Chitra Singh

Folk songs can be centuries old. They are passed from one generation to another. Many times, the areas of origin are known but who wrote it remains unknown. Yesterday I was in a ClubHouse room and someone sang mitti da bawa (Originally sung by Jagjit Singh & Chitra Singh). She also mentioned that it is written by Shiv. I had my doubts as Shiv was a recent poet and such a thing would of course be documented somewhere. I checked his complete poetry collection and as expected it was not there. That led me to turn to Google and all over the internet it was the same information that it has been written by Shiv. ...

Beautiful words and sung equally beautifully sung by Jagjit & Chitra Singh pehle to apne dil ki raza jaan jaiye phir jo nigah-e-yaar kahe maan jaiye (raza - will, desire) pehle mizaaj-e- rahguzar jaan jaiye phir gard-e- raah jo bhi kahe maan jaiye (mizaaj - temperament, rahguzar - path. gard - dirt, raah - street) kuch keh rahi hain aapke seene ki dhadkanein mera nahi to dil ka kaha maan jaiye ...

dekha jo aaina to mujhe sochna pada khud se na mil saka to mujhe sochna pada uska jo khat mila to mujhe sochna pada apna sa woh laga to mujhe sochna pada mujhko tha yeh gumaan ke mujhi mein hai ik ana dekhi teri ana to mujhe sochna pada (ana - ego, self) dunia samjh rahi thi ke naraz mujhse hai lekin woh jab mila to mujhe sochna pada ik din woh mere aib ginaane laga ‘Farag’ jab khud hi thak gaya to mujhe sochna pada ...