Urdu

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) ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...