Lyrics - Woh Shaam Kuch Ajeeb Thi



Movie : Khamoshi / ख़ामोशी (1969)
Music : Hemant Kumar / हेमंत कुमार
Lyrics : Gulzar / गुलज़ार
Singer :  Kishore Kumar / किशोर कुमार
Performed By: Rajesh Khanna, Waheeda Rehman
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वो शाम कुछ अजीब थी,
ये शाम भी अजीब है
वो कल भी पास-पास थी,
वो आज भी करीब है
वो शाम कुछ अजीब थी...

झुकी हुई निगाह में कहीं मेरा ख़याल था
दबी-दबी हँसी में इक हसीन सा गुलाल था
मैं सोचता था मेरा नाम गुनगुना रही है वो
न जाने क्यों लगा मुझे, के मुस्कुरा रही है वो
वो शाम कुछ अजीब थी...

मेरा ख़याल है अभी झुकी हुई निगाह में
खिली हुई हँसी भी है, दबी हुई सी चाह में
मैं जानता हूँ मेरा नाम गुनगुना रही है वो
यही ख़याल है मुझे, के साथ आ रही है वो
वो शाम कुछ अजीब थी..

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Woh Shaam Kuch Ajeeb Thi,
Yeh Shaam Bhi Ajeeb Hai
Woh Kal Bhi Paas Paas Thi,
Woh Aaj Bhi Kareeb Hai
Woh Shaam Kuch Ajeeb Thi..
(There was something strange about that evening,
Just as this evening feels strange
She was close to me yesterday, 
she is near me today as well
There was something strange about that evening)


Jhuki Huyi Nigaah Mein Kahin Mera Khayal Tha
Dabi-Dabi Hansi Mein Ek Haseen Sa Gulaal Tha
Main Sochta Tha Mera Naam Gunguna Rahi Hai Woh
Na Jane Kyon Laga Mujhe Ke Muskura Rahi Hai Woh
Woh Shaam Kuch Ajeeb Thi
(She was looking elsewhere but I was in her thoughts
Her supressed smile infused her cheeks with a pink glow
I hoped it was my name that she was humming then
I can’t say why I felt that she was overjoyed)


Mera Khayal Hai Abhi Jhuki Huyi Nigaah Mein
Khili Huyi Hansi Bhi Hai, Dabi Huyi Si Chaah Mein
Main Jaanta Hoon Mera Naam Gunguna Rahi Hai Woh
Yahi Khayal Hai Mujhe, Ke Sath Aa Rahi Hai Woh
Woh Shaam Kuch Ajeeb Thi
(Now thoughts of me are in her shy, lowered gaze
Even though she is laughing openly, there a hidden desire
I know that she is singing my name
It appears to me that she is coming closer
There was something strange about that evening)