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… [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qy6hAhbc8]
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 mehv-e-yaas rehta hoon tera milna khushi ki baat sahi tujse mil kar udas rehta hon ...
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 ...
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 ...
This is written by great Punjabi poet Amrita Pritam. Recently Gulzar saab has released an album “Amrita Pritam recited by Gulzar”. Its featured in the album. A must listen. You can listen it in Amrita’s own voice here on apnaorg.com oh mere dost mere ajnabi ik waar achanak tu aya tan waqt aslon hairaan mere kamre ch khalota reh gia… tarkalan da sooraj lehan wala c par leh na sakia… te ghadi k us ke dubban di kismat visaar diti… ...
This one is sung by Mehdi Hassan. Simply awesome. Very simple wording and just beautiful. At the moment I don’t know the name of the poet. Will try to find out. yaaro kisi kaatil se kabi pyar na mango apne hi gale ke liye talwaar na mango gir jauge tum apne maseeha ki nazar se mar kar bhi ilaaz-e-dil-e-bimar na mango sach baat pe milta hai sada zeher ka pyala jeena hai to fir jurrat-e-izhaar na mango ...
I dont know who wrote these lines, got it from internet only. Beautiful… main bulbula c ik paani da do pal jee ke mukk challia main raat di akh da athru c suraj di kiran pai te main sukk challia aas rakhda c suhaane mausam di aj hanerian de vich lukk chalia ek supna dekhia c akh meri ne jihda adh vichale tut challia main jag rusa ke yaar manaya te aj oh b chandra russ challia… ...