Poetry I Love

A wonderful ghazal by Parveen Shakir

Update: Just found 2 videos on youtube. One is of Nusrat saab rendering this beautiful composition and another one from a mehfil where Parveen Shakir herself recites this. Embedding both the videos here.

kuch to hava bhi sard thi kuch tha tera khiyal bhi
dil ko khushi ke saath hota raha malaal bhi

[malaal=sorrow]

baat woh aadhi raat ki raat woh pure chaand ki
chaand bhi ain chet ka us pe tera jamaal bhi

[chet=name of a month, jamaal=beauty]

sab se nazar bacha ke woh mujh ko aisa dekhte
ek dafa to ruk gai gardish-e-maah-o-saal bhi

dil to chamak sakega kya phir bhi taraash ke dekh lo
sheeshagaran-e-shahar ke hath ka yeh kamaal bhi

[taraash=chisel/polish (stone), sheeshagar=glazier/one works with glass]

us ko na pa sake the jab dil ka ajeeb haal tha
ab jo palat ke dekhiye baat thi kuch muhaal bhi

[muhaal=difficult/impossible]

meri talab tha ik shaksh woh jo nahi mila to phir
haath dua se yun gira bhool gaya sawaal bhi

shaam ki nasamjh hava puuch rahi hai ik pata
mauj-e-hava-e-kuu-e-yaar kuch to mera khiyaal bhi

us ke hi baazuon mein aur us ko hi sochte rahe
jism ki khvahishon pe the rooh ke aur jaal bhi

Awesome lyrics by Nazir Kazmi and given a life by Nusrat saab. My lifetime favourite.

gam hai ya khushi hai tu, meri zindagi hai tu

aafton ke daur mein, chaiyn ki ghadi hai tu

meri raat ka chiraag, meri neend bhi hai tu

main khizan ki shaam hun, rutt bahar ki hai tu
(khizan - autumn, decay)

doston ke darmiyaan, waj-he dosti hai tu

meri sari umar mein, ek hi kami hai tu

main to woh nahi raha, haan magar wohi hai tu

‘Nasir’ is dayaar mein, kitna ajnabi hai tu
(dayaar - place)

Following are 2 slightly different versions, from 2 different live mehfils (with better sound and video quality)

And here the same ghazal done by Rahat with Farrukh saab on harmonium

A sweet song by Nusrat saab. Its written by Bari Nizami. Listen to it here on pz10.

wigad gai e thode dina ton
doori pai e thode dina ton

tere hundian peende nahi saan
peeni pai e thode dina ton

chan jiha mukhda nazar ni aaunda
rutt surmai e thode dina ton

shaam savere a jande san
khabar na lai e thode dina ton

dil mar jana hun tak darda
chot te sahi e thode dina ton

sukh sunehda koi ni aaunda
aas te dhai e thode dina ton

ik din ‘Bari’ hal ho jani
mushkil jehi e thode dina ton

This time a link to the lyrics (& English translation) of a wonderful qawali of Nusrat tum ik gorakh dhanda ho.

Before you start listening or reading, its written by Naaz Khialvi. Read about him here and you would enjoy even more. A masterpiece and Nusrat also did full justice !

Hats off to the legends !