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The last puff of the day-wind brought from the unseen villages the scent of damp wood smoke, hot cakes, dripping undergrowth, and rotting pine-cones. That smell is the true smell of the Himalayas, and if it once gets into the blood of a man he will, at the last, forgetting everything else, return to the Hills to die

Awaaz Di Hai

Posted on 12 November, 2012

My rendition of Bhupinder’s song “Awaaz Di Hai Aaj Ik Nazar Ne”

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no one 21 December, 2012 at 4:03 am

this one is the best. i was searching for gulzar poetries and landed up here. listened to your songs and read your poetries…very touching n moving… and this song i m listenting repeatedly since yesterday…my best wises. keep up the good job.

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priyanka 27 January, 2013 at 1:13 am

one of my favourites! very well sung.

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Revisiting this Nazm by Majaz that I last sang in 2008. A post midnight 60 second crooning to this haunting melody by Jagjit Singh. Featured in the TV Series Kahkashaan in the 90s on the great urdu poet Majaaz. The story behind this Nazm is as deep as the night.
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Majaz (pronounced Majaaz), who is sometimes called Keats of Urdu Poetry wrote Ghazals and Nazms that, if at once place speak of beauty and optimism and wit – create such a feeling of bitter despair that it leaves an ardent fan of Urdu Poetry like me and many others gasping for air. I have never seen despair and hopelessness as I have in Sahir Ludhianvi’s and Majaaz’s Poetry. Majaz’s life, however, ended way earlier than it should have.

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As the story goes, he fell in love with a married woman from Delhi’s high society and by the time he left Delhi, his heart was reduced to nothing. After having multiple nervous breakdowns (and even landing in a Ranchi Mental Hospital) and attempting to come back to normal, he finally met his end on a bitter cold night in Lucknow when some callous friends left him on the roof of a Maikhana (tavern) after a night of drinking. People would often get him

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Revisiting this Nazm by Majaz Lakhnawi that I last sang in 2008. A post midnight 1 minute crooning to this haunting melody by Jagjit Singh. Featured in the TV Series Kahkashaan in the 90s that was created by Urdu Poet, Sardar Ali Jafri. The story behind this Nazm is as deep as the night.
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He was one of the foremost Urdu Poets during the Progressive Writers Movement in and around 1930s and was a contemporary of noted Poets like Jigar Moradabadi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Sahir Ludhianvi and Asgar Gondavi.

As the story goes, he fell in love with a married woman from Delhi’s high society and by the time he left Delhi, his heart was reduced to nothing. After having multiple nervous breakdowns (and even landing in a Ranchi Mental Hospital) and attempting to come back to normal, he finally met his end on a bitter cold night in Lucknow when some callous friends left him on the roof of a Maikhana (tavern) after a night of drinking. People would often get him drunk to hear his Poetry. He died alone (some say due toÂ cold) that night on 5th of December 1955 in Lucknow. Part of Lucknow died with him that night and Urdu Poetry suffered a huge vacuum, never to be filled again.

The Nazm was popularized by Talat Mahmood in the Hindi movie, Thokar (1953) starring Shammi Kapoor and Shyama. However, I like this painful version by Jagjit Singh more.

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Vocals/Guitar: Gautam Dhar
Lyrics/Music: Gautam Dhar

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Bhajan: Om Mangalam Omkar Mangalam on Guitar and Ukulele

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Featured in the movie, Shikara, this song is special to me. I tried to learn it and sing it despite the fact I can't speak Kashmiri. Please excuse the pronunciation misses 🙂

Dilbar Lagyo Lyrics and Guitar Chords:

C-------Am----C----------Am
Dilbar Lagyo Laejthas Daavas
F---------------------C
Naavas Wand yo Sarr
Taarr Tarun Chum Lolll Dariyaavas,
Naavas Wand yo Sarr

Dilbar Lagyo Laejthas Daavas..

C----------------Am--
Kyah Kar Lol Tabann Kornam Soor,
F------------------C
Jaanan Mohim Door
x2

C-----Am---------C------------Am
Zaar Waneyam Vaavas Te Kaavas,
F---------------------C
Naavas Wand yo Sarr

C-------Am----C----------Am
Dilbar Lagyo Laejthas Daavas
F---------------------C
Naavas Wand yo Sarr

C-----------------------F------------C
Yaaras Wanyi touv Khaar Rottun Kyah,
Yaaras Wanyi touv Khaar Rottun Kyah,
C--------------------------F
Chaar Karaan Chunn Myon

C--------Am----------C-----------Am
Yeenah Doddmutt Seen Bae Haavas,
F---------------------C
Naavas Wand yo Sarr

C-------Am----C----------Am
Dilbar Lagyo Laejthas Daavas
F---------------------C
Naavas Wand yo Sarr

Composed by: Abhay Rustum Sopori
Original Singer: Munir Ahmad Mir
Lyrics: Bashir Arif

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Dilbar Lagyo Kashmiri Song Guitar Cover & Chords – Shikara Movie | Abhay Rustum Sopori | Gautam Dhar

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#Nundbane #KashmiriSong #KashmiriPandit #KatyuChukh

This is my daring attempt to sing this melodious Kashmiri Folk Song. There are a lot of different versions of this song out there so I modified according to my own taste and strumming. For the record *I can not speak Kashmiri* so it was quite an effort getting the pronunciation right as I bugged a lot of people and picked the verses that I could sing 🙂

Nundbane - translates to "the apple of my eye" in Kashmiri. In this song, the lady protagonist playfully beckons her paramour to her in a loving, joyful harmony!

Lyrics:
Katyu chukh nundh bane
walo mashook miyane
Mei korui na chanai chanai
walo mashook miyane

Sharab ke pyaleh baryo,
Gulaban maal kar-yo.
Pagah ya kael maryo,
walo mashook miyane
Katyu chukh...

Bah suraat chukhse parii
Cha shoobi jaa mai zarri
Kamyo ta weez kareii,
walo mashook miyane

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This is one song that I first heard back in school and after 20 yrs, it's time to give it a try. Enjoy!

Lyrics:
और इस दिल में क्या रखा है
तेरा ही प्यार छुपा रखा है
चीर के देखे दिल मेरा तो
तेरा ही नाम लिखा रखा है

प्यार के अफ़साने सुने थे लोगों से
प्यार क्या होता है ये तूने समझाया
मिला दिल तुझ से तो ख़्वाब देखे ऐसे
जुनूं जाने कैसा जवां दिल पे छाया
दिल में ऐसा दर्द उठा, दिल हो गया दीवाना
दीवानों ने इस दुनिया में, दर्द का नाम दवा रखा है

निगाहों में मेरी ये सूरत है तेरी
ज़िन्दगी ये मेरी अमानत है तेरी
धड़कते सीने में मोहब्बत है तेरी
मोहब्बत ये तेरी, इबादत है मेरी
तेरे सिवा कुछ याद नहीं है, तू ही तू दिल में
दिल ने यार की पूजा की है, प्यार का नाम खुदा रखा है

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Original Singer: Suresh Wadkar
Original Music by: Kalyanji, Anandji
Movie: Imaandaar (1987)
Lyricist : Prakash Mehra

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