Ghazals and Valentines.. Deadly duo....

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        Again comes the month of February and the love is in the air. Again I am on my annual ritual to pen down something for the Valentines Day. Hope some of you have gone through my previous post on Valentines Day. This year is also not different. I am still single and I don't believe in miracles nor have I witnessed a miracle in my life time.
In this post I am expressing my feelings through some of my favorite stanzas of some songs by gazal mestro jagjit singh.

As the love takes its first tiny step, the love letter also comes in to existance. Go through the below lines and these are self explanatory.

"Pyar ka pehla khat likhne main waqt to lagta hai
Naye parindo ko udne main waqt to lagta hai
Jism ki baat nahi thi, unke dil tak jana tha, lambi doorie tae karne main waqt to lagta hai"

After a courtship period with many ups and down when the love affair is in its death bed, the singer sings the following lines, and as usual it is self explanatory.

"Tere khusboo main khat main jalata kasie?
Pyar main dube hue khat main jalata kaise?
Tere haton se likhe hue khat main jalata kaise?
Tere khat main aaj ganga main baha aya hun
aag bahte hue pani main laga aya hun"

Below is another stanga where the lover destroys the sweet past to cope up with the bitter present.

"Lo jala dale tumhare khat sab befirk rahna...
tod di hai har nisani pyar ki befirk rahna"

            After listening to these songs, i am unable to write something in support of them and just feeling the joy and the pain of birth and death of a love affair. It’s not about the words always, sometime close your eyes and listen to the songs and try to feel it.

Wish all near and dear ones a very happy valentines day..

Comments

  1. Umair WasiOctober 10, 2013 at 11:35 AM

    very nice blog i have ever seen please if you have this ghazal "lo jala dalay tumharay khat sab he" of any singer in any format then please give it to me, I will very thankful to you, Thanks in advance

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