Last year, as a tribute to Lata around her birthday, I had posted a song under the title 'LATAnjali'. I would like to continue the same series and and use it to post good songs of Lata. 

This is from a soundtrack that many consider as Roshanlal's very best. It has eight songs by Lata (that I know of) - five solos and three duets - all of them ranging from very good to awesome. 
This particular song has been one of my favorite Lata songs for a long time and I am still trying to get a decent copy of it. 

Lata starts the song with a short alaap, which sets the mood. There is a marked difference in the way she sings this song, than most of her other songs. Here she sings with precision, as usual, but also with abandon. Her voice has an "openness" here with a very strong undercurrent of sensuality, that of a nubile woman who realises she has grown up and is discovering her sexuality. And Lata conveys this admirably. Among the various instruments used, the flute sections stand out, intermingled so ingeniously with the words. Set to a stunning composition, by the talented Roshanlal, here are the lyrics: 

% ITRANS Song #
 % 
 \startsong 
 \stitle{yahii bahaar hai}% 
 \film{raagrang}% 
 \starring{geeta bali, ???}% 
 \singer{Lata Mangeshkar}% 
 \music{Roshan}% 
 \lyrics{Kaif Irfani???}% 
 % 
 % Contributor: Anil Hingorani (hingorani_anil@jpmorgan.com) 
 % Transliterator: 
 % Date:  March 24, 1998 
 % Credits: 
 % Editor: 
 % Comments: LATAnjali series 
 % 
 \printtitle 
 #indian 
 % 

 Laa laa laa laa~~~~~ 

 yahii bahaar hai, yahii bahaar hai~ 
 yahii bahaar hai duniyaa ko bhuul jaane kii 
 khushii manaane kii 
 yahii ghaDii hai jawaanii ke gunagunaane kii 
 haa.n, muskuraane kii 

 ye pyaare pyaare nazaare ye Tha.nDii Tha.nDii hawaa 
 ye halkaa halkaa nashaa 
 ye kaalii kaalii ghaTaa_o.n kii mast mast adaa 
 ye koyal.on kii sadaa 
 machal ke aa gayii, machal ke aa gayii~ 
 machal ke aa gayii rut mastiyaa.n luTaane kii 
 haa.n, jhoom jaane kii 

 kalii kalii se ye bha.nware ne muskuraake kahaa 
 nazar milaa ke kahaa 
 nazar se kaam na nikalaa to gudagudaa ke kahaa 
 gale lagaa ke kahaa 
 kiyaa hai pyaar to, kiyaa hai pyaar to~ 
 kiyaa hai pyaar to parawaa na kar zamaane kii 
 haa.n, ha.nsii uDaane kii 

 O o o~~~~ 
 jo TuuTaa hai rubaa.n~~~~ 
 jo TuuTaa hai rubaa.n, usako TuuT jaane de 
 mere shabaab ko jii bhar ke giit gaane de 
 haa.n, giit gaane de 
 taDap uThii.n hai.n, taDap utheen hai.n~ 
 taDap uThii.n hai.n tamannaa_e jhuum jaane kii 
 haa.n, lagii bujhaane kii 

 % 
 #endindian 
 \endsong