Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Nisha Dubey
Amrita Pritam's words still sit heavy on those who look to find meaning in unrequited love and loss. Here are the top 7 Amrita Pritam quotes on love and loss.
"Tera milna aisa hota hai jaise koi hatheli par ek waqt ki roti rakh de." Meeting you is like someone starved being given a day’s meal.
"Maine apni zindagi ki saari kadwahat pee li, Kyunki iss main tumhare ishq ki ek boond mili thi." I drank the entire bitterness of life because I found a trace of your love in it.
"Changa hoya je tu paraayi hogayian, Muk gayi chinta tenu apnaan di." It's good that you have gone to someone else now. For now, I don’t have to worry about making you mine anymore.
"Kithe? Kis tarha? Pata nahi, Shayad tere takhiyl di chinag banke Tere canvas te utrangi, Ya khore teri canvas dey utte, Ikk rahasmayi lakir banke, Khamosh tenu takdi rawangi" How and where? I know not. Perhaps I will become a figment of your imagination and maybe, spreading myself in a mysterious line on your canvas, I will keep gazing at you.
"Ae Jism Mukkda hai, Tan Sab Kuch Mukk janda, Par Cheteyan dey Dhaage, Kaayenaati Kana dey Hunde, Main unha kana nu chunagi, Dhageyan nu walangi, Te tenu main fer milangi." When the body perishes, all perishes; but the threads of memory are woven with enduring specks. I will pick these particles, weave the threads, and I will meet you yet again.
"Mein thi- aur shayad tu bhi… Shayad ek saans ke faasle par khada, Shayad ek nazar ke andhere pe baitha Shayad ehsaas ke ek mod par chal raha, Par weh, Purane-aitihasik samay ki baat hai." I was and maybe you were too. Maybe standing at a breath’s distance. Maybe sitting at the darkness of sight. Maybe walking at the turn of feelings. But that is… a story from prehistoric times.
"Umra de kagaz utte Ishq tere angoodha laya Kaun hisaab chukayega..." On the pages of life, your love has left a stamp, but who will pay the dues?