A beautiful poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz:
woh log bahut khushkismat the
jo ishq ko kaam samjhte the
ya kaam se aashiqi karte the
hum jeete ji mashroof rahe
kuch ishq kiya, kuch kaam kiya
kaam ishq ke aade aata raha
aur ishq se kaam uljhata raha
phir aakhir mein tang akar humne
dono ko adhoora chod diya…
One of my all time favourite songs. Beautifully sung by Musarrat Nazir. Awesome lyrics:
chale to kat hi jeyga safar
ahista ahista
hum uske paas jate the
magar ahista ahista
abi taaron se khelo
chand ki kirno se ithlao
milegi uske chehre ki sahar
ahista ahista
(ithlao - play with)
dareecho ko to dekho
chilmanon ke raaz to samjho
uthayenge parda haye baam-o-dar
ahista ahista
(dareecho - ?,chilmanon - ?, baam - housetop or roof, dar - door)
yun hi ik roz apne dil ka qissa b suna dena
khita ahista ahista
nazar ahista ahista
(khita - to address)
chale to kat hi jeyga safar
ahista ahista
kadi saleeb,te kadi birkh,te kadi dariya
tu meri soch ch kis kis na shai da roop lia
jado mein birakh san
us pal tan ban saki na tu
jado chirag main bania
bani tu tej hawa
tere te mere vichale nadi c raule di
main apne geetan da pull bana nai sakia
utha hi sakia, na tu dil mere diyan partan
uhna de heth c tera hi naa likhia pia…
A gem by Ahmed Faraz, in his own voice…
Another gem of Ghulam Ali and my favourite. Its written by Aaga Bismil. The audio you can listen here and I am embedding the video also. The ones in blue are there in live version only.
teri baat hi sunaane aaye
dost bhi dil hi dukhaane aaye
phool khilte hain
to hum sochte hain
tere aane k zamane aaye
chand kaliyan nishaat ki chun kar
muddaton mein rihas rehta hoon
tera milna khushi ki baat sahi
tujse mil kar udas rehta hon
(nishaat - joy, rihaas - ?)
nazar nazar se milao
bahar ke din hain
gamon bhai bhool jao
bahar ke din hain
shayad mujhe nikaal ke pachta rahe ho aap
mehfil mein is khiyal se fir a gaya hoon main
mehfil mein baar baar kisi par nazar gai
humne bachai laakh
magar phir udhar gai
mehfil mein baar baar kisi par nazar gai…
unki nazar to koi to jaadu jaroor hai
jis par padi
usi ke jigar tak utar gai…
us bewafa ki aankh se aansu jhalak pade
hasrat bhari nigah
bada kaam kar gai…
(hasrat - desire)
unke jamaal-e-rukh pe unhi ka jamaal tha
woh chal diye
to raunak-e-shaamo sahar gai…
(jamaal-e-rukh - glowing face, roshan chehra)
unko khabar karo ke hai “Bismil” kareeb-e-marg
woh aayange jaroor
jo un tak khabar gai…
(kareeb-e-marg - near death)
This one is sung by Munni Begum. I couldn’t find the name of the writer. You can listen to it here on pz10.
lazzat-e-gam bada deejiye
aap yun muskara deejiye…
keemat-e-dil bata deejiye
khaaq le kar uda deejiye…
aap andhere mein kab tak rahein
fer koi ghar jala deejiye…
chand kab tak gehan mein rahe
aap zulfein hata deejiye…
mera daaman bahut saaf hai
koi tohmat laga deejiye…
ik samundar ne avaaz di
mujhko paani pila deejiye
A beautiful song by Surinder Kaur. I don’t know the writer’s name. You can listen to it here.
oh bada be-lihaaz ki kariye
bewafa da ilaaz ki kariye…
tere gam da b ki bharosa e
shai begani mizaz ki kariye…
daadhe vikhre ne pyar de painde
dil je na aave na baaz ki kariye…
kache ghadian ne paar ki launae
lagge ishqe nu laaz ki kariye…
tainu bhulna tan kujh nahi mushkil
jhalle dil da ilaaz ki kariye…
One of my favourite ghazals of Ghulam Ali. The sweetness of love translated into beauty of lyrics. Its written by Hasrat Mohni then sung by Ghulam Ali. Asha Bhosle also sung it in one of her albums [That album was probably a tribute to popular ghazals of the old time] The live version by Ghulam Ali can be listened to, here.
chupke chupke raat din aansu bahana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
khench lena woh mera parde ka kona daffatan
aur dupatte se tera moonh chupana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
(daffatan-suddenly)
berukhi ke saath sun-na dard-e-dil ki dastaan
woh kalai mein tera kangan ghumana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
waqt-e-rukhsat alwida ka lavz kehne ke liye
woh tere sookhe labon ka thar-tharana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
a gaya gar vasl ki shab bhi kahin zikar-e-firaaq
woh tera ro ro ke bhi mujh ko rulana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
dopeher ki dhoop mein mere bulaane ke liye
woh tera kothe pe nange paaon aana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
tujhse milte hi woh kuch bebaak ho jana mera
aur tera daaton mein woh ungali dabana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
chori chori hum se tum aakar mile the jis jagah
muddatein guzri par ab tak woh thikana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
tujhko jab tanha kabhi pana to az raah-e-lihaaz
haal-e-dil baaton hi baaton mein batana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
ba-hazaaran iztiraabo sad-hazaaran ishitiaaq
tujhe woh pehle pehal dil ka lagana yaad hai
humko ab tak aashiqi ka woh zamana yaad hai
(iztiraab - restlessness,perturbation, ishitiaaq - craving, ba - ? , sad - hundered)
Written by somebody unknown, I should call him ‘a fakeer’
pata nahi dil nu kyon bekarari jehi hundi hai
har wele sahan ch khumari jehi hundi hai
kuch tutte supne aj v,sanjida ho jande ne
uhna agge fer meri lachaari jehi hundi hai…
kai bujhartan paunda hai dil
jisde jawab mare hoye armaan a dinde ne, par
kuch na suljhe hoye sawaal akhan agge a khad jande ne
udon neend b meri udhari jehi hundi hai
pata nahi dil nu kyon bekarari jehi hundi hai…
har supne vich a baithdi hai kol mere
akhan naal akhan takra jandian
fer jad jee bhar ke dekh lainda haan main
uhdi rooh tak sharam-saari jehi hundi hai
pata nahi dil nu kyon bekarari jehi hundi hai…
dil da vapaar hunda loko sauda ghaate da
par has has loki laun baazian ‘fakeer’
koi samjhao ehna paagalan nu, k
ishq walian de din sirf chaar hassan de
baki sari umar bemaari jehi hundi hai…
pata nahi dil nu kyon bekarari jehi hundi hai…
This one is by Ghulam Ali. It was in the album Tere Shahar Mein. It was one of the first albums of Ghulam Ali to be released in India. Its available online on musicindiaonline and can be listened to, here
hamein to ab bhi woh guzra zamana yaad aata hai
tumhe bhi kya kabi koi dewana yaad aata hai…
hawaein tej thi, baarish bhi thi, tufan bhi tha lekin
tera aise main bhi waada nibhana yaad aata hai
guzar chuki thi bahut raat baaton-baaton main
fir uth k woh tera shama bujhana yaad aata hai
ghatayein kitni hi dekhi hain par mujhe ‘israr’
kisi ka rukh pe woh zulfein girana yaad ata hai
Sidhu