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