Serenades of a Dreamer

Lovely melodious Ghazal sung by Maestro who never got the fame he deserved: Ustad Hussain Baksh GulloWritten by Urdu Poet: Khumar Barabankavi. Translated Poem: Again, those memories beseeched my mind.The ones that took eons to leave far behind. They are near me, still they blow my mind.All love’s senses have eventually resigned. I hear they have started forgetting my name…Does it mean that I…

First two couplets of this poem are not mine, I heard them somewhere, wasn’t able to find full poem… I took a liberty to wrote one. If anyone knows about the original poet, please do mention so proper credit can be given. Till then, enjoy my feeble attempt. Consider it a response poem. Poem: “Meri umar ka woh khasara puuchte hein,Yaani log mujhse tumhara puuchte hein.Mein batata hun, mera,…

Poem: Ik shor se aankh khuli to jaana…Jab mili na koi tasali to jaana… Kaun thaptapata tha meri peet,Phir kamar jab jhuki to jaana… Kadi dhoop mein na mila jab saaya,Khoi aanchal ki narmi to jaana… Bheed mein haath chhoot gaya jab,Na thami koi ungli to jaana… Kya hai lazat aur kya hai bhook,Jab khayi thandi roti to jaana… Woh duaon ka hisaar tha mere gird,Museebat jo sar aayi to jaana. Woh…

Urdu Poem: Zindagi bhar ki hai Mohabbat tum se…Ik pal mei kia kahun mein? Har cheez pe di hai foqiat tumhein…Ik cheez kia mangun mein? Dooba hun samandar mei tere pyaar k…Ik bund aasman mei kya dhundhun mein? Har zaray mei dekhi hai soorat teri…Kyun deedar ko tarsun mein? Raha hun marzi se apni khule pinjre mein,Koi chaabi kyun khojun mein? Har saans mei liya hai naam ko tere…Kia ab apna…

Another hit song from 90s. From Hindi Film: “Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991)”Singer: Anuradha Paudwal and Music: Nadeem-Shravan, and Lyrics by: Sameer Translation: I’ve been struck by the fever of love…My chances of survival are no more…Here people have begun to say in candour…My chances of survival are no more… Love has set me all ablaze, and left me in a total haze…See the state that love has…

Another hit song of Hindi film Aashiqui (1990). With same deadly combo: Singers: Sanu Da (Kumar Sanu) and Anuradha Paudwal.Lyrics by Sameer. Music composition by: Nadeem-Shravan. Translation: You,,, are the life in me… You… are all the joy in me…You are love, you are desire, you are all the passion in me… You are the first awakening of love within my soul..A thirst that can’t be quenched, that…

No 90s list of best songs in South Asia gets complete without songs of hindi film Aashiqui (1990). And first song that’s picked out of this all hit songs album is usually this one.Sung by: Sanu Da (Kumar Sanu) with Anuradha Paudwal… Music composed by: Nadeem-Shravan.Lyrics written by: Sameer. Translation: Before my very eyes, and close to my heart…Someone resides there, and that one is…

Another of famous song of 90s. From Hindi film: “Deewana (1992)”Deadly combo of singer: Sanu Da (Kumar Sanu) and Music Director: Nadeem–Shravan along Lyricist: Sameer Translation: With your pain, my heart remained occupied,Some of it faded, while some stayed inside…While some stayed inside.. Fate has shown such a strange design,Look where it brought us again to align.The flowers of loyalty…

One of the great poems of Ghalib. Sung by Ghazal Maestro: Jagjit Singh (version shared below the translation). Above is my favorite rendition of the Ghazal which is sung by: Hussain Bux Gullo (one of the rarest occasion where I am preferring a rendition over Jagjit sb’s). I guess the big reason here is that I feel raag chosen by Hussain Bux Gullo suits the Ghazal more. Translation: A sigh…

Lovely melody from the recent times… Hindi Film: Azhar (2016).Singer: Armaan Malik. Music: Amaal Mallik. Lyrics: Rashmi Virag. Translation: (Do not love me this much, I drown within you too deep…The way that leads back to shore, I will forget if it ever exists…Since I’ve gazed upon your face, for weeks I haven’t rested in peace…) Won’t you speak just a part, what is hidden in your heart?I’ll…

This is a original poem that’s written in Urdu first and then translated into English using same pattern. It follows quite a similar pattern (grand-scheme) I was fortunate to originate for my english poems back in 2013-2015. Poem: Kisi ojhal huay pahaar ki manind,jo dekha ho tum ne kisi raah guzar se…Ik sehar ki tarang se, ik raat ki khanak se,Hosh k pehar se, madhoshi ki behar tak.Guzarti…

This is one of the songs where music and lyrics are competing to have an equal attention as is the singer’s voice…Completely ethereal. The way song’s composition is arranged and certain elements are used in the song to stir out-of -the-world kind of feeling which is reminiscent to lyrics as it’s a confession of lover for his beloved who he sees certainly as someone out of this world. Sung by:…

This one is another rare-gem – not widely known. Son though used in hindi film “Wesa Bhi Hota Hai (2003)” but song is composed, written and sung – all beautifully by one person alone: Shibani Kashyap. Electric vibration in the song is deliberate – to my read it is to awake sense of “joy one still has from a pain of missing someone”. Translation: Oh Beloved, come to me; oh, beloved come back to…

Another one of my favorite composition of 90s era. From Hindi film “Baazigar (1993)” – SRK’s first major hit!Sung by Vinod Rathod & Alka Yagnik. Music composed by: Anu Malik and Lyrics were given by Gauhar Kanpuri. Translation: O my fellow traveler, O my life and my soul,You’re the world I seek, you’re my final goal… Two bodies have become today, one life and one soul,O my fellow traveler, O…

Another of great 90s composition. Album: Deewana (1999). Sung by the flawless maestro: Sonu Nigam. Music Director – Sajid Wajid. Lyricist – Faaiz Anwar. Translation: Now be it a day or a night, it’s you who occupies my mind…Bafflingly in love, a state of madness is all that I can find…Is all that I can find… it’s you who occupies my mind… Without a glimpse of you, no rest comes to my heart.My…

Another great composition from Nadeem-Shravan, this one comes from Hindi film: “Sadak (1991)”.Sung beautifully by Anuradha Paudwal and Abhijit Bhattacharya. Lyrics were written by: Sameer Anjaan. Translation: (F) Seen I have countless colors this world has to showThere is nothing besides love, this I know(M) So come now to hold me, my dearest, never to goThere is nothing besides love, this I…

One of my favorite songs. This one’s from a hindi film: “Tanu Weds Manu (2011)”.This sufi-style romantic song is composed by Krsna Solo, written by Raj Shekhar, and sung by the Wadali Brothers (Puranchand & Pyarelal Wadali). Original Lyrics and Translation: Aye Rangrez mere, yeh baat bata Rangrez mereYeh kaun se paani mein tune kaun sa rang ghola hai?Ke dil ban gaya saudaai, mera basanti chola…