Dream land

The song reminded the innocent vulnerable dream world of  lovers who forget about all the world and become single minded. They don't hear anything but lovers voice they don't see anything but lovers face. They can't help themselves as they are so Much smitten by love, they find no way out.
The song from yariyaan has soulful melody, crafted words that convey well the emotion and lasty perfect new voice.

Yaariyan ve yaariyan

Yaariyan ve yaariyan ve

Yaariyan

Dil mera hain nasamajh kitna

Besabar yeh bewkoof bada

Chahta kitana tujhe

Khud magar nahi jaan saka

Iss dar e dil ki sifarish

Ab karde koi yahaan

Ki mil jaaye isse woh baarish

Jo bhigaa de puri tarah

Iss dar e dil ki sifarish

Ab karde koi yahaan

Ki mil jaaye isse woh baarish

Jo bhigaa de puri tarah

Yaariyan ve yaariyan

Kya huaa asar tere

Saath reh kar

Naa jaane ki

Hosh mujhe na raha

Lafz mere they

Zubaan pe aake atke

Par woh ho na sake baiyaan

Dhadkan tera jo naam ke

Aankhein bhi paigaam ye de

Teri nazar ka ye asar hain

Mujh pe jo huaa

Iss dar e dil ki sifarish

Ab karde koi yahaan

Ki mil jaaye isse woh baarish

Jo bhigaa de puri tarah

Iss dar e dil ki sifarish

Ab karde koi yahaan

Ki mil jaaye isse woh baarish

Jo bhigaa de puri tarah

Tu jo mila toh zindagi hain badli

Main poora naya ho gaya

Hain be asar duniya ki baatein badi

Ab teri sunu main sadaa

Milne ko tujhse bahane karun

Tu muskuraaye wajah main banun

Roz bitaana saath mein tere

Saara din mera

Iss dar e dil ki sifarish

Ab karde koi yahaan

Ki mil jaaye isse woh baarish

Jo bhigaa de puri tarah

Iss dar e dil ki sifarish

Ab karde koi yahaan

Ki mil jaaye isse woh baarish

Jo bhigaa de puri tarah

Yaariyan  x2

teri galiyan

I am usually late at receiving good things in life. So again late to get the real taste of this superb song. I faintly remember overlooking this song quite a few times. But lastly this song has bitten me badly. The song is fresh and inspires to dream.

It transports back to my days of -Teri galiyan. In love everything that belongs to lover is lovable too, be it her street, city, railway station, home, hostel, school ,college, university , canteen, library, park and temple - her letters, gifts, flowers, bands, music cassetes, cards, diary, fallen hanky even her chai, samosa, Rajma- chawal, kadi -chawal, juice and golgappa shop, every place and everything becomes lovable. AND  HER favourite movies, books poems are my too, her  favourite songs and Ghazals  are MINE.

 Manoj Muntashir the lyricist must have been smitten by love at some point in life otherwise this kind of song cannot be written. The music and singing by new comer Ankit Tiwari is melodious and goes very well with the theme of the lyrics. It may be” beginners luck” as Paulo Coehlo says in the novel Alchemist.

The song needs multiple listening at least in two ways - one with video and other without.

The visuals are so good that they put some shadow on the real theme of the song. Though it is hard to believe that anybody could think more creative stuff than shown in the song. The visuals are showing dreamy world of the lovers which is far away from real world of the ordinary people (I mean people not smitten by love). Still the song needs second round of -pure ears without eyes- to get the essence of the song. What you can do while listening, fill the visuals in your mind by dreaming and dreaming. 

