Friday, May 16, 2025

Song of Nostalgia...Kehte hain dil se.....

 

Sharing a song from a movie of the 90s..this song is so nostalgic as I remember listening to it recorded on a cassette back in those days when I was may be 12 or 14 years old, I used to have cassettes back then where I would get my favorite songs recorded and listen to them on the radio..this particular song was also one of them...

The lovely song can be heard here: Khate Hain Kasam Sadhana Sargam, Udit Narayan Prem Aggan 1998 Songs Fardeen Khan, Meghna You

(with the lovely view of the oceanside in the song)


I particularly adore the lyrics, especially where the heroine in the song explains how she would search for her beloved (here the charming hero Fardeen :)) and then in the next stanza, the hero explains how he would search for her...What I found deeply poetic but also it somehow reflects the deep levels of love each has for the other...Perhaps, the love of the hero transcends all and turns divine and spiritual..as he compares the search of love to that of the search for the Beloved/Khuda and the thirst for that spiritual union with the One God....

The lyrics of the dialogue between the hero and the heroine are here:


Heroine:

"Chaahat ki raah mein hum,

Dhoondenge tumko aise

Phulwa ko jaise bhanwara

Aashiq wafa ko jaise..


Hero:

"Hum bhi tumhe bata de…

Dhoondenge tumko kaise

Dariya ko jaise pyaasa

Banda khuda ko jaise.."


And I did the English translation that is as follows:

Heroine:

In the path of love, I

will search for you,

like the bee searches for the blossom,

like the lover searches for love


Hero:

Let me also tell you

how will I search for you...

like the thirsty search for the sea...

like the worshipper for God....

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Interestingly, another song from the same movie is also very melodious and talks about the longing of love and worth listening to...

Here is the link: Tere Pyar Ki Aag Mein - Prem Aggan (1998) (Remastered Audio) 4K HD Quality Bollywood @๐’๐’‚๐’Š๐’‡๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’ ๐‘ต๐’†w


                                                                       Scene from the song

Its lyrics are very beautiful too, especially the following lines:

"jab ye duniya bani jane kis roop me

pyar hoke raha tha tera mera

jab ye duniya bani jane kis roop me

pyar hoke raha tha tera mera

jane jab or thi jism jab or tha

dil to tab bhi mila tha tera mera....


insan mohabbat ki khatir yaha

kayi roop badlta rahta hai

tere pyar ki aag me mera dil

din rat sulgta rahta hai

malum hua kyu seene se

dhua sa niklta rahta hai...."



Wednesday, May 14, 2025

A very special and divine song...Elements....

 

Sharing a song that is one of the lesser-known songs of the well-known Indian pop band, "A Band of Boys" of the 90s era...This particular song is not just a regular song, but a sublime deep poetry that revokes the fragrance of the ocean, its breeze, and the scent of longing and finally the meeting of the Beloved....

The song can be heard at this link: Elements (Aayi Ho Jabse)


The lyrics are as follows:

(Note the paragraph of lyrics in red are especially too close to my heart...such a depth of words...)


"Guzre the kitne saawan baadalon ki taak main,

Sookhi padi thi shaakhein berehem dhoop main,

Teri ankhon se jo chalka boondon ka Silsila

 

Chhota sa gul hai khila

Aayi ho jabse tum,

Dil ko mere kya hua

Banjar zameen par jaise

Chhota sa gul khila

 

Reton main dabi hui

Nadiyon ki cheekh ko

Sangam se bichdi trishna

Tarsi jo preet ko,

Saagar ki shokhiyon se

Shankhon ka sur mila

Chhota sa gul khila

 

Jeene ki justajoo

Saawan ki bheeni Khushboo

Sardi ki dhoop ho

Banjar zameen par mere

Chhota sa gul khila..."






Saturday, May 3, 2025

Beautiful Shayaris-2

 

Sharing some shayaris selected from the internet by various poets which I find particularly moving and quite deep...

Here are few of them:


1.  The first one literally goes deep in the tarjuma of what shayari is- almost an attempt from an amazing poet...Ahmed Salman...The shayari lines are below:


"jo dikh raha usi ke andar jo andikha hai vo shayari hai

jo keh saka tha vo keh chuka hoon, jo rah gaya hai vo shayari hai

ye shahr saara to roshni men khila pada hai, so kya likhun main

vo door jangal ki jhonpdi men jo ik diya hai, vo shayari hai

tamam dariya jo ek samundar mein gir rahe hain to kya ajab hai

vo ek dariya jo raste men hi rah gaya hai, vo shayari hai...."


And the link of the poet reciting it is:

 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHBWZ0rBcUc/?igsh=NXR6Yzdnc2xjenNl


2. Another one whose recitation by the poet is available here:


The actual lines are as follows:

"dekhe huye kisi ko bahut din guzar gaye

is dil ki bebasi ko bahut din guzar gaye

har shab chhaton pe chaand utarta to hai magar,

is ghar mein channdni ko bahut din guzar gaye....




3. This one is short yet is quite true...

"aahista aahista khatam.. hona hi hai

gam ko ya fir..hum ko...."


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VCwY0w6g17M



4. This one by poet Shakeb Jalali is particularly close to me...

"socho to silvaton se bhari hai tamaam rooh

dekho to ik shikan bhi nahin hai libaas mein"

 เคธोเคšो เคคो เคธिเคฒเคตเคŸों เคธे เคญเคฐी เคนै เคคเคฎाเคฎ เคฐूเคน

เคฆेเค–ो เคคो เค‡เค• เคถिเค•เคจ เคญी เคจเคนीं เคนै เคฒिเคฌाเคธ เคฎें

-Shakeb Jalali