In this song, lyrics writer Amitabh Bhattacharya has very beautifully connected the Guru and love among themselves. If we look at this song according to the video of the film, then we find that Ranbir’s character Ayan is very much to forget his love Alije and he gets a comfort in music. Therefore, by singing this Sufi song, he is pleading for help from Bulle Shah to give him a pleasure, but in reality he is not able to be relaxed, which we see in the last scene where he bothers Alije’s memory even by staying with Saba, and in the end he breaks the relationship with Saba and goes back to Alij.
There is an interesting story behind it. Actually, Baba Bulleshah made a caravan dancing in the love of his Guru Shah Inayat Qadri, our Ranjha wants to join this caravan. So he says … ‘I want to join your caravan … I want to be capable of shortage of shorts …’
After this comes the line that all of us have probably sung wrong. ‘I am a idiom like a butterfly wrapped with Kagul … Stay for a moment, fly in the moment …’. All of us have ever sung it Kabul or I have sung it, but this is actually Kagul. Now what is this Kagul? Actually, Kagul is a musical instrument, used to keep sparrows away from the fields. Often, butterflies, to avoid birds, they hover and cling to it, and then fly like an idiom. This line comes from here, ‘I am a idiom like a butterfly wrapped with Kagul … Stay for a moment, fly in the moment …’
In fact, in this song, Aashiq Bulaiya, who was in a love in this song, is pleading with Baba Bulle Shah that you are the true friend of this king. You have to know everything about love and you make me your disciple and become my Murshid i.e. Guru or God. He says that the bird of my Ruh is upset, he is fluttering in captivity, but he is not getting relaxed. What shall I do. Once Tajali means show me the form of God, give me false but comfort.
The lyrics of this song are written by famous lyrics and song writer Amitabh Bhattacharya. The song is voiced by Shilpa Row and Amit Mishra, and Pritam has composed it. This song has been filmed on Aishwarya and Ranbir. This song comes in the second half of the film where we see Ranbir’s character Ayan romancing with Saba i.e. Aishwarya. Ayan is trying to forget the character of Anushka. In such a situation, this song seems to be perfect.