हो ओ zzz यहीं डूबे दिन मेरे 

यहीं
होते हैं सवेरे 

यहीं
मरना और जीना 

यहीं
मंदिर और मदीना]x २  



तेरी गलियां…गलियां तेरी, गलियां 

मुझको
भावें गलियां, तेरी गलियां

तेरी गलियां…गलियां तेरी, गलियां 
यूं ही
तड़पावें, गलियां तेरी, गलियां



तू मेरी नींदों में सोता है 

तू मेरे
अश्क़ों में रोता है 

सरगोशी
सी है ख्यालों में 

तू ना हो, फिर भी तू होता है 

है सिला
तू मेरे दर्द का 

मेरे दिल की दुआएं हैं 

तेरी गलियां…गलियां
तेरी, गलियां 

मुझको
भावें गलियां, तेरी गलियां 

तेरी
गलियां…गलियां तेरी, गलियां 

युहीं
तड़पावें, गलियां तेरी, गलियां 



कैसा है रिश्ता तेरा मेरा 

बे-चेहरा
फिर भी कितना गहरा 

ये लम्हें,
लम्हें ये रेशम से 

खो जाएँ
खो ना जाएँ हमसे 

काफिला
वक़्त का रोक ले 
अब दिल से
से जुदा ना हो 



तेरी गलियां…गलियां तेरी, गलियां 

मुझको
भावें गलियां, तेरी गलियां 

तेरी
गलियां…गलियां तेरी, गलियां 

युहीं
तड़पावें, गलियां तेरी, गलियां 

गलियां…
तेरी गलियां तड़पावे 

Migratory Birds Part-II

The songs like चल उड़ जा रे पंछी, के अब ये देस हुआ बेगाना - हम तो चले परदेस … seem to be alien emotion for the current generation. With the faster mode of transportation, globalization this world looks small .The migration within country does not seem a big deal. But some people far away living in different countries might find it relevant even today, when they remember their India. The feeling is similar when a villager in past remembered his village in a city. That time the distance was not easy to travel. And except letters there was no method of communication. Another thing, the sense of belongingness was deeper. In villages of those times, people lived as a concerned community, it was more common and less individual. Beside home and land , there was common village well, pond, trees, playground, temple, gurudwara , church, maszid  etc. In this age , we live more individually; even in villages. We are lost in TV, mobile, and many more individualistic gadgets.

Sometimes I feel,  up to last century a person`s life was like a deep rooted tree in a jungle, it was painful for tree to get uprooted and get placed in a new environment.   It was like tree might be missing the  fellow trees, birds, nests, insects’ animals, surrounding vines, neighboring brook etc.

 Now in twenty first century ,the humans are not deep rooted trees in ajungle but beautiful bonsai in a vase living with fellow plants in individual  vases  and there is no regret and remorse just pick the vase and place anywhere you like. So these songs sometimes seem irrelevant but not always , there are some people  …

चल उड़ जा रे पंछी, के अब ये देस हुआ बेगाना/

तू ने तिनका तिनका चुनकर नगरी एक बसायी

बारीश में तेरी भीगी पाख़े, धूप में गर्मी खायी

ग़म ना कर जो तेरी मेहनत तेरे काम ना आई ,

अच्छा हैं कुछ ले जाने से दे कर ही कुछ जाना

भूल जा अब वो मस्त हवा, वो उड़ना डाली डाली

जग की आँख का कांटा बन गयी चाल तेरी मतवाली

कौन भला उस बाग को पूछे, हो ना जिसका माली,

तेरी किस्मत में लिखा हैं, जीते जी मर जाना

रोते हैं वो पंख पखेरू, साथ तेरे जो खेले

जिनके साथ लगाये तू ने अरमानों के मेले

भीगी आखियों से ही उन की आज दूवायें ले ले,

किस को पता अब इस नगरी में कब हो तेरा आना/

Migratory Birds
Part-I

This song takes me to my childhood and reminds me my first home
teacher with whom I share twenty five percent of maternal genes. He taught me
basics of life. I do not why he had special bond with me; he never took any
interest in my siblings. He loved me, he thrashed me and again loved, the cycle
went on. He disciplined me as military officer disciplines his recruits. People
criticized him for that kind of behavior; sometimes I felt too bad on getting
punishment.  But when I grown, realized that
he was actually a bitter potion.

 He was the person, who
introduced me to:  A B C, अ, आ, ई 1, 2, 3, tables up to 25, roman digits
I II III IV. , reading Hindi & English, well all this stuff even before I
entered premises of any school. He introduced me to good cinema, good music,
yoga, few Sanskrit shlokas, many folk stories, public mannerism etc…  Being around me for almost three years, he
left the place for some medical reasons and moreover he was a free spirit, I
suppose he never stayed anywhere more than this.  When he was leaving, he gave me one of his favorite
wooden fountain pen and one book on English Grammar.  I felt relaxed on his leaving but later I
always miss him. After six months I came to know he had left this world in his
thirties.  Many times I think what would
have been my life if he had stayed more, it is difficult to answer. But it is
sure that if he had not come in my life, my life would have been less evolved.  Sometimes, I think the creative bug in my
mind has been inherited from him.

After all this emotional stuff let we come to the point – I
mean the song which I have chosen today…

Actually he loved the Rafi song – चल उड़ जा रे पंछी, के अब ये देस हुआ बेगाना But it was a song of not my era.  it is a good song but does not go well in my heart
as the song of similar emotion- हम तो चले परदेस …goes deeper. Somehow that song got tagged in my mind to the
great personality of my life.  I still
miss u….

Now about song

The words by Anand Bakshi are simple but effective, music by Laxmi-Pyare touching especially use of bansuri and santoor and lastly Rafi’s voice is the soul
of the song.  Listen it closing your eyes
and feel the punch …

Not to forget listen carefully the final रामा हो …

हो, रामा हो.....

