Jul 03, 2003 01:26 PM
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MEER TAKI MEER NE JO GHALIB KE LIYE KAHA THA WO MAIN AAJ GULZAAR SAHAB KE LIYE KEHNA CHAHUNGA.' HAIN AUR BHI DUNIYA MEIN SUKH ANWAR BAHUT ACHE, KEHTE HAIN KI GULZAAR KA HAI ANDAAZ E BAYAN AUR.'
IN MY VIEW ALL THE LYRICS OF GULZAAR SAHAB ARE EXTRAORDINARY.HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING ARE 10 WHICH ARE CLOSEST TO ME:
1)'MUJHKO BHI TARQEEB SIKHA KOI YAAR JULAHE, AKSAR TUJHKO EKHA HAI KI TANA BUNTE, JAB KOI TAGA TOOT GAYA YA KHATM HUA, FIR SE AGE AUR SIRA OI JOD KE USME BUN NE LAGTE HO(MARASIM)'.one can see how closely gulzaar sahab has observed a person weaving.and how easily he has compared it with his own life.its simply amazing.
2)'SUBAH SUBAH EK KHWAB KI DASTAK PAR DARWAXA KHOLA DEKHA SARHAD KE US PAR SE KUCH MEHMAN AYE HAIN, AANKHON SE MAYOOS THE SARE, CHEHRE SARE SUNE SUNAYE, POTLI ME MEHMAN MERE PICHLE SAL KI FASLON KA GUD LAYE THE.(MARASIM)'.one can feel that how much a person(gulzaar)loves his country.how eager is he to serve the soldiers on the border and how has he read their minds in his dream.its really stupendous and one could find it in his own speech.
3)'KACHE RANG UTAR JANE DO.(SUNSET POINT'.how passionately gulzaar sahab has written about the two lovers, their tryst, their ecstacy and the wait to meet.no words as such to this.
4)'AASMANI RANG HAI AASMANI AANKHON KA(SUNSET POINT)'.the description of love in hilly area and the description of sunset in the wait for lover and the love that exisits is fanastic.
5)'HAZAAR RAHEIN MUDKE DEKHI. AND ESPECIALLY THE LINES.UNHE YE ZID THI KI HUM BULATE, HUME YE UMMEED WO PUKARE.(IJAZZAT)' gulzaar sahab has quoted the longing of the lovers that one expected the other to come back and above all the lines' BADI WAFA SE NIBHAYI TUMNE HUMAARI THODI SI BEWAFAII' shows that one is not blaming the other for this infact he is admiring the other and blaming himself. this is rarely seen in any ghazals, songs and nazms ki a person is blaming himself
6)'MUSAFIR HOON YARON.AND LINES EK RAAH RUK GAYI TO AUR JUD GAYI.(PARICHAY).shows that a person in an unknown town is going on in search for his destiny.and if one way ends he oves on to other.
7)'MERA KUCH SAMAAN. AND LINES IK AKELI CHATRI ME JAB AADHE AADHE BHEEG RAHE THE, ADHE SUKHE ADHE GEELE SUKHA TO MAIN LE AYI THI, GEELA MAN SHAYAD BISTAR KE PAS PADA HO.'.the song shows how courteously and desperately lady is asking back all the moments with her lover.she is asking him to return everything which he can't.gulzaar sahab is really inextricable.
8)'TERE BINA ZINDAGI SE KOI SHIKWA TO NAHI.N THE LINES.JEE YE CHAHTA HAI TERE DAMAN PAR SAR JHUKA KE HUM, ROTE RAHEN ROTE RAHE(AANDHI)', the song shows the pain between the lovers who were unable to meet because of the circumstances and want to tel the each other how much they love each other.
9)' NAAM GUM JAYEGA.AND LINES.WAQT KE SITAM KUM HASIN NAHI AAJ HAI YAHAN KAL KAHI NAHI.(KINARA)'. ultimate description of the time, destiny and fate and their effect on name of the person during the lapse of time in life.
10)' ANE WALA PAL JANE WALA HAI'(GOLMAL).'AE ZINDAGI GALE LAGA LE(SADMA)';'DIL DHOONDTA HAI FIR WOHI(MAUSAM)';'KHALI HATH SHAM AAYI HAI';LIYE SAPNE NIGAHON MEIN(SAHIB);'BECHARA DIL KYA KARE';' TUJHSE NARAZ NAHI ZINDAGI(MASOOM)';'LAKDI KI KATHI';'DO NADIYA AUR IK KAHANI(MASOOM)ETC ETC.are really really soul thrilling.
BESIDES THE ALBUMS OF GULZAAR SAHAB LIKE MARASIM, SUNSET POINT, UDHAS PANI, ISHQA ISHQA ARE SIMPLY GREAT.
MY BEST REGARDS AND PRANAM TO THIS GREAT MAN. I WISH HE WRITES HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERIES OF POETRIES, NAZMS, FOR EVER.
GAURAV AGRAWAL
