Came across this very interesting bit of discussion about Gulzaar's shayari...
"By the way when I hear lyrics like this, or that new "libaas"
>>song: neeli nadee ?? geelaa chaand ??, I am forced to say that
>>ALL other lyricists would need many more years of schooling at
>>the "Gulzar school of lyrics-writing" before they can even begin
>>to express such depths of human emotion !!!"
"Personally, I think
> Gulzar's lyrics are too weird for me. I cannot understand
> and/or appreciate most of them ! In this category
........sometimes, Gulzar puts a simple thought in vague
terms and foists it as deep poetry. For instance, while talking about KHwaab,
Gulzar says "..palkon me lena inhe, aankhon me chubh jaaenge...".
> fall words like "din khaali khaali bartan hai" and
> "koi kinara jo kinare se mile woh apna kinara hai". The
> use of words like "bistar" and "sofe" and "bartan" find a
> place only in Gulzar's lyrics. Such words somehow seem
> inappropriate for poetry.
"EXACTLY my thoughts!! Words such as "bartan" and "choola" completely put me off.
Of course it's good to express thoughts in simple terms, but there should be
a basic minimum quality level for words used in poetry. And then again, we have
that classic "Prose or Poetry" (Abhay kuch yaad aaya ? :-) ) song "Mera kuch
saamaan...." in which he says "Gila to main le aae, sookha lauTado...." or
something to that effect. So, he's either putting simple thoughts in abstract
form or going to the other extreme and using words such as bartan etc.
> And often, I find myself struggling to
> find meaning in his words - not the meanings of words themselves
> but of the poetry as a whole. A classic example of this is
> "hum ne dekhi hai un aaNkhoN ki mehakti khushboo, haath se chhoo
> ke ise rishtoN ka ilzaam na do".
"I beg to differ here... this is one my fav. Gulzar songs (and there are many).
He has captured a lot of wonderful thoughts here...
"HonT kuch kehte nahin kaampte honTon pe magar
Kitne Khaamosh afsaane ruke rehte hain
Sirf ehsaas hai ye rooh se mehsoo karo
Pyaar ko pyaar hi rehnedo koi naam na do...."
Excellent lyrics!
Some more lines of Gulzar which I love are:
"Koi waada nahin kiya lekin, kyun tera intezaar rehta hai
Bewajaah jab quaraar mil jaae, dil baRa bequaraar rehta hai..."
(Jab bhi ye dil udaas hota hai, jaane kaun aas paas hota hai"
So what do you think of Gulzar's work...is it too abstract, does it take too many liberties...or is he a maestro whose creativity transcends the rules that define poetry!!
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