Tag: Music

ve gal sun challia…

Challa apne Punjab de folk music di ik nishani hai…bhawein oh Inayat Ali ne gaya hove ya Shaukat Ali ne te bhave Reshma ga rahi hove ya Gurdas Maan…challe di tone jhatt pachani jandi hai…bada time pehlan Gurdas Maan de yahoo group te sade ik member ne challe di translation cum explanation post kiti c. oh hu bu hu main ethe post kar riha. eh ik post di taran b nahi likhia hoya bas rough jehi explanation hai:

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This song is basically addressing to the Challa or a ring given by her beloved… Kyoki ashqi vich challe te mundri di boht value hai…  As guy give Challa to his gal and get mundri from her in return, to convey their love for each other.
Hun oss kudi da mahi door baitha hai.. O ikalli kiss nal gallan kare.. Es karke mahi de ditte hoye challe naal hee o gallan kardi hai te aapne dukh dasdi hai.

1) ho jaavo ni koi mor liyavo,
ni mere naal gaya ajj lad ke,
oh allah kare jeh aa jaave sohna,
devan jaan kadma vich dhar ke.

I think this para is very clear to all, nothing to explain in it.

2) ho challa beri oye buhe, ve vatan mahi da door e,
ve jaana pehle poor e, ve gall sun challeya chora,
ve kahda laya ee jhora.

Jo beri saade buhe(darwaze/wehre vich) te lagi hai uss utte boor pya hai- (boor da matlab hai ki beri nu phull lagg gaye ne te kuch hee din baad iss utte phall (fruit) va lagg jayega.), par maahi da vatan ta door hai. Te hun jaddo ess beri te season da pehla phall laggega odo mein ohnu millan jaana. While addressing to the ring the girl is refering to her beloved, says ve dil deya chora (theif) meri jaan nu kyo jhora (dukh) laya hai?

3) ho challa khooh te dhariye, challa khooh te dhariye
ve gallan mooh te kariye,
ve sacche rabb ton dariye, ve gall sun challeya dhola,
ve rabb ton kahda ee ohla.

As this is a song, so to give it a rhythem the line ‘challa khooh te dhariye’ is used. Ehda matlab te sabb nu saaf hee hai ki put the ring at well. Par es da ikk hor matlab v ho sakda hai, jiven pehle jamaane vich kudian sirf pind de khooh takk hee jaandia sann, te khooh te jaana hee sirf ohna di outing ho jaandi c. Es karke kudi keh rahi hai ki maahi kade khooh te hee aa ke paani peen de bahaane mill lai. Te jo v gall tu karni yaa kehni hai mill ke kar. Ene dukh meinu naa de oss sachhe rabb to dar, os rabb to kade v kisse da v ohla (parda) nahi reha, matlab ki rabb sabb dekhda hai.

4) ho challa kaaliyan mirchan, ve mauhra pee ke marsaan,
ve sire tere chadsan, ve gall sun challeya dhola,
ve saad ke keeta ee kola.

Mauhra ikk boota (herb) hai, jiss nu ki dhatura v kehnde ne, te es da english name ‘Thornapple’ hai. Eh boht hee zehreela hunda hai, es boote to vee zehar banda hai. Hun kudi keh rahi hai ki v mahi tu meinu boht dukh ditte ne- saad ke keeta ee kola (yours deed have burnt me like a coal). Mein tere dukhan to tangg aa ke, tere naam da zehar pee ke marr jaana hai.

5) ho challa nau nau theve, ve puttar mithde meve,
ve allah sabh nu deve, ve gall sun challeya kanvaan,
ve manvaan thandiyan chaanvan.

Theva is a technique of gracing the ornaments. Hun ethe nau theve kyo keha gya meinu pakka nahi pata, par mere khyaal naal es da matlab hai ki saare Challe utte meenakari hoi hai. Jidda poora shigaarya hoya challa boht sohna lagda hai, eiven hee mavan nu aapne puttar boht pyaare lagde hann. Te mein oss rabb agge ardas kardi haan ki sabb nu rabb puttar deve.

6) ho challa kann diyan dandian, ve saare pind vich bhandian,
ve gallan chajj paa chandian, ve gall sun challeya dhola,
ve saad ke keeta ee kola.

