Kabhi khud pe, kabhi haalaat pe rona aaya

-Mohd. Rafi, Hum Dono

Wow, Rafi is magnificent, the voice so perfectly placed and so delicately.. Ofcourse I know thats the understatement of the millenium but I had to get it off my chest. Seems like he is walking on a thin line but with so much perfection! Not one toe out of line!

I really really listened to this song, only recently. Ofcourse I have heard it many times before, without realizing its poignance.

Kabhi khud pe, kabhi haalaat pe rona aaya
Baat nikli toh har ek baat pe rona aaya..

The song begins with personal sadness.. I havent seen the movie, so dont know the exact situation in which this song is placed therein. The following lines seem to say that its about lost love..

Hum toh samjhe the ki hum bhool gaye hain unko
Kya hua aaj, ye kis baat pe rona aaya

So thats still personal sorrow, love tragedy, personal sadness.. But then the following lines come at the end of the song..

Kaun rota hai kisi aur ki khatir ae dost
Sab ko apni hi kisi baat pe rona aaya
Kabhi khud pe, kabhi haalaat pe rona aaya..

Seems like a comment on the selfishness of the griever himself... that the griever always grieves only for himself, else he would never have grieved in the first place. The griever becomes a griever only if he shares the sorrow and by sharing that sorrow, he ends up grieving only for his own sorrow. So by definition, the griever is selfish :-|

Dont know if the meaning that I have deduced is the meaning that the lyricist intended, but an interesting thought anyway. So penned it down here.