Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: pop-film
Song Meaning of “Rafta Rafta Woh Mere – Live In India/1983” by Mehdi Hassan
Rafta Rafta Woh Mere is a beautiful, romanticGhazal by Mehdi Hassan. This song conveys the desperation of someone longing for past love as they find themselves in a place of distance and pain.
The lyrics speak of the agony of having to go through the days of life with no response to the longing of a lost love. The singer sings of the heartache that won’t cease and of the longing that is constantly there although it has been pushed aside and forgotten. The line “Rafta rafta woh mere saath chale, Main kisi bhi tarah bhula nahi sakta” (She went away so gradually, I won’t be able to forget in any way) symbolizes the impossibility of managing to move on from the lost love.
At the same time, the song is also filled with an element of hope. The singer sings about a desire for the impossible, for a relentless love that won’t rest and will always eventually turn around. The lyrics “Dil mein jo samaa raha hai, Kaise usko bhulaoon main” (The thing that lives in my heart, how can I forget it) speak of a desire to cling on to a love strong and true, even if the reality of the relationship being lost is unbearable.