Tu Is Tarah Se

Tu is tarah se meri zindagi mein shaamil hai
jahan bhi jaaun ye lagta hai teri mehfil hai

Ye aasmaan ye baadal ye raaste ye hawa
Har ek cheez hai apni jagah thikane se
Kayi dino se shikayat nahi zamane se
Ye zindagi hai safar tu safar ki manzil hai

jahan bhi jaaun ye lagta hai teri mehfil hai

Har ek phool kisi yaad sa mehakta hai

Tere Khayal se jaagi hui fizayein hain

Ye subz ped hain ya pyaar ki duwaein hain

Tu paas ho ke nahin phir bhi tu muqabil hai

jahan bhi jaaun ye lagta hai teri mehfil hai

Har ek shai hai muhabbat ke noor se roshan

Ye roshani jo na ho zindagi adhuri hai

Rah-e-wafa mein koi humsafar zaroori hai

Ye rasta kahin tanha kate to mushkil hai

jahan bhi jaaun ye lagta hai teri mehfil hai

Tere bagair jahan mein koi kami si thi

Bhatak rahi thi jawani andheri raahon mein
Sukoon dil ko mila aake teri baahon mein
Main ek khoyi huyi mauj hoon tu saahil hai

jahan bhi jaaun ye lagta hai teri mehfil hai

Tere jamal se roshan hai kaaynaat meri
Meri talaash teri dilkashi rahe baaki
Khuda kare ke ye deewangi rahe baaki
Teri wafa hi meri har khushi ka haasil hai

jahan bhi jaaun ye lagta hai teri mehfil hai
tu is tarah se meri zindagi mein shaamil hai

Soundtrack : Aap To Aise Na The

Singer : Hemlata

Lyrics : Nida Fazli

Music : Usha Khanna

A gem of a song that you cant stop humming . The lyrics are so soothing and soulful. Last 2 stanza’s are from the Male version of the same.

Music Files :- website down

Hi Folks

The website i was using to host the music files is down and hence most of the music files will not load anymore.

Will look for some alternate site again when i have some spare time. Been busy in loads of things currently.

Thanks

Main Nara-e-Mastana

Main nara-e-mastana,  main shouqi- e- rindana
Main tashna kahan jaaon, pee kar bhi kahan jana

Main souz-e-mohabbat hoon, main aik qayamat hoon
Main ashk-e-nadaamat hoon, main gouhar-e-yakdana

Main tahir-e-lahooti, main johar-e-malkooti
Nasoot ne kab mujh ko is haal mein pehchana

Main sham-e- farozan hoon, main aatish-e-larza hoon
Main sozish-e-hijraan hoon, main manzil-e-parwana

Kis yaad ka sehera hoon, kis chashm ka darya hoon
Khud toor ka jalwa hoon, hai shakl qalbhana

Main husn-e-mujassim hoon, main gesu-e-barham hoon
Main phool hoon shabnam hoon, main jalwa-e-janana

Main wasif-e-bismil hoon, main ronaq-e-mehfil hoon
Ik toota howa dil hoon, main shehar mein veerana

Poet: Wasif Ali Wasif

Artist : Abida Parveen

Nothing Lasts Forever – Tagore

Nothing lasts forever
No one lives forever
Keep that in mind, and love

Our life is not the same old burden
Our path is not the same long journey
The flower fades and dies
We must pause to weave perfection into music
Keep that in mind, and love

My beloved, in you I find refuge

Love droops towards its sunset
To be drowned in the golden shadows
Love must be called from its play
And love must be born again to be free
Keep that in mind, and love

My beloved, in you I find refuge
Without seeing my love, I cannot sleep

Let us hurry to gather our flowers
Before they are plundered by the passing winds
It quickens our blood and brightens our eyes
To snatch kisses that would vanish
If we delayed

Our life is eager
Our desires are keen
For time rolls by
Keep that in mind, and love

My beloved, in you I find refuge

Beauty is sweet for a short time
And then it is gone
Knowledge is precious
But we will never have time to complete it
All is done and finished
In eternal heaven
But our life here is eternally fresh
Keep that in mind, and love

Poet : Rabindranath Tagore

Artist : Lisa Bonet

Is Waqt To Lagta Hai – Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Poet : Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Soundtrack : Dhoop Kinare

Recited By : Arshad Mahmood

This is an adaptation from a Ghazal by Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Made a video to go along with it.

