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Arijit Singh and Hum Tum

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Today I have an absolutely beautiful Bollywood song for you from the movie Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. This song is sung by one of my favorite Indian singers in the world of music-Arijit Singh. This song just has the cute sweetness that you associate with pictures of couples in Paris or talking moonlit walks along the streets of a city. There is something innately beautiful and romantic about this song. Even if you take away the lyrics and the voices, the music itself conveys something so magical and lovely and content. This song has a really simple melody, but that reflects something about the song in a special way. The melody does repeat itself, and yes it is simple, but the words of the song sing about the beauty of simplicity. In this song, whether you understand the lyrics or not, the message is clearly about love. But an abridged translation of this song goes along the lines of saying that your love is your heart and soul. How can you explain what it is like to have the love of yo