Music: R. D. Burman
Mera kuch saamaan
Tumhare paas padha hai
Ho... saawan ke kuch bheege bheege din rakhe hain
Aur mere ek khat mein lipti raat padhi hai
Woh raat bujha do
Mera woh saamaan lauta do
Mera kuch...
Patjhad hai kuch, hai na? hmmm?
Ho... patjhad mein kuch patton ke
Girne ke aahat
Kaanon mein ek baar pehenke lautayee thi
Patjhad ki woh shaakh abhi tak kaanp rahi hai
Woh shaakh gira do
Mera woh saamaan lauta do
Woh shaakh...
Ek akeli chatri mein jab aadhe-aadhe bheeg rahe the
Aadhe sookhe aadhe geele sookha toh mein le aayi thi
Geela mann shaayad bistar ke paas padha ho
Woh bhijwa do
Mera woh saamaan lauta do
Ek sau solha chaand ki raatein
Ek tumhare kandhe ka til
Gili mehndi ki khushboo
Jhooth moot ke shikwe kuch
Jhooth moot ke waade bhi sab
Yaad kara dun
Sab bhijwa do
Mera woh saamaan lauta do
Sab bhijwa...
Ek ijazzat de do bas
Jab isko dafanaaoongi
Main bhi wahin so jaaoongi
Main bhi wahin so jaaoongi
The song Mera kuch saamaan... has been soulfully rendered by Asha Bhosle in the film Ijaazat, meaning permission, starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah and Anuradha Patel. In the movie Naseeruddin Shah and Anuradha Patel were in love but N. Shah gets married to Rekha. This song comes at a point when Rekha tells her husband to send away all of Anuradha's things (saamaan) that were lying in their house. But as the lyrics tell us the things that Anuradha wants back are very different. What she asks for are the rain soaked days (saawan ke kuch bheege bheege din...), the night she had spent writing a letter (mere ek khat mein lipti raat padhi hai), her wet heart (geela mann shaayad bistar ke paas padha ho), the insipid fights (jhooth moot ke shikwe kuch) and the silly promises (jhooth moot ke waade bhi sab).
Often those who've lost in love wish if they could get back every moment that they'd spent laughing, crying, loving and hating while dreaming, thinking, imagining and remembering this one person. As you go about realizing the futility of this desire, you begin to think yourself as a fool to have spent every every moment laughing, crying, loving and hating while dreaming, thinking, imagining and remembering this one person.
Faye puts it much better in the climax of the Tom Hanks movie "That Thing You Do" when her long time boyfriend Jimmy breaks up with her. She sadly admits,
"I have wasted thousands and thousands of kisses on you. Kisses that I thought were special because of your lips and your smile and all your color and life. I used to think that was the real you when you smiled. But now I know that you don't mean any of it, and you just save it for all your songs. Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed so tight."
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