A Ghazal that touches your heart everytime you read it by Irfan Abid. You can read more poetry by Abid Sahib, posted all over the web. I haven’t talked to him in a while, but I have always wanted to archive this Ghazal somewhere.. and what better place to put it than my own blog. [...]
nazm uljhi hui hai seene meiN – a nazm by Gulzaar with video (sung by Bhupinder)
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 main reason to [...]
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).
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 [...]