Raat Jaga Duti Chokh
Manna Dey Lyrics

The song "Raat Jaga Duti Chokh" is a melancholic composition by Manna Dey that talks about the pain of unexpressed emotions. The title translates to "Two eyes awake at night" and the poet in the song likens these eyes to two poems that were written with teary ink, waiting to be read aloud as soon as the morning comes. The poet continues in the song, saying that he had never understood the words that were written in those poems, but now he feels the intensity of their emotions very deeply. The poet wonders what inspired those poems to be written and what pain the writer was feeling while shedding tears on the paper.

As the song progresses, it becomes evident that the unexpressed emotions are of love, a love that was difficult to confess or acknowledge. The singer talks about the agony of standing by the shore of an ocean of pain yet not being able to swim, someone who was afraid to share their feelings and kept them hidden in the folds of their heart. The singer sees the tears on the poem's writer as their testimony of agony and pain that they could not share with anyone.

The song is a beautiful representation of unrequited love, where the lover is suffering in silence, trying to find solace in the words they pen down. The melancholic tune added to the deep and meaningful lyrics brings out the pain and suffering of unshared emotions.