All messages from thread Message 1 in thread From: P Dasgupta (prithvi_dg@yahoo.com) Subject: bhalaa thaa kitanaa apanaa bachapan...Hemantda series #82 Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2002-01-06 05:13:54 PST A guest post from Urzung Khan sahib for this episode of the Hemant-da series - a Hemant Kumar geet from the mid 40s. Hemant Kumar's slightly nasal voice spreads a soft touch to the song and carries the listener away in a sea of nostalgia. On 27th September 1989, the day after Hemant Kumar expired, Doordarshan carried the last interview of the singer. That interview started off with HemantK singing this song. His voice was just a shade of what it was about 40 years ago when he had first recorded this song. But still, the slow rendition in his aged voice brought out the nostalgia, a longing to go back to the past, that made every music admirer realize the vaccum that the demise of this stalwart singer had left. -Prithviraj % \startsong \stitle{bhala thaa kitnaa apnaa bachpan}% \film{Non Film}% \year{1940s}% \starring{}% \singer{Hemant Kumar}% \music{}% \lyrics{}% % % Contributor: Urzung Khan % Transliterator: Urzung Khan % Date: Jan 6, 2002 % Editor: Prithviraj Dasgupta % Comments: Hemantda series % Availability: The Unforgettable Hemant Kumar % - His best non-film songs - HMV CS HTC 04B 4455-56. % Also on Golden Collection - Hemant Kumar geets HMV CD. % \printtitle #indian % bhala thaa kitnaa apnaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitnaa din bhar tuu pe.Do.n ke tale rahatii thii pasaare aa.Nchal aur mai.n Daalo.n se phai.nkaa karataa thaa to.D ke phal maalii thaa bas hamaraa dushaman apnaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitnaa yaad bhii hai voh khel kii baat jab ham nikaalate the baraat la.Dake mujh ko dulhaa banaate sakhiyaa.N tujhako banaatii.n dulhan apanaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitnaa din ko khel me aur raato.n ko baato.n me.n kho jaate the raajaa raanii ke kisse sunate sunate so jaate the aa.Nkh me nii.nd kaa naam nahii.n thaa dil me koso.n duur kii dha.Dakan apanaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitanaa bhalaa thaa kitnaa apnaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitanaa % #endindian \endsong % -Urzung Khan =================================================================== Message 2 in thread From: Chetan Vinchhi (vinchhi@hotmail.com) Subject: Re: bhalaa thaa kitanaa apanaa bachapan...Hemantda series #82 Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2002-01-07 11:43:39 PST > bhala thaa kitnaa apnaa bachapan bhalaa ... kitanaa apanaa ... (It is amazing that in spite of such veteran ITRANSers as PDG, such silly errors still abound in most of the lyrics posts!) > bhalaa thaa kitnaa ... kitanaa > apnaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitnaa apanaa ... kitanaa > yaad bhii hai voh khel kii baat ... vaha (or) vo .... > jab ham nikaalate the baraat ... baaraat (I think HK says this though the above variant might be acceptable) > apanaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitnaa ... kitanaa > din ko khel me aur raato.n ko ... me.n > aa.Nkh me nii.nd kaa naam nahii.n thaa ... me.n > dil me koso.n duur kii dha.Dakan Now I thought that line was: dil se koso.n duur thii dha.Dakan > apanaa bachapan bhalaa thaa kitanaa aha! Finally a fully correct version of this line :) > bhalaa thaa kitnaa apnaa bachapan ... kitanaa apanaa ... C ===================================================================== Message 3 in thread From: P Dasgupta (prithvi_dg@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: bhalaa thaa kitanaa apanaa bachapan...Hemantda series #82 Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2002-01-08 09:16:50 PST "Chetan Vinchhi" wrote in message news:... > > bhala thaa kitnaa apnaa bachapan > > bhalaa ... kitanaa apanaa ... > > (It is amazing that in spite of such veteran ITRANSers as PDG, > such silly errors still abound in most of the lyrics posts!) PDG is neither a veteran, nor the transliterator for the song:) -pdg/ =================================================================== Message 4 in thread From: Chetan Vinchhi (vinchhi@hotmail.com) Subject: Re: bhalaa thaa kitanaa apanaa bachapan...Hemantda series #82 Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2002-01-08 10:45:28 PST "P Dasgupta" wrote: > > > bhala thaa kitnaa apnaa bachapan > > > > bhalaa ... kitanaa apanaa ... > > > > (It is amazing that in spite of such veteran ITRANSers as PDG, > > such silly errors still abound in most of the lyrics posts!) > > PDG is neither a veteran, nor the transliterator for the song:) Oh? Since his name appears as the "editor", I thought he had done the er... editing :) Which should surely include such things as checking for typographical/ITRANS errors? On a different note (repeating myself), its been ages since I heard that song, so what are his thoughts about: > dil me koso.n duur kii dha.Dakan I thought that line was: dil se koso.n duur thii dha.Dakan C ===================================================================== Message 5 in thread From: P Dasgupta (prithvi_dg@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: bhalaa thaa kitanaa apanaa bachapan...Hemantda series #82 Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2002-01-08 19:11:32 PST "Chetan Vinchhi" wrote: > On a different note (repeating myself), its been ages since I > heard that song, so what are his thoughts about: > > > dil me koso.n duur kii dha.Dakan > > I thought that line was: > > dil se koso.n duur thii dha.Dakan > > C Yes, you are right, it is indeed what you thought it was. -pdg/ ==========================================================================