The song as explained from lyricist’s perspective. This cinematic, romantic, philosophical sad Ghazal type song deals with longings for the past glory that was marked with great emotional intensity of love and affection as compared to the present times that lacks grandeur and is also emotionally lack lustre, in terms of relationships, love, affection, romance and life. This perspective has been splendidly and intensely captured by the entire crew, making it linger in the listener’s memories, spurring a nostalgic journey. It will calm the listener’s nerves with music of some classic live instruments like Sarod, Violin producing modern day sounds. It leaves the listener humming the song due to elegant stylistic singing by the accomplished singer effectively expressing the emotions behind every lyric. The lyricist has carefully chosen appeasing words and weaved deeply meaningful metaphors to bring out the central idea of the poem in a truly enjoyable way. Cherish it while you fully understand and appreciate the metaphors used in every couplet explained in detail here, along with meanings of difficult words. 1. अब वो बात कहाँ, वो रहमत अब तेरी आँखों में कहाँ, क्या मिलती हमें राहत, अब वो तेरी रि'आयतों में कहाँ, ab vo baat kahaa.n, vo rahmat ab terii aa.nkho.n me.n kahaa.n, kyaa miltii hame.n raahat, ab vo terii ri'aayato.n me.n kahaa.n, रहमत – divine kindness रि'आयतों – gestures of kindness, favours, concessions The guy, with heavy heart, laments, the divine kindness out of sheer love and affection that was there in his beloved’s eyes is not found in her gaze anymore. How can he get any relief from other sorrows and burdens of life and feel at home while with her anymore that he used to experience due to her accommodative stance and gestures of concessions towards his shortcomings. 2. बस हैं शब-भर के मेहमाँ, फिर रहेंगे तेरे आसमाँ में कहाँ, बरसा दे बादल प्यार का कि ठंडक ऐसी बारिशों में कहाँ, bas hai shab-bhar ke mehmaa.n, phir rahenge tere aasmaa.n me.n kahaa.n, barsaa de baadal pyaar kaa ki ThanDak aisii baarisho.n me.n kahaa.n, शब-भर – only for the night The guy romantically urges her, the happiness of their romantic union is short-lived like a night’s guest, metaphorically the moon that disappears in the morning, and post that, he may not be there anymore on her horizon, metaphorically representing her life. So, while the glory of our love is still fresh, shower me like clouds, with your love and affection, to soothe and cool my soul, even surpassing the effects of cooling rains. 3. शायद पता नहीं इन गुलों को, शायद नादाँ हैं सारे, जो तड़पन मेरे दिल में है, भँवरों की धड़कनों में कहाँ, shaayad pataa nahi.n in gulo.n ko, shaayad naadaa.n hai.n saare, jo ta.Dpan mere dil me.n hai, bha.nvaro.n kii dha.Dkano.n me.n kahaa.n, गुलों - roses नादाँ - naive तड़पन – agitation भँवरों – black bees Here the rose is metaphor for his beloved and black bee is a metaphor for himself as it is believed that black bees have attraction towards the beauty of roses and they keep flying and buzzing around them. So, he says, perhaps roses don’t know the intensity of his love for them because perhaps they are so naïve. He further adds, the anguish and longings of love that is there in his heart is not matched even by heart beats of black bees who are superficially flirtatious towards beauty lacking the intensity and truthfulness of his love for her. 4. अब वो बात कहाँ, ना है अब कोई मेहर-ए-ख़ुदा यहाँ, ना है जीनत आइनो में अब, और है वो 'इस्मतों में कहाँ, ab vo baat kahaa.n, naa hai ab ko.ii mehr-e-KHudaa yahaa.n, naa hai ziinat aaino.n me.n ab, aur hai vo 'ismato.n me.n kahaa.n, मेहर-ए-ख़ुदा - God's grace जीनत - beauty 'इस्मतों - virtues of integrity, chastity In these climactic lines, the guy laments, now, even God is not gracing us with any respite or His kindness, and nowadays, there is no beauty or grace left in our own reflections in mirror as chastity and integrity have hardly remained beautiful and coveted virtues anymore by anyone, so, the main beauty that is usually found in virtues inside us and not superficially like in looks alone, is not to be seen these days. Those glorious days are gone. The guy repeats the hook with immense pain and longings for her earlier divine kindness radiant in the past glory of their relationship.