Ghaliban …

Kehte ho “Na denge hum, dil agar pada paya

”Dil kahan ke gum kije? Hum ne Mudda’a paya

Ishq se tabiat ne zeest ka maza paya

Dard ki dawa paee, dard-e-be-dawa paya

Poet : Mirza Ghalib

Zindagi…

Hui khatm aaj, ye tamasha zindagi

Kharch ki humne betahaasha zindagi

Raah thi andheri aur manzil sayaah

Karti rahi ujaale ki aasha zindagi

Poet : Yours Truly

Penn Masala

Aap Jaisa Koi – Another Night

Every Step You Take – Bheege Hoonth Tere

Streets – Roobaroo

Penn Masala is an acapella group formed by the students of Pennsylvania University. The member’s keep changing ever year. They first got recognised from the soundtrack of “American Desi”.

Eva Cassidy : Time After Time

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick
And think of you
Turning in circles confusion–
Is nothing new
Flashback to warm nights–
Almost left behind
A suitcase of memories
Time after–

Sometimes you picture me–
I’m walking too far ahead
You’re calling to me I can’t hear
What you have said–
And you say–go slow–
I’ve fallen behind–
The second hand unwinds

If you’re lost you can look–and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you–I’ll be waiting
Time after time

After your picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows–I’m wondering
If you’re okay
And you say–go slow–
I’ve fallen behind
The drum beats out of time–

If you’re lost you can look–and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you–I’ll be waiting
Time after time

Lyrics : Cyndi Lauper/Robert Andrew Hyman

Title song from the 2000 album of Eva. Released 4 years after she passed away. Most of her recordings available are either Live or demo/practice tapes she did which highlight her genius.

I Wandered By A Brookside

I wandered by a brookside
I wandered by a mill
I could not hear the water
The murmuring it was still
Not a sound of any grasshopper
Nor the chirp of any bird
But the beating of my own heart
Was the only sound I heard

The beating of my own heart
Was the only sound I heard

Then silent tears fast flowing
When someone stood beside
A hand upon my shoulder
I knew the touch was kind
He drew me near and nearer
We neither spoke one word
But the beating of our own two hearts
Was the only sound I heard

The beating of our own two hearts
Was the only sound I heard

Lyrics : Richard Monckton Milnes/Barbara Berry

A true gem of a song adapted from an old poem by Richard Milnes. This one has the signature style of Eva’s soothing vocals sung to a minimum piano/guitar arrangement.

Anniversary Song

Today has been a special day
An anniversary a request
That you play your piano
As the evening sun slowly sets

I never thought I’d get this old dear
Never had a reason to live so long
And the Lord’s been like my shadow
Even when I was wrong
No I never thought it would turn out this way

A birthday with apologies (oh oh oh)
For all the tears and regrets (oh oh oh)
And I’ve always saved your poetry (oh oh oh)
For these years when you forget (oh oh oh)

I never thought I’d get this old dear
Never had a reason to live so long
And the Lord’s been like my shadow
Even when I was wrong
No I never thought it would turn out this way

So sing with me softly (oh oh oh)
As the day turns to night (oh oh oh)
And later I’ll dream (oh oh oh)
Of paradise with you (oh oh oh)
I love you and good night

Lyrics : Steven M. Digman

Last year, ‘Somewhere’ was the 11th Eva Cassidy album released.In her lifetime, only 2 albums -’The Other Side’ (with Chuck Brown) & ‘Live at the Blue’s Alley’ were released. ‘Somewhere’ consists of forgotten practice tapes found in the basement of her band’s guitarist. Will post some songs from this album someday.

Wohi Khuda Hai : Devotional (Hamd)

Koi to hai jo, nizaam-e-hasti
chala raha hai, wohi khuda hai

There is someone
who is running the whole system of existence
and that is the only God

Dikhayi bhi jo na de nazar bhi
Jo aa raha hai, wohi khuda hai
wohi khuda hai, wohi khudaa hai
wohi khuda hai..

He is not visible,
but yet he is apparent (In the surrounding),
and that is the only God

Nazar bhi rakhe, samaatein bhi
Woh jaan leta hai, neeatein bhi
Jo khana-e-lashaoor mein jagmaga raha hai
wohi khuda hai, wohi khudaa hai
wohi khudaa hai, wohi khudaa hai

He finds out intentions too,
the one who is sparkling in the unrealized part of the human nature,
and That is the only God

Talash uss ko, na kar buttoun mein
woh hai badalti hui ruttoun mein
Jo din ko raat aur raat ko din
bana raha hai, wohi khuda hai
wohi khuda hai, wohi khudaa hai
wohi khudaa hai…

Don’t try to find him in Idols, he is in changing nights.
He is turning the Night into the Day and the Day into the Night,
and That is the only God

Recitor : Al-Haj Khurshid Ahmad