Right! I think it would take a lifetime to dissect just how powerful the ghazal is. When I was at my lowest, chanting shaam hi toh hai over and over again helped.
Here’s another absolute favorite of mine,
aur bhī dukh haiñ zamāne meñ mohabbat ke sivā
rāhateñ aur bhī haiñ vasl kī rāhat ke sivā
Oh it’s absolutely my pleasure! Feels lovely to gush over something beautiful.
Same here. It is another kind of delightful rush that one feels to make an acquaintance with a fellow poetry lover. Shaam hi toh hai is in fact the last video-recorded recitation by Faiz that is available if I'm not wrong. Makes it all the more special. Speaking of hope and Faiz, here is another one-
nahīñ nigāh meñ manzil to justujū hī sahī
nahīñ visāl mayassar to aarzū hī sahī
gar intizār kaThin hai to jab talak ai dil
kisī ke vāda-e-fardā kī guftugū hī sahī
I am declaring myself the official stalker for your thread! I can't wait to see what @Gurmeet4Drashti and you unearth from your treasure trove next.
Thank you so much. You are most welcome to be a part of the mehfil. As Faiz himself would say-
kisī tarah to jame bazm mai-kade vaalo
nahīñ jo bāda-o-sāġhar to hāv-hū hī sahī
Or perhaps if Mirza Ghalib were here, he would say-
qafas udaas hai yaaro sabā se kuchh to kaho
kahīñ to behr-e-ḳhudā aaj zikr-e-yār chale
Right! I think it would take a lifetime to dissect just how powerful the ghazal is. When I was at my lowest, chanting shaam hi toh hai over and over again helped.
Here’s another absolute favorite of mine,
aur bhī dukh haiñ zamāne meñ mohabbat ke sivā
rāhateñ aur bhī haiñ vasl kī rāhat ke sivā
Oh it’s absolutely my pleasure! Feels lovely to gush over something beautiful.
I forgot to mention, Mujhse pehli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang has to be amongst Faiz's best works (as hard as it is to choose from between them).
lauT jaatī hai udhar ko bhī nazar kyā kiije
ab bhī dilkash hai tirā husn magar kyā kiije
Oh the heartbreak that these lines invoke.
Same here. It is another kind of delightful rush that one feels to make an acquaintance with a fellow poetry lover. Shaam hi toh hai is in fact the last video-recorded recitation by Faiz that is available if I'm not wrong. Makes it all the more special. Speaking of hope and Faiz, here is another one-
nahīñ nigāh meñ manzil to justujū hī sahī
nahīñ visāl mayassar to aarzū hī sahī
gar intizār kaThin hai to jab talak ai dil
kisī ke vāda-e-fardā kī guftugū hī sahī
Oh wow! I didn’t know that.
Another random trivia, which made “mujh se pehli si mohabbat” so special for me, was the respect he bestowed on Noor Jehan by never reciting it again after hearing her version, as he felt that song belonged to her!!
This one is so heartbreaking but reverent,
guloñ meñ rañg bhare bād-e-nau-bahār chale
chale bhī aao ki gulshan kā kārobār chale
I am declaring myself the official stalker for your thread! I can't wait to see what @Gurmeet4Drashti and you unearth from your treasure trove next.
Hello!
This one is for you,
ye aarzū bhī baḌī chiiz hai magar hamdam
visāl-e-yār faqat aarzū kī baat nahīñ
I’m Nida btw :)
Oh wow! I didn’t know that.
Another random trivia, which made “mujh se pehli si mohabbat” so special for me, was the respect he bestowed on Noor Jehan by never reciting it again after hearing her version, as he felt that song belonged to her!!
This one is so heartbreaking but reverent,
guloñ meñ rañg bhare bād-e-nau-bahār chale
chale bhī aao ki gulshan kā kārobār chale
And this was a trivia that I was unaware of. Beautiful. Reminds me of how Ghalib had agreed to trade his entire diwan in exchange for one sher of Momin Khan Momin -
tum mire paas hote ho goyā
jab koī dūsrā nahīñ hotā
How lovely the coincidence that you should quote gulon mein rang bhare at the same moment that I picked a sher from it to reply to @Arshi67. It is a beautiful, beautiful ghazal. Reminded me of another sher from the very same piece-
jo ham pe guzrī so guzrī magar shab-e-hijrāñ
hamāre ashk tirī āqibat sañvār chale
I forgot to mention, Mujhse pehli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang has to be amongst Faiz's best works (as hard as it is to choose from between them).
lauT jaatī hai udhar ko bhī nazar kyā kiije
ab bhī dilkash hai tirā husn magar kyā kiije
Oh the heartbreak that these lines invoke.
Whoa. We were talking about mujhse pehli si mohabbat at the same time!! It just makes you feel everything at once..
Damnit. This one line, “terī āñkhoñ ke sivā duniyā meñ rakkhā kyā hai” has the ability to make me pathetic and sob at the sheer magnitude of love.
Whoa. We were talking about mujhse pehli si mohabbat at the same time!! It just makes you feel everything at once..
Damnit. This one line, “terī āñkhoñ ke sivā duniyā meñ rakkhā kyā hai” has the ability to make me pathetic and sob at the sheer magnitude of love.
I know what you mean. It's an exhilarating mixture of resignation, disillusionment, and heartbreak.