Day 13. Today song is Naam Gum Jayega by Lata Mangeshkar and Bhupinder Singh - Kinara (1977)

Today's song is Naam Gum Jayega sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Bhupendra Singh from the 1977 movie Kinara. The movie was written and directed by Gulzar. Lyrics by Gulzar, IMHO, the best lyricist in the history of Bollywood. Music was composed by the legendary great R.D.Burman, such a diverse musician who could rock out a song and as well write such an awesome indian classical based melody like this song Naam Gum Jayega, Chera Yeh Badal Jayega.

I know I am neither a great singer nor have a golden voice. So, with my average singing voice and abilities I attempt to sing this sing. I must say, it turned out to be not an easy song to learn, sing and emote the feelings, and do justice to the melody. it was quite a challenge.

Not sure what raga this song is based on, if you do, please comment.

Here is my solo rendition of the song with an acoustic guitar (posted on June 29, 2023):

So, here it is my rendition of this song with backing tracks (posted on Feb 09, 2021):

Chords: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com

Lyrics:

naam gum jaayegaa, cheharaa ye badal jaayegaa

meree aawaaj hee pahachaan hai, gar yaad rahe

wakt ke sitam kam haseen nahee, aaj hain yahaa kal kahee nahee

wakt ke pare agar mil gaye kahee, meree aawaaj hee.. ..

naam gum jaayegaa, cheharaa ye badal jaayegaa

meree aawaaj hee pahachaan hai, gar yaad rahe

jo gujar gayee, kal kee baat thee, umar to naheen yek raat thee

raat kaa siraa agar fir mile kahee, meree aawaaj hee.. ..

naam gum jaayegaa, cheharaa ye badal jaayegaa

meree aawaaj hee pahachaan hai, gar yaad rahe

din dhale jahaa raat paas ho, jindagee kee lau unchee kar chalo

yaad aaye gar kabhee jee udaas ho, meree aawaaj hee.. ..

naam gum jaayegaa, cheharaa ye badal jaayegaa

meree aawaaj hee pahachaan hai, gar yaad rahe

Here is a translation of this song: http://www.hindilyrics.net/translation-Kinara/Naam-Gum-Jayega.html

Thank you for listening

aG