Jagjit Singh: Kahkashan Part Four
Friday, August 10th, 2007 Posted in Music, Urdu Poetry | 4 Comments »This is the fourth and final part of Kahkashan. Here are the other parts: One, Two, Three. 19.) Aye Gham-E-Dil Kya Karoon [audio:http://mohib.net/blog/audio/Aye_Gham_E_Dil_Kya_Karoon.rbs] shah'r kii raat aur maiN naashaad-o-naakaaraa phiruuN jag-magaatii jaagtii saRakoN pe aavaaraa phiruuN Ghair kii bastii hai kab tak dar badar maraa ...
Jagjit Singh: Kahkashan Part Three
Saturday, May 26th, 2007 Posted in Music, Urdu Poetry | 4 Comments »After a longish break, here is the third part of Kahkashan. Enjoy! Here are the other parts: One, Two, Four. 13.) Roshan Jamal-E-Yaar Se Hai [audio:http://mohib.net/blog/audio/Roshan_Jamal_E_Yaar_Se_Hai.rbs] roshan jamaal-e-yaar se hai anjuman tamaam dahkaa hu'aa hai aatish-e-gul se chaman tamaam (roshan : glowing; jamaal-e-yaar : beauty ...
Reading A Ghazal Of Nasir Kazmi
Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Featured, Music, Urdu Poetry | 3 Comments »Poignant. That is Nasir Kazmi for you. Sorrow is pervasive throughout Urdu poetry but one striking feature of Kazmi's poetry is the absolute lack of lament. He suffers but he hardly complains. Kazmi wrote a lot of musalsal Ghazals in ...
Jagjit Singh: Kahkashan Part Two
Monday, March 26th, 2007 Posted in Music, Urdu Poetry | 5 Comments »Without much ado here goes the second part of Kahkashan. The other parts are: One, Three, Four. 7.) Bol Ik Tare Jhan Jhan [audio:http://mohib.net/blog/audio/Bol_Ik_Tare_Jhan_Jhan.rbs] bol iktaare jhaN jhaN jhaN jhaN kahkashaaN hai merii sumran shaam kii surkhii meraa kundan nuur ka taRkaa merii chilman toR chukaa huuN ...
Top 25 Ghazals Of Jagjit Singh
Saturday, March 24th, 2007 Posted in Music, Urdu Poetry | 18 Comments »Here is a list of 25 of my favorite Jagjit Singh Ghazals in alphabetical order. Please note that these are Jagjit Singh Ghazals therefore neither duets nor nazms are included. It started with 10 Ghazals then quickly expanded to 20 ...
Weekly Bollywood: Dilli
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 Posted in India, Movies, Music | No Comments »garche hai in dinoN mulk-e-dakan meN qadr-e-suKhan kaun jaaye "Zauq" par dillii kii galiiyaaN chhoR kar Even though poetry is patronized in Deccan (Hyderabad) these days Still who would want to leave the lanes of Delhi, Zauq? Thanks to Neha I found this catchy ...
Jagjit Singh: Kahkashan Part One
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 Posted in Music, Urdu Poetry | 15 Comments »A lot of music connoisseurs consider Kahkashan to be Jagjit Singh's finest album. Kahkashan was a TV serial telecasted on Doordarshan in the early 90s and was based on the lives of famous Urdu poets including Hasrat Mohani, Firaq Gorakhpuri, ...
Willie Nelson: Always On My Mind
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 Posted in Internet, Music | No Comments »Willie Nelson + Always On My Mind = Awesome Youtube has helped me discover some great artists I was totally unfamiliar with previously. Willie Nelson is one such artist. One of my favorites is the song 'always on my mind'. This song ...
Searching For A Nazm
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 Posted in Internet, Music, Urdu Poetry | 7 Comments »Curiosity + Internet = Interesting Stuff. I have this nazm by some singer Rochna from an album Izhaar. I don't know anything else about either the singer or the poet. But it is a great nazm and the singer has done ...
tumko dekhe hu’e guzre haiN zamaane aao
Friday, March 2nd, 2007 Posted in Music, Urdu Poetry | 1 Comment »tumko dekhe hu'e guzre haiN zamaane aao umr-e-raftaa kaa ko'ii Khvaab dikhaane aao Come back as its been ages since I last saw you. Come back to show me a dream from the days bygone. maiN saraaboN meN bhaTaktaa rahuuN sehraa sehraa tum merii pyaas ...