हम तो चले परदेस, हम परदेसी हो गये/

छूटा अपना देस हम परदेसी हो गये//

ये गलियाँ, पथ, पनघट, ये मंदीर बरसों पुराना

कल तक ये सब अपना था, अब लगता हैं बेगाना,

बदला जग ने भेंस हम परदेसी हो गये/

ए पंछी हम किस्मत के मारों को भूल ना जाना

जाते खैर खबर, सब लोगों की दे जाना,

ले जाना संदेस हम परदेसी हो गये/

हो, रामा हो.....

tera zikr hai

I feel that pure genius takes SOME time to be noticed and sometimes it is too long that the person dies unnoticed.  Real genius is so engrossed in their works that they do not get time to engage themselves in some lime light. Conclusion – most of the famous people are really not most talented people in their respective fields.  The celebrities are the people who devote enough time to get noticed by various means beside their works.

Same is  true for really good piece of any art work.  This song is one of the example,  unfortunately I missed this movie; I heard a lot about Guzaarish but could not watch it. Being a music lover I keeps my ears open to song anywhere I go, be it bus, car, train, bazaar, street, mall or any other place but I never heard this song anywhere. Ultimately  I stumbled upon this song on internet  …
I am not saying  that this song is   phenomenal  but is far better than many contemporary songs that floated  too high in the air.
It’s a creation of A. M. Turaz a new song writer.  The very first line – TERA ZIKR  AHI YA ITRA HAI
JAB JAB KARTA HOON MAHAKTA HOON……
is  LA-JWAAAAAB.
The  lyric is too simple in words but too deep in feelings.  The music is brilliant and goes with lyrics.  This is a debut music composition by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Last thing—
OMG! This song  transported me into past in the when I was mad in love with someone whom I called peace of mind but at the same time she was the reason of chaos in the heart.
    I felt the same way - tera zikr hai…
Enjoy the song…
Ke tera zikr hai
Ya itr hai
Jab jab karta hoon
Mehekta hoon
Behekta hoon
Chehekta hoon
Oo ke tera, tera, tera zikr hai
Ya, itr hai
Jab jab karta hoon
Mehekta hoon
Behekta hoon
Chehekta hoon

Sholon ki tarah
Khusbuyon mein dehekta hoon
Behekta hoon
Mehekta hoon
Ke tera zikr hai
Ya itr hai
Jab jab karta hoon
Mehekta hoon
Behekta hoon
Chehekta hoon

(tera zikr hai
Ya itr hai
Jab jab karta hoon
Mehekta hoon
Behekta hoon
Chehekta hoon)

Teri fikr hai
Ya fakr hai
Teri fikr hai
Ya fakr hai
Jab jab karta hoon
Machalta hoon
Uchalta hoon
Fisalta hoon
Paagal ki tarah
Mastiyon mein
Tehelta hoon
Uchalta hoon
Fisalta hoon
Ke tera zikr hai (haan zikr hai)
Ya itr hai (itr hai)
Jab jab karta hoon
Mehekta hoon
Behekta hoon
Chehekta hoon

Miles to go before I sleep

I need not to say much as song itself says too much.

 Lyric by Indivar is thought provoking, singing by Manna Dey is class and music by kalyan ji anand ji goes deep with voice and lyrics.

नदियाँ चले, चले रे धारा, चंदा चले, चले रे तारा

तुझ को चलना होगा, तुझ को चलना होगा

जीवन कही भी ठहरता नहीं हैं

आँधी से, तूफां से डरता नहीं हैं

तू ना चलेगा तो चले तेरी राहें

मंज़िल को तरसेगी तेरी निगाहें

तुझ को चलना होगा


पार हुआ वो रहा जो सफ़र में

जो भी रुका, घिर गया वो भंवर में

नाव तो क्या, बह जाये किनारा

बड़ी ही तेज समय की हैं धारा

तुझ को चलना होगा

Ye dil aur unki ngahon ke saye

It is said that whenever Taansen (one of the Navratna in
AkbarDurbar)  sang “Raag Malhaar” it was
followed by Rain and whenever he sang “Raag Deepak” , it caused  diyas lit. It is exaggeration but reality is
that his music generated feeling of Rain and  light. Today bringing same kind of music that
may make you like you are wandering in valleys filled with romance and freedom
in mind. The lyrics- remarkable for imagination and poetic symbolism by jaan nishar akhtar AND
Lata’s  golden voice make the song
perfect melody but musician jaidev deserves the most appericiation.

Think over the line

 Ye dil aur unki
ngahon ke saye – aftereffect of your gaze on my heart.

ये दिल और उन की निगाहों के साये
मुझे घेर लेते हैं बाहों के साये

पहाड़ों को चंचल किरण चूमती हैं
हवा हर नदी का बदन चूमती हैं
यहा से वहा तक, हैं चाहों के साये

लिपटते ये पेड़ों से बादल घनेरे
ये पल पल उजाले, ये पल पल अंधेरे
बहोत ठंडे ठंडे, हैं राहों के साये

धड़कते हैं दिल कितनी आज़ादीयों से
बहोत मिलते जुलते हैं इन वादियों से
मोहब्बत की रंगीन पनाहों के साये