The background of the song is a movie of rudaali where the protagonist - Saneechri, a lady from the remote areas of Rajasthan is unable to cry as her heart has become too hardened due to the various atrocitiesmeted out on her..She is bold and has found out her own way to enjoy herself in the midst of all the unpalatable developments that keep happening around her including death of her father on her birth - for which she is blamed, death of her husband very early after marriage etc. the King of the village is a nasty person however the prince is an educated modern guy who is already married but can relate to her and likes her/ offers her help and love. He invites her on the occassion of the birthday of his son for singing a song. Here Saneechari sings this song which offers an explanation for her withdrawal from an unnamed relation with the prince, expressing her inability to carry forward the relationship as it lacks social sanction.
dil hum hum kare ghabraye
ghan dham dham kare garjaye
ik boond kabhie pani ki
mori akhiyon se barsaye
Through the above lines Saneechri says that she is unable to cry even though she is her heart beats anxiously as the clouds around the sky thunder loudly.
teri jori darooon
sab sukhe paat jo aaye
tera chuan lage
meri sukhi dal hariya ye
She expresses humbly that she will be able to give him ( meaning contribute or bring to his life) only the dry leaves ( meaning a dry life and it's experiences) and tells him that his single touch fills her dry branches ( referring to her painful experiences lonliness) with greenery ( new life).
Here it is to be noted that the prince actually falls in love with her innocence and generally bold spirit and she adores his gentle manliness and softness in charachter which has come because of his modern education. Saneechri, because of her innocence and inner spirit knows that the prevalent systems which put the rich to advantage are incorrect and therefore rebels against them in her own way many times to incur the wrath of the so called high society. Whereas the prince by disagreeing to take advantage of the various licenses and concessions accorded to him because of him being a prince shows his own dissent against the system. This is the secret of their endearance to each other. Their common dislike for incoherent practices which put one human at a disadvantage with another is not liked by both of them. Both suffer in their own way.. she being poor suffers in by lack of resources humiliation etc and he suffers as he has to put up with lot of moral suffocation and guilt arising out of his self imposed helplessness. So both see each other as soulmates as they share a common hatred against the artificial social setup.
Again it is to be noted here that the story teller has effectively combined hatred for societal decadence with love as only a bold an innocent heart can love and only a bold and innocent heart can identify and feel against social mal practices and develop rebellion.
jis tan ko chua toone
us tan ko chupaaooon
jis man ko lage naina
woh kisko dikhaooon
She says that she tries to hide the ( her ) body that has been touched by him and her imagination which now has wings ( heart fit with eyes in the actual line) cannot be shared with others as it lacks a social sanction and may bring down his image.
o mori chandrama teri chandni ang jaraye
Here she openly acknowledges her love for him saying that she is so much in love with him that even the moonlight burns her.
BUT
oonchi tor atari maine pankh liye katvaye
concludes that he is high up and she has cut her wings and hence cannot now reach him..
in the concluding line the poet brings out the withdrawal in such a beautiful way that this song becomes a masterpiece. it has also been filmed very effectively and the actors dimple kapadia and raj babbar has done fantastic justice to their respective roles. here she voluntarily withdraws from the relationship saying that she has cut her wings and has given him ( his charachter ) his due position by saying that he is high up on the top. the beauty is that she has exalted him without degrading herself by saying that she is capable of flying high but has chosen to cut her wings!!!!!!!
dil hum hum kare ghabraye
ghan dham dham kare garjaye
ik boond kabhie pani ki
mori akhiyon se barsaye
Through the above lines Saneechri says that she is unable to cry even though she is her heart beats anxiously as the clouds around the sky thunder loudly.
teri jori darooon
sab sukhe paat jo aaye
tera chuan lage
meri sukhi dal hariya ye
She expresses humbly that she will be able to give him ( meaning contribute or bring to his life) only the dry leaves ( meaning a dry life and it's experiences) and tells him that his single touch fills her dry branches ( referring to her painful experiences lonliness) with greenery ( new life).
Here it is to be noted that the prince actually falls in love with her innocence and generally bold spirit and she adores his gentle manliness and softness in charachter which has come because of his modern education. Saneechri, because of her innocence and inner spirit knows that the prevalent systems which put the rich to advantage are incorrect and therefore rebels against them in her own way many times to incur the wrath of the so called high society. Whereas the prince by disagreeing to take advantage of the various licenses and concessions accorded to him because of him being a prince shows his own dissent against the system. This is the secret of their endearance to each other. Their common dislike for incoherent practices which put one human at a disadvantage with another is not liked by both of them. Both suffer in their own way.. she being poor suffers in by lack of resources humiliation etc and he suffers as he has to put up with lot of moral suffocation and guilt arising out of his self imposed helplessness. So both see each other as soulmates as they share a common hatred against the artificial social setup.
Again it is to be noted here that the story teller has effectively combined hatred for societal decadence with love as only a bold an innocent heart can love and only a bold and innocent heart can identify and feel against social mal practices and develop rebellion.
jis tan ko chua toone
us tan ko chupaaooon
jis man ko lage naina
woh kisko dikhaooon
She says that she tries to hide the ( her ) body that has been touched by him and her imagination which now has wings ( heart fit with eyes in the actual line) cannot be shared with others as it lacks a social sanction and may bring down his image.
o mori chandrama teri chandni ang jaraye
Here she openly acknowledges her love for him saying that she is so much in love with him that even the moonlight burns her.
BUT
oonchi tor atari maine pankh liye katvaye
concludes that he is high up and she has cut her wings and hence cannot now reach him..
in the concluding line the poet brings out the withdrawal in such a beautiful way that this song becomes a masterpiece. it has also been filmed very effectively and the actors dimple kapadia and raj babbar has done fantastic justice to their respective roles. here she voluntarily withdraws from the relationship saying that she has cut her wings and has given him ( his charachter ) his due position by saying that he is high up on the top. the beauty is that she has exalted him without degrading herself by saying that she is capable of flying high but has chosen to cut her wings!!!!!!!
