Raat Ka Nasha Abhi (Asoka)

For an industry obsessed with love, Bollywood music industry has pretty little to show for love's carnal side. Even less so, something that is sensuous without being vulgar. Songs such as this one are few and far between.

The music by Anu Malik is very fresh, and for a change doesn't seem copied from anywhere. Lyrics penned by Gulzar describe beautifully the tale of the night of togetherness and the yearning of the day after, when the lovers are apart. One wishes though, that someone else with a more seductive voice had sung it.

Lyrics, and translation:

Raat ka nasha abhi, aankh se gaya nahin

Tera nasheela badan baahon ne chhoda nahin

Aankhein to kholi magar, sapna wo toda nahin

Haan, wahi, wo, wohi

Saanson pe rakha hua tere hothon ka sapna abhi hai wahin

[[The ecstasy of the night before, has not yet left my eyes

My arms have still not let go of the intoxication of your body

And though my eyes are wide open, that dream is still there

Yes, the same one ....

The dream that your lips told my breath still lingers within me]]

Tere bina bhi kabhi, tujh si machal leti hoon

Karvat badalti hoon to, sapna badal leti hoon

Tera khyaal aaye to, bal kha ke pal jaata hai

Paani ki chaadar tale, tan mera jal jaata hai

[[At times I pretend that it's you I'm sulking with

For every night spent tossing and turning, I invent a new dream to console me

When I think of you, that moment just refuses to leave

And even inside a veil of water, my body burns]]

[Haan, wohi, wo, wohi

Saanson pe rakha hua tere hothon ka sapna abhi hai wahin]

Tere gale milne ke mausam bade hote hain

Janmon ka waada koi, ye gham bade chhote hain

Lambi si ik raat ho, lamba sa ik din mile

Bas itna sa jeena ho, milan ki ghadi jab mile

[[Oh, such beautiful lines! I wouldn't even try to translate them word for word.

When compared to how eternally momentous the time we spend together is; these small things such as being apart in this lifetime don't even matter. Because I know we are destined to find each other in every single life.

As for this life, I only ask for one prolonged day and one lasting night of togetherness - I don't need anything else.]]

[Haan, wohi, wo, wohi

Saanson pe rakha hua tere hothon ka sapna abhi hai wahin]