Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo - Farida Khanum

Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo(lit. Please don't insist on leaving today) is a Nazm written by Fayyaz Hashmi.[1] It was popularlised by noted classical vocalists, Habib Wali Mohammad who also sang this song as a film playback singer in a Pakistani film Badal Aur Bijli(1973). Then the famous ghazal singer Farida Khanum also used to sing it in her television performances and in her live public concerts.[2] It is sung in Raag Yaman Kalyan.[3]

The song is sung by many artistes like Asha Bhosle(Asha Bhosle: Love Supreme, 2006)[4] The song was used as background music in a scene in the Mira Nair's Golden Lion award winning film, Monsoon Wedding(2001).[5] Habib Wali Mohammad's version of the song is also very popular. It is also a part of'The Shruti Box', online music series by Shankar Tucker, where it was sung by Rohini Ravada. A.R. Rahman had performed this number in MTV Unplugged Season 2.[6]

In 2015, this song was recomposed by Strings for Coke Studio Pakistan and re-sung by Farida Khanum after a significant gap from music in the finale episode of eighth season, concluding their run of 2015 season.

The song was used in an episode of Crime Patrol broadcast on 9th Feb 2016 on Sony TV.

Arijit Singh also recreated the song for TV show Naamkarann, telecast on Star Plus channel in August 2016.

The song was also recreated by Pritam, and featured in 2016 film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in the voice of Shilpa Rao.[7]

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Aaj jaane ki zid na kro is such an amazing song. Everytime when I listen this I totally fall in this song the layrics and the voice bhot things are just fully awesome. It is an old but when I listen this everytime it looks fresh and new truly the song is so cool and good.

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Aa jaane ki zid na karo - a ghazal non pareil, it has a history of its own.

Every famous singer has at one time or the other sung this ghazal and there so many different renditions around. But the uniqueness of the ghazal manages to keep the spirit intact through all its versions.

This ghazal has come to the common masses only recently when used in the soundtrack of Monsoon Wedding by Meera Nair. However ghazal lovers would not be new to this composition.

The ghazal was penned by Fayyaz Hashmi, a poet who started from Calcutta, went to Dhaka and still write in Lahore ( cause- the partition). The rare combination of hindi, urdu and sanskrit is a trademark of Hashmi's work and ''Aaj jaane ki zid'' a illustrious exponent of the same.

The ghazal potrays a lover desperately trying to stop his/her partner from leaving. It comprises very simple everyday words, yet they are woven with such dexterity that the effect is awesome.

There are two more popular renditions - one very popular in India sung by Farida Khanum and the other one popular in Pakistan sung by Habib Wali Mohammed. Both are equally good, they vary only slightly, mostly in the tempo. However, coming from a woman's voice and a man's voice respectively the effect is different.

Farida Khanum's version goes slower with a lot of emphasis on individual words-mostly on those which symbolise agony if the lover leaves.

Habib Wali's version is the faster one with emphasis on the overall meaning - stressing on beseeching the lover to not go.

Aaj jaane ki zid na karo has also been long used as an ending song at mehfils and recitals as it beseeches the patrons to not go. Indian premier A.B. Vajpayee was told ''aaj jaane ki zid na karo'' at his new year party by the new generation ghazal singer Talat Aziz.

Overall, the ghazal is a must listen, even if you donot know much Urdu - the wordings are mostly everyday hindi.

You can listen to both Wali and Khanum versions at https://muziq.net

Here's a verse for mouthshut fans from the ghazal: jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaate ho tum,

tumko apni kasam jaanejaan,

baat itni meri maan lo -

aaj jaane ki zid na karo |

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