THE song, MY song.

I have never had a favorite song. There have been lots and lots of tracks that I have absolutely loved, that I have listened to over and over agan and still listen to, songs that have made me happy and have made me cry, lyrics that have really struck an emotional chord, tunes that have stayed with me over the years and I can recognise instantaneously anywhere, anytime, but never one single favorite. I have always been at a total loss when faced with the task of picking one ULTIMATE song from the hundreds that I like.
But now, I think I have found precisely this 'ultimate'. Tu Jaane Na from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, composed by Pritam Chakraborty (I sincerely hope he hasn't lifted this one from anywhere - he's quite infamously guilty for theft of creativity), sung by Atif Aslam, penned by Irshad Kamil.
I initially heard the remix version and quite liked that, but after I heard the original Sufi version, the remix doesn't even come close.
I have been listening to it routinely, every single day. Whenever I take a break from work, it is the only track I play. I simply put it on repeat and relax as Atif's magical voice transports me to another world and the tabla beats fall in synch with my heart. I relate to simply EVERYTHING in the song. Right from the very well put words about unrequitted love, to the emotion in Atif's voice and the trance that the tabla beats induce. I even relate to the song's placement in the movie, at the juncture when Prem has had just about enough of keeping his love a secret. I know that feeling all too well. And of course, I love how Ranbir looks in the video! (drooooool..)
I don't think I am ever going to grow out of my obsession for Tu Jaane Naa. The very fact that I have been listening to it so much yet am not even close to being bored goes to show how this song is simply something else; my ultimate, irreplacably favorite song. I think I'll still love it just as much even ten years on, and twenty, and fifty, and 'jaane na' till when. It is so totally 'my' song.

Kaise batayein
Kyun tujhko chahe
Yaara batha na paayein
Baatein dil o ki
Dekho jo baki
Aankhein tujhe samjhaein
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na

Hmm milke bhi, hum na mile
Tumse na jaane kyun, milo ke,
Hai phasle tumse na jaane kyun
Anjaane, hai silsile
Tum se na jaane kyun, sapne hai
Palko tale tum se na jaane kyunnnnnn…

Kaise batayein
Kyun tujhko chahe
Yaara batha na paayein
(aaa…aaa…(indicine.com))
Baatein dil o ki
Dekho jo baki
Aakhein tujhe samjhaein
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na

Aaaa aaaaa aaa
Nigahon mein dehko
Meri jo hai bas gaya aa
Woh hai milta tumse hubahoo
Ooohhooo..
Jaane teri aankhein
Kiya baatein ki vajah…
Huye tum jo dil ki aarzoo
Tum paas ho ke bhi
Tum aas ho ke bhi
Ehsaas ho ke bhi
Apne nahin aise hai
Hum ko gile
Tumse na jaane kyun, milo ke
Hai phasle tumse na jaane kyun ooonnn….
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na

Ooo jaane na jaane na jaane na
Aaaaaaa aaa… tu jaane na
Khayalon mein lakhon baatein,
Yun toh keh gayaaaa..
Bola kuch na tere saamne
Oooo… huye na begaane bhi
Tum hoke aur ke
Dekho tum na mere hi bane
Aafsos hota hai, dil bhi yeh rotha hai
Sapne (indicine.com) sanjotha hai, pagla hua soche ye
Hum the mile tum se na jaane kyun
Milo ke, hai phasle tumse na jaane kyun
Anjaane, hai silsile
Tum se na jaane kyun, sapne hai
Palko tale tum se na jaane kyunnnnnn…
Hooooohh…

Kaise batayein
Kyun tujhko chahe
Yaara batha na paayein
Baatein dil o ki
Dekho jo baki
Aankhein tujhe samjhaein
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na
Tu jaane na aaaa..
Tu jaane na

Tu jaane naaaa… tu jaane naa