Today morning i opened my laptop and was checking BBC website and the first news was the great poet Ahmed Faraz is no more :( He died after a protracted illness. His ghazal ranjish hi sahi… rendered by Mehdi Hasan became a masterpiece. Faraz once said that Mehdi has sung it so beautifully that now it belongs to him. He will always be remembered for his great poetry. May his soul rest in piece. Here are few links to his poetry on one of my blog and urdupoetry.com ...
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 ...
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 gem by Ahmed Faraz, in his own voice… [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qy6hAhbc8]
One of my favourite. Its written by Ahmed Faraz. Sung by many singers but the one by Mehdi Hasan is just awesome. Listen it here. ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhaane k liye a a phir se mujhe chod k jaane k liye a pehle se marasim na sahi phir bhi kabhi to rasm-o-rahe dunia hi nibhane k liye a (marasim-relationship) kis kis ko batayenge judai ka sabab hum tu mujh se khafa hai to zamane k liye a ...