Day 37: Today's song is Jiska Koi Nahin by Kishore Kumar or Manna Dey - Laawaris (1981)

Day 37, and today's song is Jiska Koi Nahin, sung by Kishore Kumar from the 1981 movie Laawaris, directed by Prakash Mehra. Music composed by Kalyanji Anandji, and lyrics written by Anjaan (meaning anonymous). There is another version of this song sung by Manna Dey, and that version is my favorite version. However, I could not find backing tracks for that version.

I remember two different occasions in my life when I sang this song. One was in my school when I sang this song on stage in a school day celebration event. The other time was when I first started singing Hindi songs again after many years, and that was couple years ago. At that time, I just sat in a closet and sang into my phone, and recorded with backing music playing on my boom box. 

It's been a bit. Hopefully I am learning and singing better.

Somedays are better than others, and today when I recorded this live singing video, I cannot say it was one of my best days. 

But, for what it's worth, here is a solo rendition with an acoustic guitar (posted on May 28, 2023) This is the Manna Dey version of the song:

And, for what it's worth, here is another rendition of the song with backing tracks (posted on March 5, 2021) This is the Kishore Kumar version:

Chords: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com

Lyrics:

Ik din kisi fakeer ne ik baat kahi thi

Ab ja ke dil ne mana, mana woh baat sahi thi

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Main nahin kehta, main nahin kehta

Kitabon mein likha hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Haan khuda hai yaaro

Hum to kya hain

Hum to kya hain woh farishton ko aazmata hai

Hum to kya hain woh farishton ko aazmata hai

Banakar humko mitata hai phir banata hai

Aadmi toot ke

Aadmi toot ke sau baar juda hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Haan khuda hai yaaro

Imtehanon ka yahan daur yun hi chalta hai

Imtehanon ka yahan daur yun hi chalta hai

Aandhiyon mein bhi ummeedon ka diya jalta hai

Kal ki ummeed pe

Kal ki ummeed pe insaan jiya hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Haan khuda hai yaaro

Kab talak humse

Kab talak humse takdeer bhala roothegi

Kab talak humse takdeer bhala roothegi

In andheron se ujaale ki kiran phootegi

Gham ke daaman mein

Gham ke daaman mein kahin chain chhupa hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Main nahin kehta

Main nahin kehta kitabon mein likha hai yaaro

Jiska koi nahi uska to khuda hai yaaro

Haan khuda hai yaaro

Thank you for listening

Peace

aG