Thursday, November 30, 2006

Ghazal-ing

Hum tumhe aisi pila denge
Tum aawo toh sahi
Hosh ka naam bhuladenge
Tum aawo toh sahi

Ghulam Ali. My favourite ghazal singer. i love his gravelly voice…the way the words seem to rain like heavy droplets….i was introduced to his voice by K. How we went gaga over the song “chupke chupke”. – we used to sit there moony eyed in the office and sing along; much to the consternation of our senior who thought we were too young to be listening to such “dukh bhari” gaane! i am a sucker for sentu songs..and his songs are so loaded with meaning…

Right now i am listening to this song as i try to code and blog, in that order….

Dukh ki lehar ne shera hoga
Yaad ne kankaar pheka hoga

Aaj toh mera dil keheta he
Tu ish waqt akela hoga

Me toh aaj bahut roya hoon
Tub hi sayed roya hoga….

S called up to say he has bought the Toshiba laptop for my sister. He will be sending it through PK and so i will be getting it next week. The configuration is good and the price is great. Thank god for holiday deals!!

Karoon nah yaad magar
Kish tarah bhulawoon ushe

5 comments:

Does it matter said...

So maybe you need to switch to happier ghazals:

Dil mein ek laher si, uthee hai abhee

Koi taazaa hawaa chalee hai abhee

:-)

Ya, and today, you can get the same laptop, much superior configuration, at probably half the price. (And ditto, next year/ the year after that)

Now is that something to feel happy @, or sad..?

gypsy said...

No way!! i love sad songs.

Neither, i would say! The thing was worth the price when i bought it, right? so what is the point in thinking about whether it is half the price today, ni??

Does it matter said...

Ok.

The right price - U sound like an instructor from the Art of Living course.. (Not that I have attended it, but am sure such similar life philosophy lessons abound there)

PS - hope you are fine my rummaging through your old (& personal) posts. And commenting. If you want, I will stop (commenting not rummaging ;-))

gypsy said...

Hey Ram! i don't want to sound like anyone else! Art of living - as if that is something someone can teach you!

i don't mind. In fact, i like your comments. But seriously, if i say please stop commenting, would you?? But why?

Does it matter said...

You already sound like someone else - Hey Ram was what the Mahatma said remember?!

Well if you like my comments, I need not stop. But yes, if you really do want me to stop, I would. Its your blog, and its yr life too.. I cannot comment if I am asked not to..
As simple as that