Meri Zindagi Hai Nagma - Salgirah (1969)

I cannot think of a better song lyric to pay tribute to one of the greatest singers of the our times- Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan on her fourth death aniversary. The mukha.Daa of the song seems to be realized by Noor Jehan as if it was prophetically written for her-
merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa merii zi.ndagii taraanaa mai.n sadaa\-e\-zi.ndagii huu.N mujhe
Dhuu.NDh le zamanaa

Though, she is not physically present amongst us, she would never be away from us. As I write this, the memory of so many lovely songs is created in my mind- to remember Noor Jehan I need not play an audio CD of her songs but I can simply remember those good times in my life created by her enchanting voice and feel her liveliness.

Now some information about this song. There are two versions- the 1969 film version and the 1983 Tarannum re-recorded version. The later version is studded with more difficult alaaps and there also is a minor change in lyrics. Instead of 'mai.n charaag shaam\-e\-Gam ... shabaanaa' the lines were changed to 'meraa kaam jalate rahanaa yuu.N hii dard\-e\-dil Chupaanaa.' The reason for this was probably because the original version had the signature of the protagonist named shabaanaa played by Shamimara which probably lost its relevance for Tarannum recording. I like both the versions but I vote for the 1969 version as Noor Jehan's soulful voice simply touches the heart.


Title: merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa
film: Salgirah, 1969
starring: Shamimara, Waheed Murad
singer: Noor Jehan, music: Nashaad, lyrics: Shevan Rizvi
Audio on:
Contributor: Pulkit Sharma, Transliterator: Pulkit Sharma
Date: 23 Dec 2004
Series: Noor-E-Tarannum
Comments: remembering Noorjehan on her 4th death aniversary
generated using giitaayan

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{merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa
merii zi.ndagii taraanaa}\-2
mai.n sadaa\-e\-zi.ndagii huu.N
mujhe Dhuu.NDh le zamanaa
merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa
merii zi.ndagii taraanaa

mai.n kisii ko kyaa bataa_uu.N
mujhe yaad kuCh nahii.n hai
kahaa.N rah ga_ii biCha.D kar
merii shaakh\-e\-aashiyaanaa
merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa
merii zi.ndagii taraanaa\-2

mere dil kii dha.Dakane.n hai.n\-2
mere bachapane kii yaade.n
ke kahii.n\-kahii.n se ab tak
mujhe yaad hai fasaanaa
merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa
merii zi.ndagii taraanaa

{mere soz me.n tabassum
merii aah me.n tarannum}\-2
mai.n charaag shaam\-e\-Gam huu.N
meraa naam hai shabaanaa
merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa
merii zi.ndagii taraanaa
mai.n sadaa\-e\-zi.ndagii huu.N
mujhe Dhuu.NDh le zamanaa
merii zi.ndagii hai naGamaa
merii zi.ndagii taraanaa\-2

Film Version:

Tarannum Version:

Courtesy: Pulkit Sharma