tanhaaiyaaN

betaabi-e-dil beshak palkoN pe chali aanaa
lekin ye teri had hai is had se na baRh janaa
aadaab-e-muhabbat meiN, zabt ek baRi shai hai
kuchh bhi ho magar aie dil, aavaaz na ban jaanaa
(Jagan Nath Azad)

Here’s an amazing nazm by Kaifi Azmi entitled Peer-e-tasmaa-paa (the old man of the sea who would ask the travellers to drop him across the water on their shoulders and with really strong legs, he would choke his carriers)
Kaifi’s nazm really talks about a much deeper meaning where he identifies himself with the carrier, the […]

Posting a beautiful nazm by NM Rashid.  My blog seems to be heavy on poetry, but that’s to be expected, just the things that tickle my fancy.
tere bistar pe miri jaan kabhii
be karaaN raat ke sannaaTe meiN
jazba-e-shauq se ho jaate haiN aaza madhosh
aur lazzat ki giraaNbaari se
zehan ban jaataa hai daldal kisii veeraane ki
Aur kahiiN […]

Another gem of a song from Chaudhvin Ka Chand. Guru Dutt, my goodness, what an actor he was. Selecting the best lyrics, the most amazing music, and just the stories that stir your heart and soul. Listen to the words of this masterpiece:

Some five years ago, I wrote this article on rec.music.indian.misc (RMIM) about a poem written by Ram Prasad Bismil. The article was written as The legend of Bhagat Singh and a few other movies on Bhagat Singh were about to be released. Here’s a reproduction of that article for my blog. My […]

This nazm is an absolute beauty.  An image of our world - as it was and as it is now.  You can find the transcript of this nazm at my site www.sahirludhianvi.com but here’s a video of the song from the movie pyasa sent to me by a reader of Sahir Ludhianvi blog (Thanks Ashwin).
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oh this ghazal can so easily make you think about time gone by. you can just read the words, listen to them in the voice of many Ghazal singers who sang this…. and then just get lost…
wo jo ham meiN tum meiN qaraar thaa, tumheiN yaad ho k na yaad ho
vahii yaanii vaadaa nibaah […]