Finally, I found a digital version of the nazm "Yeh baatei.n jhoothi baatei.n hai.n" through the generosity of a kind soul - a colloeague of mine, who is the greatest ghazal aficiando I have ever seen or heard of. Name any ghazal, and he would have read it, and most likely have one or more digital versions of it - I asked him for an mp3 of this ghazal; he gave me two - by Ghulam Ali and Abida Parveen!! I listened to both, but I liked the Ghulam Ali version better, though it wasn't as good as the live show!! For the last week, I have been listening to it three or four or more times a day [in office, on speaker, but after regular work hours] - thankfully my neighbor [the person who sits in the cubicle next to mine] is not averse to ghazals :-D
I had meaning to post the lines I liked best from a collection of ghazals by Dushyant Kumar. But the book was borrowed by a colleague, who although has read it, is now re- and re-re- reading it. While my post(s) on 'Saye mei.n dhoop' may be delayed, in the meanwhile, I will just quote the sher I (perhaps) liked best -
Yahaa.n darakhto.n ke saaye mei.n dhoop lagti haiI had meaning to post the lines I liked best from a collection of ghazals by Dushyant Kumar. But the book was borrowed by a colleague, who although has read it, is now re- and re-re- reading it. While my post(s) on 'Saye mei.n dhoop' may be delayed, in the meanwhile, I will just quote the sher I (perhaps) liked best -
Chalo yahaa.n se chalei.n umra bhar ke liye ....
[Here, the shade of trees cannot protect you from the heat of the sun
Let us leave this place for ever ...]
Darakht - a big, dense tree - representing a caring, protective entity - perhaps a government for a citizen, or a family for an individual - if it fails to provide the support that is expected, there is no point in relying on it .....
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And thanks for the ghazal. Listening to it. :)
Talking of 'Darakht', I can't help but smile these days! A very good friend of mine became a father of a baby boy last month and the family was searching for names starting with 'D' or 'Ch'. They wanted something fancy and Unique and after I exhausted my list of names, I strained my mind very hard and suggested 'Darakht'!
The more I think about it, I feel that this is too heavy a name and can't help smiling at myself for suggesting something so outrageous!
However, the best part of the story is that my friend's father liked the name!
@LeziB: What a coincidence!! But as the name of a child ... well even the thought is outrageous! :-)) I can just imagine the poor kid saddled with a name like that throughout his school years .... rofl!!
Do tell me what did your friend finally named the child!
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