Poetry

One of my all time favourite and Gurdas Maan classic: peer tere jaan di kiddan jaranga main tere bagair zindagi nu ki karanga main ki karanga pyar di lutti bahar nu sajian sajaiyan mehfilan gunde shingaar nu hathin mari muskaan da matam karanga main je ro pia te kehange dewaana ho gia na bolia te kehange begana ho gia lokan di is zubaan ni kiddan faranga main saahan di dubdi naab nu jhonka mile ja na is jahaan milan da mauka mile ja na agle jahan milan di koshish karanga main ...

A beauty by Ghulam Ali. First a little bit about history of this ghazal. It was originally written by Mirza Ghalib in Persian. Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum translated it to Punjabi and then Ghulam Ali added to the beauty by rendering it with perfection. Enjoy the masterpiece from the legends: mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu aaja vekh mera intezaar a ja avein laran bahanane labhna en ki tu sochna en sitamgaar a ja mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu… (sitamgaar - oppressor) ...

A masterpiece by Mehdi Hasan: main hosh mein tha to phir us pe mar gaya kaise yeh zeher mere lahoo mein utar gaya kaise kuch us ke dil mein lagawat zaroor thi warna woh mera haath daba ke guzar gaya kaise (lagawat - affection, love) zaroor us ki tawajoh ki rehbari ho gi nashe mein tha to main apne hi ghar gaya kaise (rehbar - guide, tawajoh - liking, close attention) ...

An awesome poetry. I don’t know the name of the writer. Gurdeep Singh sung this in his second album Hook. The whole album is a must listen. Awesome poetry and voice ! kade pattian gi gal kade tahnian di gal sanu das ja ni vaaye sade hanian di gal kade pattian di gal… kade soorjan ton puchan kade tarian ton puchan maruthal te jhana de kinarian ton puchan koi dasda na lang chukke panian di gal kade pattian di gal… ...

Ahmed Faraz woh tafawutein hain mere khuda k yeh tu nahi koi aur hai k tu aasman pe, ho to ho, pai sar-e-zameen koi aur hai (tafawutein - doori,distance) woh jo raaste the wafa ke the,yeh jo manzalein hain, saza ki hain mera hamsafar koi aur tha, tera hamnashin koi aur hai (hamnashin - associate) mere jism-o-jaan mein tere siwa, nahi koi bhi doosra mujhe fir b lagta hai is tarah k kahin kahin koi aur hai ...

By Sayed Ahmed Akhtar kuch haqeeqat to hua karti thi afsaano mein woh bhi baki nahi is daur ke insaano mein waqt ka sell baha le gaya sab kuch warna pyar ke dher lage the mere khilyaano mein (sell = flood, khilyaano = gardens) shaakh se katne ka gam unko bahut tha lekin phool majboor the, haste rahe guldaano mein unki pehchaan ki keemat to ada karni thi jaanta hai koi apno mein na begano mein ...

A beautiful piece of poetry by Rabbi Shergill. This song talks about un-conditional love, so beautifully…plain awesome poetry…enjoy the lyrics: tere bin sanu sohnia koi hor nahio labhna jo de ke roohan nu sakoon chukke jo nakhra mera… ve main sare ghum ke vekhia amreeka,roos malayshia na kite b koi farak c har kise di koi sharat c koi mangda mera c sama koi hunda soorat te fida koi mangda meri c wafa na tu mangda meri an bala tere bin… tere bin hor na kise mangni merian bala tere bin hor na kise karni dhup wich chaan… ...

Another beauty by Faraz Sahab…it looks like a continuation of suna hai log use aankh bhar ke dekhte hain. abhi kuch aur karishme ghazal ke dekhte hain Faraz ab zara lehza badal ke dekhte hain judaiyan to mukaddar hai fir b jaan-e-safar kuch aur door zara saath chal ke dekhte hain rah-e-wafa mein hareef-e-khiraam koi to ho so apne aap se aage nikal ke dekhte hain (hareef-e-khiraam - leading) tu sahmne hai to fir kyon yakeen nai aata yeh baar baar jo aankhon ko mal ke dekhte hain ...

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… Comments Comment by Bal on 2008-12-16 18:02:13 +0530 eh te kmaal hai hai yaar… never read thing like this! Beauty ! ...

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) ...