Aaj Jaanay Ki Zidd Na Karo - From Vineeta Sastry

Farida Khannum


Habib Wali Mohammed


Written by Fayyaz Hashmi

Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo

Haaye mar jaayein ge
Hum to lutt jaayein ge
Aisi baatein kiya na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo

Tumhi socho zara
kyu\'n na rokein tumhey
jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaatey ho tum
jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaatey ho tum
tum ko apni qasam jaan-e-jaa\'n
baat itni meri maan lo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo


Waqt ki qaed mein zindagi hai magar
Waqt ki qaed mein zindagi hai magar
chand gharriya\'n yahi hain jo aazaad hain
chand gharriya\'n yahi hain jo aazaad hain
inko khho kar kaheen jaan-e-jaa\'n
umr bhar na tarastey raho
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo

Kitna masoom aur rangeen hai yeh sama
husn aur ishq ki aaj me\'raj hai
husn aur ishq ki aaj me\'raj hai
kal ki kis ko khabar jaan-e-jaa\'n
rok lo aaj ki raat ko
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho

Aaj jaane ki zid na karo

The Lyrics:
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Today/Tonight, don’t insist on leaving
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Sit here close to me
Haaye mar jaayein ge
I will die
Hum to lutt jaayein ge
I will be lost
Aisi baatein kiya na karo
Don’t say such things
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Tonight, don’t insist on leaving

Tumhi socho zara
Just ponder for a second
kyu’n na rokein tumhey
Why shouldn’t I stop you?
jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaatey ho tum
When my life leaves every time you go
tum ko apni qasam jaan-e-jaa’n
I swear to you, my love
baat itni meri maan lo
Listen to my one request
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Tonight, don’t insist on leaving

Waqt ki qaed mein zindagi hai magar
Life is trapped in time’s prison but
chand gharriya’n yahi hain jo aazaad hain
These are the few moments that are free
inko khho kar kaheen jaan-e-jaa\’n
By losing them, my love
umr bhar na tarastey raho
Don’t start a life of regret
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Tonight, don’t insist on leaving

Kitna masoom aur rangeen hai yeh sama
How innocent and colorful is the weather
husn aur ishq ki aaj me\’raj hai
It is the reign of beauty and love
kal ki kis ko khabar jaan-e-jaa\’n
Who knows what tomorrow will bring
rok lo aaj ki raat ko
Let’s stop this night right here
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Tonight, don’t insist on leaving


Farida Khanum (born 1935) is a Pakistani Ghazal singer from Punjab. The Times of India has called her "Malika-e-Ghazal" (Queen of Ghazal)
In 2005, she was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest civilian honour by President Pervez Musharraf.

She was born in Calcutta and raised in Amritsar. She migrated to Pakistan after partition of India in 1947.She started learning Khayal from her sister Mukhtar Begum at age seven and later learnt classical music from Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan.
Farida Khanum gave her first public concert in 1950.

The ghazal she is most associated with is "Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo