Day 18: Today's song is Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni Phir Kahan by Hemant Kumar - Jaal (1952)

It is day 18, and today's song is Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni Phir Kahan from the 1952 movie Jaal, directed by legendary Guru Dutt. The song is sung by Hemant Kumar, music composed by the legendary best S.D. Burman, and lyrics by Shailendra.

It turned out to be not a very easy song to sing since it needed smooth soft voice to emulate the emotion conveyed by the song. A perfect song for the Valentines day today, today.

Here is another rendition of the song with Lyrical Video (posted on Apr 11, 2025):

Here is a rendition of this song, Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni Phir Kahan (posted on Feb 14, 2021):

Chords: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/

Lyrics:

Yeh raat yeh chaandnii phir kahaa

Sun ja dil ki daastan

Hey peDo.N ki shaakho.N pe

PeDo.N ki shaakho.N pe soyii soyii chaandnii, peDo.N ki shaakho.N pe…

Tere khayaalo.N mei.N khoyii khoyii chaandnii

Aur thoDi der mei.N thak ke laut jaayegii

Raat yeh bahaar ki phir kabhii na aayegii

Do ek pal aur hai yeh samaa

Sun ja dil ki daastan

Hey lehero.N ke honTho.N pe

Lehro.N ke hontho.N pe dhiima dhiima raag hai, lehro.N ke hontho.N pe

Bhiigii hawaao.N mei.N thanDii thanDii aag hai

Is hasee.N aag mei.N tuu bhii jalke dekhle

Zindagii ke geet ki dhun badal ke dekhle

Khulne de ab dhaDkano.N ki zubaan

Sun ja dil ki daastan

Hey jaatii bahaare hai.N

Jaatii bahaare hai.N uThti jawaaniiyaa, jaatii bahaare hai.N

Taaron ke chaao.N mei.N pehle kahaaniiyaa

Ek baar chal diye gar tujhe pukaarke

Lautkar na aaye.Nge kaafile bahaar ke

Aaja abhi zindagii hai jawaan

Sun ja dil ki daastan

A really poetic english translation of this song: http://anondogaan.blogspot.com/2014/01/yeh-raat-yeh-chandni-lyrics-translation.html

Thank you for listening

Peace

aG