Kann diyan danddian sone da chota jeha gehna hunda hai jo ki koke waang bareek jeha hunda hai , jyada karke kuwaria kudian hee dandian paundia ne, vyahi kudi wadde kaatien(ear ring) paundia ne. Ess pehre vich mutiyaar kehndi hai ki jaddon mein mahi diya dittia hoia danddian paia, taa saare pind vich mera naam khraab keeta gya (bhandian da matlab hai naame khraab karna). Te loka ne saadi gall saare paase udda ditti. (‘Chajj’ is made up of wooden straws and is use to take out the unwanted things from wheat or other cereals. Its english name is ‘winnow’)

7) ho challa gal di ve gani, ve tur gaye dilan de jani
ve meri dukhan di kahani, ve aa ke sunja dhola
ve tethon khada ee ohla

Dil de jaani door chale gaye ne, te mere palle hun dukh hee dukh ne. Ve mahi mere aa ke dukh sun lai, tere kolo kisse v cheez da parda (ohla) nahi hai.

8 ) ho challa paya ee gehne, oye sajan beli na rehne
oye dukh zindri de sehne, ve gal sun challeya dhola
ve kahda pana ee raula

Gehne pa dena matlab hai girvi rakhna (collateral). Is duniya vich sanjan-mitar sada nahi rehne, te zindgi vich dukh takleef aundi hee rehndi hai. Matlab je es duniya vich har ikk neikk naa ikk din khatam ho jaana hai fer faltu de jhagre-ladai kiss gall de?

mera long gwacha…

kuch aise lok b milde ne jihde kehan nu tan punjabi ne par punjabi music baare na te uhna nu kuch pata, na kade sunia te shayad ese wajah karke na hi koi shauk hai…oh bas kacha pilla hindi te angreji sun ke khush ne…samjh b pata nahi aaunda hai k bas avein sir maari jande ne…

20 k saal pehlan musarrat nazir ne (je kise nu nahi pata te oh ik pakistani punjabi singer hai….) gana gaya c “mera long gwacha”…bally sagoo wala tan sab ne dekhia/sunia hona par ehda nai pata….kal mainu es gaane da video milia youtube te….jihde loki kehnde ne punjabi music te avein hi hai…zara ah video dekho te fer bolio kuch….asi apna virsa e rol ta…bahar de hava lai k khush ho gaye….har ik nu meri guzarish hai k eh video jaroor dekhio and fer apni feedback deo…jad tak sade kol eddan de singer ne…punjabi music hamesha rahega…bas lod hai pukaar sunan di te gwacha hoya long labhan di…

That old good music…

Someone has rightly said “Money can’t buy happiness”. One may not believe this but watching 2 videos made my day and gave me a ton of happiness.

I stumbled upon one video of Musarat Nazir on youtube and then i saw mera long gwacha‘s video, done by her on PTV in 1985-86. My lifetime favourite song which i have grown up listening to. The voice, tone ,music reminds of those beautiful old days. It used to play mostly on radio channels like Jalandhar, All India Radio and Lahore. When i got computer at home, i recorded this song by placing microphone near radio speaker and today i got to watch that video. Plain awesome…real singing with soul and emotions.

Then watched video of another favourite of mine chale to kat hi jeyga safar. Simply made my day !!!

Enjoy these videos:

Attaullah Khan

Attaullah Khan has been one of my favourite singers since i started listening to music. Today i watched a ghazal sab maya hai on youtube. Its written by Insha and rendered beautifully bu Attaullah Khan. A must watch if you are a good music admirer:

Then i watched another video of the same ghazal which seems to be a newly recorded one. I was so sad to see that Attaullah Khan is getting older. The difference in his voice is clearly visible.

I wish he continues to sing for years…Insha’Allah !

Sain Zahoor Ahmed – A Sufi Legend

On Gurdas Maan forum, I got a link to a video on youtube. When I checked, it was a song by Sai Zahoor Ahmed, a sufi singer (or performer ?) from Pakistan. This man left home at the young age of 13 and started roaming the sufi shrines in Pakistan. He sings on ik-tara. He can’t read or write but has very good memory of lyrics. He was chosen best BBC voice of the year 2006. I just went mad about “sajna baajho zaat safatan ishq dian” video. Its just awesome. He is 60 years old and see him performing, totally lost in his work. It looks like he is directly talking to Allah. Hats off to these messengers of sufi gaayaki.

Embedded here are the few videos from you tube. Enjoy !