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I have always been a huge admirer of the legendary music director Sri Madan Mohan Kohli. His compilations and background scores are magical and timeless.

I love his songs from the movies “Woh Kaun Thi” and “Adalat”. Not that others were in any way inferior. One particular song “Lag ja gale” resides in my heart.

I present my version of this mesmerising number sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

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Moonlight beckons and pulls at my heart strings,

I have surrendered myself to you, your sweet selfless love lends me wings,

I soar….. I glide but the world is jealous and to my horror created a divide,

This maybe our last night together or so they do confide,

Let’s forget about the universe and create moments that we may cherish forever,

You are my one and only love, there shall never ever be another,

You set me ablaze, oh yes I am on fire,

Shed your inhibitions and bury yourself in my arms, I have surrendered myself to your charms but do hurry, the moon is about to retire,

Destiny may so decree that this be our last night together,

Let’s make most of the ambiance and the pleasant weather

The winds are a blowing and can’t you see I am glowing,

Your love makes me shine, your pure selfless love is a blessing, the pleasure lies in knowing,

I live, breathe, exist for thee

Without thee there is no me

Not in this lifetime shall I love another

You have loved me like a friend, confidante and lover,

Such are the vagaries of romance,

This maybe our last night together, fate may not accord us another chance,

Forget all else, may these moments exist just for you and me

Allow our souls to become one, may you and I become us instead of you and me.

 

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AND A PASSIONATE VARIANT FOLLOWS….

Moonlight hums a lullaby, tender, slow, and shy,
Yet in your arms, my love, even sorrow dares not cry.
Your touch awakens starlight, stirs dreams once left behind……
We drift through hush and longing, in a world by love designed.

Hold me close tonight, for this hour may not remain,
These quiet flames may vanish, like footprints in the rain.
Within your gaze, I’m weightless, the world a gentle haze…..
Let all things pause around us in this golden, aching blaze.

The moon draws near in silence, its silver breath aglow,
And time forgets to wander where your warmth begins to flow.
If destiny allows us just one final, fleeting stay,
Then let us fall together before it fades away.

Come closer, love… don’t linger, for seconds slip like sand,
Just lay your soul beside me, and reach out for my hand.
No vows, no gilded promises…. just fire behind each kiss,
A longing carved in silence, a night composed of bliss.

You are my northern lantern, my ever-guiding flame,
No matter where I travel, I whisper still your name.
If this is all we’re granted…. this curve in time’s long thread,
I’ll carry you within me, until all stars are dead.

Let the world keep turning, beyond this sacred hush,
Tonight, it’s only us, in the quiet of love’s blush.
Let shadows yield before us, let silence write our claim,
You and I, forever…. though dawn forgets our name.

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