Just wondering how talented Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was! Now just take an example of this ghazal! He took 10 minutes to say only these few lines! that’s what a real ustaad is! :D You can hear this awsome ghazal at the end of this post too.
Mai kahin bhi jaon ae jaan, mera intezaar krna
meray baad phir kisi se, kbhi tum na pyar krna
mera naam jin labon pe, kbhi kheelta tha barson
meri jaan mai wohi hon, mera aitebaar krna
tu nigar-e-zindagi tha, tu bahaa-e-zindagi tha
mughay yaad hai abhi tak, tera beqaraar krna
tu bazaat-e-khud nasha hai, tu misaal-e-maikada hai
tera khud se moo chupana, mughay sharmsaar krna
tu agr bhatak bhi jay, teray paas hai woh rasta
jisay toor ne dekhaya, wohi ikhtiar krna
Got sms from my cousin, asking what is meant by Manam mehv-e khiyaal-e-oo Nami danam Kuja raftam.
Well it was very interesting finding the meaning of this stanza from the kalam of maulana roomi Hazrat Bu Ali Qalandar, but finally got it! without the help of any persian / farsi speaking friend (except for my friend Google :))
In short, the stanza means: I am busy in thoughts of you – don’t know where did I got lost!
Meaning, I got lost somewhere while i was busy in thoughts of you!
For those who want to know how did i got this translation, i went to the roman to urdu / persian writer and then after generating text from it, i went to google translator for perisan to english and got my translation :)
This is the wonderful song (although copied from the 1954 movie song nastik of India, which was made on the miseries and widespread problems after the partition of the Golden Sparrow.
What are we waiting for? for last 60+ years. Aren’t we tired now? a bunch of some rich people manipulate us and ruin everyone’s life and we can’t even do anything about it. We just aid them by . . . anyway . . don’t need to justify or explain anything, we all know what we are and what we do.
We deserve this maybe . . . May Allah forgive us now! and fix all this mess for us. Ameen.
Lyrics of Kitna Badal Gaya Insaan – Geo Mr Jeem
Quaid ne tou dia nhi tha aisa Pakistan – Kitna badal gya insaan
suraj na badla, chand na badla, na badla re aasmaan, – kitna badal gya insaan
Kaisa waqt yeh aaya bhai – aapas mai hai maar kutai
choori ghapla aor burai – pyar ke badlay khoob krai
rishwat ke bazaar mai apna, baich rha emaan – kitna badal gya insaan
quaid ne tou dia nhi tha, aisa Pakistan – kitna badal gaya insaan
pehlay thay kirdar ke pakkay – aaj faqt hai mauqa parasti
pehlay thay guftar ke pakkay – aaj hoi har bat hai shaki
kisi ke behkaway mai na aa, hosh mai aa nadaan – kitna badal gaya insaan
quaid ne tou dia nhi tha aisa Pakistan – kitna badal gaya insaan
sher bahadur, rab ke banday – kal thay mujahid, aaj hain andhay
phailay har gaam ne phanday – daikh liay sab inkay dhanday
apnay watan ki azmat, apni hasti ko pehchaan – kitna badal gaya insaan
quaid ne tou dia nhi tha aisa Pakistan – kitna badal gaya insaan
rahbar ham ne thay woh paay – har mushkil mai aaray aay
aaj hai naya beech bhanwar mai – koi nhi jo paar lgay
yaad nhi rakhay kia hum nay quaid ke farmaan – kitna badal gaya insaan
suraj na badla, chand na badla, na badla aasman – kitna badal gya insaan