Fighters

I am listening to a very very beautiful ghazal by Ghulam ali, and I want to dedicate this post to this ghazal। The ghazal starts with a 'sher' which goes like, अपनी आवाज़ की लर्जिश पे तो काबू पा लो, प्यार के बोल तो होठों से निकल आते है, अपने तेवर तो सम्भालों की कोई ये न कहे दिल बदलते है तो चेहरे भी बदल जाते है। I don't remember how many times i have listened this ghazal but still each time i listen to this, it gives me a new meaning. This is the beauty of ghazals, you can get a new meaning every time you listen. ये दिल ये पागल दिल मेरा क्यूँ बुझ गया, आवारगी, इस दस्त में इक शहर था वो क्या हुआ, आवारगी! The english translation is impossible, attempting that will be like killing the ghazal। What I could understand from this line is "what had happened to me", इक अजनबी झोंके ने जब पूछा जब मेरे ग़म का शबब सेहरा की भीगी रेत पे मैंने लिखा, आवारगी। Then ghulam ali sahab takes us to some other place by just his voice, amazing. ये दर्द की तन्हाईयाँ, ये दस्त का वीरान सफर, हम ल...

I apologize for not being able to write here, there are so many things that are keeping me busy these days. Since I don't get time to write here I am sharing lyrics few songs that are very close to my heart, and are the best for the situation.  तसवीर बनाता हूँ , तसवीर नहीं बनती एक ख्वाब सा देखा है, ताबीर नहीं बनती, तसवीर नहीं बनती बेदर्द मुहब्बत का, इतना सा है अफसाना नज़रों से मिली नज़रें , मैं हो गया दीवाना। अब दिल के बहलाने की, तदबीर नहीं बनती, तसवीर नहीं बनती तसवीर बनाता हूँ ... दम भर के लिए मेरी, दुनिया में चले आओ तरसी हुई आंखों को, फिर शक्ल दिखा जाओ मुझसे तो मेरी बिगड़ी , तकदीर नहीं बनती, तसवीर नहीं बनती तसवीर बनाता हूँ! Another song which is also very close to my heart,  दिल से तुझको बेदिली है मुझको है दिल का गुरूर तू यह माने के या न माने लोग मानेंगे ज़रूर ये मेरा दीवानापन है या मोहब्बत का सुरूर तू न पहचाने तो है यह तेरी नज़रों का कुसूर ये मेरा दीवानापन ... दिल को तेरी ही तमन्ना दिल को है तुझसे ही प्यार चाहे तू आये न आये हम करेंगे इन्तज़ार ऐसे वीराने में एक दिन घुट के मर जा...

I have been discovering music these days, I am a music freak who loves to listen music, on my top list there are artists like Parveen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Talat Mahmood, Md. Rafi, Mukesh, Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Mehndi Hassan, Shamshad Begum, Lata Mangeshkar. For me music is not just about hearing, its about living into it. For each artist I love I have a story behind it, that why I love him/her. When I was a child I couldn't understand what Ghulam ali sahab was singing but I just loved listening him. My Nanaji listens to all type of music and I owe him for making me love these artists. Lets start this discussion by putting here top songs of these artists. This is one of the best song of Abida Parveen, and I have heard it for more than 1000 times, each time I hear this song it looks as fresh as if I am hearing it for the first time. This is I think the beauty of her voice. Absolutely mesmerising. I can listen to her for whole day long, just one song. My biggest wish in life is...