Aur jigar mein hai daring!

"Ek jigar hai, do jigar hai, teen jigar hain, hum aur tum!"

Huh? What the heck was that??

Ladies and gentlemen, it was Viv earnestly singing his own lyrics to the tune of "Ek colour ke terah patte" from Singh is Kinng. Did I mention he does that a lot? For instance, there was this time, I used to play the 'Azeemo-shaan-shehenshah, farma rawa" song from Jodhaa-Akbar a lot. One day, I heard him crooning, "Ajeeb-o-shaan shehenshah, vande mataram!" Sheesh.

And the strangest thing is, his lyrics blended in so effortlessly, I often found myself singing the vande mataram version!

I was not gonna let it happen this time. So I confronted him.

"What is this ek jigar hai, do jigar hai nonsense?"

"It's that song you keep playing from Singh is Kinng."

"No, it's not."

"Yeah, I used my own lyrics." He grinned.

"Achha? And what does it mean?" I asked.

"Oh, it means, I have one heart, you have one heart, and together we have one heart."

"Huh? Heart? Dude, do you even know what jigar means?"

"Duh! Heart!"

"No!"

"Then?"

"It means liver!"

"WHAT? Hahahaha! Good one!" He laughed.

"No, I'm serious. Jigar means liver."

"You're not just saying that because jigar rhymes with liver?" He looked at me suspiciously.

"No!"

"But then that song... Dard-e-dil, dard-e-jigar, dil ko churaya aapne..."

"Precisely. If jigar was heart, why would they say the same thing again? Dard-e-dil and dard-e-jigar? And by the way, it's dil mein jagaya aapne."

"Dil mein jagaya aapne? Huh? What does the whole thing mean then?"

"Yeah. Dard-e-dil means pain of the heart. Dard-e-jigar means pain of the liver."

"So she's causing him pain of the heart... in his heart?" He looked confused.

"Erm, yeah. Looks like it."

"Then what's causing pain of the liver??"

Now it was my turn to look confused.

"Erm... I don't know... Maybe dard-e-daaru?"