🎵 Dhal Gaya Din by Asha Bhosale, Mohammad Rafi

The office hours were over early and she took her bag walking out to the nearby badminton court. She kept her laptop bag and changed her outfit in the changing room and came out to find some holding the rackets already. 

“Good evening.” she smiles at him, he winks back. She chuckles walking towards him and he gives her the racket.

“I will win today.” She says determined.

“That we will see meri jaan.” he winks playfully and she shakes her head walking back behind the net. He shoots the shuttelcock softly and the game begins. She plays well determined, the score after 40 mins was 3-1. 

“What is the time?” she asks gulping down a chuck of water

“Time for you to win.” he says picking up the racket again and urges her to play. She nods and flies the shuttlecock again and then suddenly her phone rings, indicating the alarm she needs to leave. 

“Win the full match and go.” he challenges. 

"I’m already winning.” she says knowing the score and the next second fails to reach the position, loosing one point.

“3-2, and this.” before she could understand the score changes to 3-3

“I will win today.” she says again and he chuckles nodding softly and begins humming. 

'dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai'

he sings, and she shakes her head. He did this every day when she had to leave and she left, not adhering his words every single day. 

dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai

abhi-abhi to aayi ho abhi-abhi jaana hai

he sings pleasingly hitting the cock sharply and making the score 3-4. She gasps and not wanting to lose plays more aggressively . 

dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai

abhi-abhi to aayi ho abhi-abhi jaana hai…

he looks in complete surprise when she actually hums out the lyrics and it was goood, very good to his utter surprise. 

dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai… both sing together forgetting about the time, lost in the score and song. 

sitam mere dil pe jo dhaaye qasam lage usko meri jo jaaye.. She smiles listening to the lyrics and seeing his reaction

sitam mere dil pe jo dhaaye qasam lage usko meri jo jaaye.. He sings

na aise dekho mujhe na roko zara ye socho bura zamana hai

dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai..

She continues and he can’t stop the grin to spread on his face

“I had to update you about office gossip.” he says and she groans. He was a big chatterbox and every 2 days he had all the gossips and told them with great enthusiasm. But she was least interested, maybe she didn’t had time for such nonsense stuff but he was a very persuading person. He made and sit her and listen all nonsense stuff with no choice. The stuff was absolute nonsense but she had build a habit of listening to all nonsense stuff just because of him.

‘guzari saath hamne kayi rate na jaane kab khatm hogi teri baate

guzari saath hamne kayi rate na jaane kab khatm hogi teri baate’

she complains via the same song lyrics and he smiles before continuing, and shooting the cock

‘abhi na jaana koyi tarana koyi fasaana abhi sunana hai’ he says

‘Tum aur tumhari baatein.’ she rolls her eyes

‘You love them.’ he smiled sweetly 

dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai

“Accha accha enough, i’ve to leave, it’s very late already.” she turns to leave but he grabs her wrist. 

‘banate ho ye roz hi bahana na jaane dega aaj tumko ye diwana’ he sings moving around her. 

‘banate ho ye roz hi bahana na jaane dega aaj tumko ye diwana’ he holds her hands but she frees her holding his face.

maana ji maana tu hai diwana mera diwana bada sayana hai, and kisses his cheek making his eyes go wide

dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai, she twirls around with her racket running off

abhi-abhi to aayi ho abhi-abhi jaana hai, he chases her 

dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam jaane do jaana hai..

She yells and runs away but too late he caught her again and wraps an arm around her waist

“Sach mei der horhi hai, we’ll continue this tomorrow pakka.” she tries 

“Pakka?” he whispers leaning closer

“Yes.” she pushes him back and laughs running away. He chuckles, ruffling his own hair and looking at her retreating love

अच्छा ख़ासा बैठे बैठे गुम हो जाता हूं

अब मैं अक्सर मैं नहीं रहता तुम हो जाता हूं

- अनवर शऊर