Two melodious songs...

 

Sharing two songs, (both from the 90s pop music era).. What I found so strikingly beautiful about these two songs are the common themes.

1. The first song :MERE MEHBOOB-RAAGESHWARI sung by Raageshwari (who also acted in it), is such a beautiful poetry and music, (especially the violin tune at 0.53 is the heart of the song) 

2. The second song: Teri Yaad Jab Aati Hai Full Video Song Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai | Lucky Ali by Lucky Ali, is a lesser-known song, yet so deeply beautiful...especially the tune at the start which is also the heart of this song in particular. I remember, I used to even have that tune as my ringtone long time ago...

    I blogged about both songs together because both have a male lover in uniform, thus connected to the military. While the female lover in both cases ends up losing them in different ways, yet the pathos of loss is so similar.

    In the first song, the man dies while fighting in the war, and in the second song, the man goes missing in the war for several years, leading the lover to give up on him and move forward with her life, only to find him miraculously come back, but only too late, as she had already married by then with a child.

    In both instances, love preceded the agony of loss. But in the first case, it appears that the lover is so deeply in love that she reminisces about her days and love and perhaps would be endlessly devoted to him. In the second case, however, we do see that the lover perhaps gives up and chooses to let go, a choice made and regretted later, as is obvious in the video. Sometimes, I wonder how difficult the path of patience is, to continue to believe in one love and keep that alive in the heart like a shrine. After all, it's just a song, but it does reflect the vagaries of life...

Three Beautiful songs: Ishq

Sharing three songs in this post, that are all titled "Ishq", and have some of the most beautiful lyrics and melodies I have ever heard. Here are they:

1. Ishq by Faheem Abdullaj (Link:  ISHQ - Music Film I Amir Ameer I Faheem Abdullah I Rauhan Malik I Samreen Kaur I Mir Tafazul)

This song was originally a shayari by the famous poet Amir Ameer (his recitation can be heard here: (2) Video | Facebook)

 The song almost feels like a love spell or a manifestation of the person in love who believes in the power of thoughts and words, or rather each harf (letter)..No wonder the lyrics talk of the three Urdu letters (Ain, sheen, and qaaf) that make up the word ishq (based on Urdu script).

The word "Ishq" in Urdu with the three parts

Some of the lyrics:

"Chal aa, ik aisi nazm kahoon

Jo lafz kahoon wo ho jaaye

Main "Dil" likhoon, tu dil thaame

Main "Gum" likhoon, wo kho jaaye

 

Abhi "Ain" likhoon, tu soche mujhe

Phir "Shiin" likhoon, teri neend ude

Jab "Qaaf" likhoon, tujhe kuch-kuch ho

Main "Ishq" likhoon, tujhe ho jaaye"

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2. Ishq by a Band of Boys (Link: Ishq hai Bekarar | A Band Of Boys | Hindi Love Songs)

This song, one of the lesser-known songs again, from the Indian Pop band of Boys (90s), is very melodious, with the guitar music at 1:20 (in the YouTube video link) by another musician (Leslie) is just beautiful. The part of lyrics which are so captivating are:

Jab se bane hum aur tum yun humsafar
Hone laga saason mein gehra asar
Tere bina suna safar
Aa jao na Aa jao
Ishq hai Beqarar Karta intezar
Ishq hai intezar Karta beqarar
Aa jao na ao meri jaan
Baagon ke phool kaliyon ki khusboo
Dheere dheere karne lagi Beqabu

Hai har taraf tu hi tu
Aaa jao na Aa jao"

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3. Ishq-Ali Sethi

(Link:  Ishq | Ali Sethi (Official Music Video))

The lyrics of this song and this song is so close to my heart. What a mesmerizing poetry and music and also the video itself is pretty artistic.

The lyrics:

"Raah chalte koi khwaab mila tha

Betaab beqaraar mila tha

Bewajah behijab mila tha

Bekhabar behosh lamhe

Faisla dene lage

Gum huye

Jo raaste

Mera pata dene lage

Ishq ki chingariyon ko

Phir hawa dene lage

 

Ek main tha aur thi tanhai

Kaat kaat ke bhi kat nahi paayi

Le gayi behti gehraai

Dard ke tinke bhanwar mein

Aasra dene lage

 

Gum huye

Jo raaste

Mera pata dene lage

Ishq ki chingariyon ko

Phir hawa dene lage..."

The lyricist/poet in this song reminisces of the path of love, a path which calls to him, with its ups and downs, hidden and revealed phases, sparks and darkness...moments of deep pain of loneliness but where hope remained. The lines "dard ke tinke bhanwar mein asraa dene lage" which translates to "twig of pain in the storm provided support" is deeply sublime....

The sequence I chose to write about these songs is because the first song is almost like a manifestation or spell of love through thoughts, and words. The second song talks of the restlessness (bekaraari) of the lover and his waiting and hope for reunion of the beloved. And finally the third song, is like a dream sequence where the lover is lost in a dream where he is being called to continue on the path of love, despite being alone, and faced with pain and turmoil, perhaps, as Shakespeare said "the course of true love never did run smooth", and so even through hopelessness and stormy skies, the hope for beloved is still burning bright...

The White of the Swan

 

I'm sharing a particularly moving and poetic sequence from the critically acclaimed Hindi film Gangubai  (link of the scene:  Instagram). The heroine's beauty and the description of the various white hues captivate the hero, who is a tailor who brings various white outfits for the heroine to select from. When the heroine requests that he display all of the white sarees and provide a recommendation, he responds that since they are all white, she can choose from any of them. But then the heroine responds in a very artistic and lyrical manner:

“ kon sa wala safed?

Chaand wala ya baadal wala safed?

Kaagaz wala safed ya

Gulaab wala safed?

Barf wala safed

Namak wala safed

Doodh wala safed ya

Shankh wala safed?”

 

After a moment of pause, the smitten hero replies,” hans wala safed.”

(Image of Heroine after she hears reply of the actor)

I also did the English translation that is:

Heroine:

“which hue of white?

The white of the moon or the cloud?

Or is it white of the paper, or

 the rose?

The white of the ice

The white of the salt

The white of the milk or

The white of the conch?

 

Hero replies, “The white of the swan.”

 

Interestingly, the heroine describes all different hues of white (which are not necessarily pure white) while the hero replies to a completely different answer which captures the true purity of white- the white of the swan. The fact that he had a mind and heart of his own which only saw the purity of the heroine and thus likens the white to the white of the swan symbolizing her purity, although in that movie the heroine played the role of a prostitute.

What I find so captivating about this scene is not only its poetry and depth and the purity of love the actors shared in their roles on screen, but the fact that in life, sometimes, we are limited to the colors or shades of something based on our limited perception of it, and what appears may not be a true reflection of the real, but a hue or a shade. Sometimes, it may take the eyes of another artist to see the truth of the color and the true purity of it...and in this case, those eyes are the eyes of love, and not lust...

    Indeed, the purity of love is symbolized by the white of the swan and the swan itself, check this beautifully poignant video reunion #love #birds #birdslover#swans #nature, I found on the web, where one of the swans is reunited with the other swan after a period of separation, and the moment of reunion is truly magical. Indeed, the two swans are a symbol of purity of love worldwide..