Boat songs, where the singer sings about maajhi and the boat were the speciality of S D Burman as a singer and music director. But here, his son R D Burman has created music that his father must have been proud of .

And the voice of Kishore Kumar is nothing short of magical. It has been chronicled that the people present at the time of recording of this song were so much moved by Kishore Kumar’s singing that they cried. Kishore Kumar’s voice full of pain and pathos had that effect on them.

The lyrics written by Gulzar can be described as out of this world. What imagination ! Gulzar was at his creative best as a lyricist in those days. In fact that was true for R D Burman as a music director and Kishore as a singer as well. And the coming together of these three great talents has given us this gem of a song.

This song is nothing short of pure magic.

Song- O maajhi re (Khushboo 1975) Singer-Kishore, Lyrics-Gulzar, MD- R D Burman

Lyrics

o maajhi re, o maajhi re, apnaa kinaara, nadiyaa ki dhaara hai
o maajhii re apanaa kinaaraa, nadiyaa kii dhaaraa hai
o maajhi re

saahilon pe bahne waale
kabhii sunaa to hogaa kahin, o …
ho, kaagazon ki kashtiyon ka
kahin kinaara hotaa nahin
ho maajhi re … maajhi re
koi kinaaraa jo kinaare se mile wo,
apnaa kinaaraa hai …
o maajhi re …apnaa kinaaraa
nadiyaa ki dhaaraa hai
o maajhi re…

paaniyon mein bah rahe hain
kai kinaare Toote huye o …
ho, raaston mein mil gaye hain
sabhi sahaare chhoote huye …
ho maajhi re maajhi re
koi sahaaraa majhadhaare mein mile jo,
apnaa sahaaraa hai …
ho maajhi re apnaa kinaaraa
nadiyaa ki dhaaraa hai
nadiyaa ki dhaaraa hai
nadiyaa ki dhaaraa hai

Translation

O maajhi re , flowing stream of river is my shore

Those who flow close to the shore,
you must have heard sometime somewhere…
boats made of paper do not have any shores
O manjhi re, any shore that meets a shore
is my shore

Many eroded shores are flowing in the river stream
One has come across all supports that one had lost earlier
Any support that one comes across in midstream is one’s true support

O maajhi re, flowing stream of river is my shore