Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho

Muhammad Rafi at his peak!! This marvelous song I first heard more than sixty years ago when I was around twenty years of age. I love to know the name of the great author of this song. Ever since, I have wondered about the literary grandeur of the poetic excellence in symillies carved out of the best Urdu language with Persian words smothered therein. Urdu Persian and Hindi phrases all combined in this poetry was the greatest asset of the civilization of those days of United India. The poison of communal feelings, unfortunately, robbed our community of the combined magic of the three languages.  What a grand loss!!! Will there be  a leader born to unite us again. I seriously doubt it.

चौदहवीं का चाँद हो, या आफ़ताब हो
जो भी हो तुम खुदा कि क़सम, लाजवाब हो
You are moon of 14th night or you are sun
Whatever you are, By God, you are matchless
ज़ुल्फ़ें हैं जैसे काँधे पे बादल झुके हुए
आँखें हैं जैसे मय के पयाले भरे हुए
मस्ती है जिसमे प्यार की तुम, वो शराब हो
चौदहवीं का ...
Like clouds, the hairs are spread on the shoulders 
The eyes are like goblets full of wine
In which there is intoxication of love, you are that wine
You are moon of 14th night or you are sun

चेहरा है जैसे झील मे खिलता हुआ कंवल
या ज़िंदगी के साज पे छेड़ी हुई गज़ल
जाने बहार तुम किसी शायर का ख़्वाब हो
चौदहवीं का ...
Face is blooming like a lotus in the lake
Or on the musical instrument of life,
Stirred a beautiful ghazal
Oh the essence of spring, 
You are the dream of a poet
You are moon of 14th night or you are sun

होंठों पे खेलती हैं तबस्सुम की बिजलियाँ
सजदे तुम्हारी राह में करती हैं कैकशाँ
दुनिया-ए-हुस्न-ओ-इश्क़ का तुम ही शबाब हो
चौदहवीं का ...
The smiles are electrifying on your lips
The galaxy does prostrations on your path
You are the pinnacle of the domain of love and beauty
You are moon of 14th nightth or you are sun
Whatever you are, By God, you are matchless

Scintilating song by Md.Rafi. I was 12 years old, when the movie was released. Every day, when the Radio is on we were  eager to hear this song  through  "Binaca Geethmala of Radio Ceylone". Even today the song is ever green

 
If there is a perfect song in Hindi cinema, it is this one. Mohammad Rafi sings with so much passion, such intensity, that it causes goose bumps when you listen to it. Just brilliant. And then there is Waheeda Rehman's beauty.