Shauk Hai...

One of ARR and Gulzar's little-known magic. Unfortunately this was used just as a background score.

Raat ka shauk hai
Raat ki saundhi si khamoshi ka
Shauk hai, ho shauk hai, ho shauk hai

Subha ki roshni
Bezubaan subho ki aur gungunati
Roshni ka Shauk hai, ho shauk hai, ho shauk hai

San sani anwlon ka
Ke ishq ke banwlon ka

San sani anwle
Ke ishq ke banwle
Barf se khelte badolon ka
Shauk hai

Kaash ye zindagi Khel hi khel mein kho gayi hoti
Raat ka shauk hai, ho shauk hai, ho shauk hai

Neend ki goliyon ka
Khwab ke loriyon ka
Neend ki goliyan
Khwab ke loriyan
Bezubaan aus ki boliyon ka
Shauk hai
Kaash ye zindagi binkahe binsune so gayi hoti
Subha ki roshni
Bezubaan subho ki aur gungunati
Roshni ka Shauk hai, ho shauk hai...

Lyrics Courtesy: http://www.navrasas.com/guru/shauk-hai.html

This song is about a girl's desires. a girl who wishes to feel the joys of life. she aspires to feel the night and the quietness that ensues. she aspires to feel the day with its bright mornings. she wants to taste the madness of love, as much as she wants to be able to taste the tangy amla. she fancies to be able to feel the cold and the cloud, and the beautiful dewdrops...

Kaash yeh zindagi khel hi khel mein kho gayi hoti...

She has no anger at the things that she has been denied. she has some simple wishes before she starts to drift off to her sleep with lullabies and sleeping pills.

Kaash ye zindagi binkahe binsune so gayi hoti...

It is easier said than done when people say, "wake up and smell the rain, take pleasures in the simple things of life." what if you want to, but you are simply unable to ? what if there is something so broken in you that you cannot fix it and you cannot feel anything ?

While talking about the song with a friend, he said: isn't it horrible when you are incapable of strong feelings...you feel like a walking ghost.

Touché.