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Faraz ab koi sauda koi junoon bhi nahin magar qaraar se din kat rahe ho yun bhi nahin (sauda-madness, junoon-passion, qaraar-satisfaction,ease) lab-o- dahan bhi mila guftagu ka fan bhi mila magar jo dil pe guzarti hai kah sakoon bhi nahin (lab-lips, dahan-mouth, guftagu-conversation,fan-skill) meri zubaan ki luknat se badgumaan na ho jo tu kahe to tujhe umar bhar miloon bhi nahin (luknat-stammering, badgumaan-suspicious) Faraz jaise koi diya turbat-e-hava chaahe hai tu paas aaye to mumkin hai main rahoon bhi nahin ...

Melody ! aap hain kyon khafa, kuch pata to chale hai meri kya khata, kuch pata to chale (khafa - angry, khata - fault) aaj chehre pe rang-e-udaasi hai kyon ae mere dilruba kuch pata to chale aapke aur mere pyar ke darmiyaan kyon hai ye faasila kuch pata to chale main agar bewafa hoon to yun hi sahi kaun hai bawafa kuch pata to chale (bawafa - faithful) आप हैं क्यों खफा, कुछ पता तो चले है मेरी क्या खता, कुछ पता तो चले ...

My oldest memories of listening to Mehdi Hasan sahib date back to school days when we used to listen to his duet with Noorjehan jado teri dunia ton pyar tur jayega, das fer dunia te ki reh jayega on Radio Pakistan, Lahore. Almost every alternate day this song played on Radio Pakistan, Lahore or Islamabad. I loved Noorjehan’s voice but didn’t know much about Mehdi Hasan. While growing up I became a big fan of Pakistani music and regularly used to listen to it on radio but didn’t know about all the singers. ...

This is no troubleshooting blog but thought about writing about it that it could be useful for someone else. You may have faced issues while making payments through HDFC net banking. It gives a stupid error message (WRITTEN IN CAPS) page and sends you back to from where you started. Because that page hardly displays for a second, so you don’t even get to see the error message. Finally after trying it for 4-5 times i was able to capture the screenshot and here it is :D ...

dukh chhupaye huye hain hum dono zakhm khaye huye hain hum dono aisa lagta hai fir zamane ko yaad aaye huye hum dono tu kabhi chaandni thi dhoop tha main ab to saaye huye hain hum dono (saya - shadow) jaise ik doosre ko paa kar bhi kuch ganwaye huye hain hum dono jaise ik doosre se sharminda sar jhukaye huye hain hum dono jaise ik doosre ki chahat ko ab bhulaye huye hain hum dono ...

Last Thursday I had a chance to watch Junoon (if we may call it so !) live at Blue Frog, New Delhi. It was a good show but not the same Junoon as it was with Ali Azmat and Brian being part of it. Salman Ahmed is an awesome guitarist but Ali’s vocals were something that along with Salman’s guitar made Junoon what it was in its good days. Their choice of lyrics, compositions, singing…everything was awesome. It is really sad to see that these guys parted ways. We don’t know the reason for their split and would probably never know but what we can do for sure is cherish the great music they created during their best times. ...

Beauty of Bashir Badr saab’s poetry muhabbaton mein dikhaave ki dosti na mila agar gale nahi milta to haath bhi na mila gharon pe naam the naamon ke saath ohade the bahut talaash kiya koi aadmi na mila (uhde-(job) title) tamaam rishton ko main ghar pe chhod aya tha phir uske baad mujhe koi ajnabi na mila bahut ajeeb hai yeh qurbaton ki doori bhi wo mere saath raha aur mujhe kabhi na mila (qurbatein-closeness) ...

For the first time, I am trying to translate a poem of Baba Bulleh Shah. Excuse my misinterpretations, if any and please post the correct meanings, if you know :) ik nukte vich gal mukdi e (nukta - point, idea) means it all is contained in a single idea/point fad nukta chod hisaaban nu, get hold of that idea and forget all your calculations kar door kufar dian baaban nu (kufar - disbelief, unbelief in existence of God | baab - miserable state) ...

Some amazing poetry at the end of Attaullah Khan’s performance of pyar naal na sahi in Coke Studio season 4. kyo tu acha lagta hai waqt mila to sochenge tujh mein kya kya dekha hai waqt mila to sochenge saara shahar shanaasai ka daawedaar to hai lekin (shanaasai - Acquaintance) kaun hamara apna hai waqt mila to sochenge humne usko likha tha kuch milne ki tadbeer karo (Tadbir - plan, arrangement) usne likhkar bheja hai waqt mila to sochenge mausam, khusboo, baad-e-sabaa, chand, shafaq aur taaron mein (baad-e-sabaa - Morning Breeze, shafaq - rainbow) kaun tumaare jaisa hai waqt mila to sochenge ya to apne dil ki maano ya fir dunia walon ki mashwara uska acha hai (mashwara - advice) waqt mila to sochenge kyon tu acha lagta hai waqt mila to sochenge ...

It was while going through Morning With Farah videos on Youtube that I came across this interview of Arfa Karim with Farah and came to know that she was the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional who cleared MCP at the age of 9. httpv://youtu.be/yg9b5eEUwtE Then from comments I came to know that she had suffered a cardiac arrest attack and was in hospital. Since then there used to be an on and off update about her health through twitter or news. Yesterday was the unfortunate day when she lost the fight and said goodbye to this world. Life seems to be so unfair at times. Such a brilliant, intelligent kid and she had to go from this world at the age of 16. But strange are the ways of God. We are the mere audience. ...