Smile please!

Another one, so beautiful and soothing. I just feel like keep listening to these all night ...

ज़िन्दगी में सदा मुस्कुराते रहो
फासले कम करो दिल मिलाते रहो

दर्द कैसा भी हो आँख नम ना करो
रात काली सही कोई ग़म ना करो
एक सितारा बनो जगमगाते रहो
ज़िन्दगी में सदा मुस्कुराते रहो ...

बांटना है अगर बाँट लो हर खुशी
ग़म न जाहिर करो तुम किसी पे कभी
दिल की गहरायी में ग़म छुपाते रहो
ज़िन्दगी में सदा मुस्कुराते रहो ...

अश्क अनमोल हैं खो ना देना कहीं
इनकी हर बूँद है मोतियों से हसीन
इनको हर आँख से तुम चुराते रहो
ज़िन्दगी में सदा मुस्कुराते रहो ...

- Jagjit Singh [Jazbaa (2008)]

मसीहा

I keep listening to new Ghazals of Jaggu da, most of them I heard before but there are times when I hear something totally new and different. I am amazed at the variety of Ghazals he has sung, different moods, different situations, different themes and all of them composed and rendered differently based on taste and that is what I love about Jagjit Singh.

This is a very simple one with lot of meaning and above all soothing. So enjoy!

सारी दुनिया का जो मसीहा है
अपन ही घर में वो अकेला है

रेत के घर में कांच के रिश्ते
ज़िन्दगी भी अजब तमाशा है

अब कहीं कुछ नज़र नहीं आता
दूर तक यह धुआं धुआं क्या है

ज़िन्दगी रास्ता है काँटों का
होके जिसपे हमें गुज़रना है

मोम के जिस्म धूप की चादर
ऐसा मंजर भी ग़म ने देखा है

यह मुकद्दर का खेल है सारा
एक भिकारी है एक दाता है

- Jagjit Singh [Jazbaa (2008)]

ग़म मुझे हसरत मुझे ...

I don't know how I missed this Ghazal from Jaggu da (Jagjit Singh). It is so beautifully written and more importantly so beautifully rendered by the Ghazak Maestro.

ग़म मुझे हसरत मुझे
वेह्शत मुझे सौदा मुझे
एक दिल देकर खुदा ने
दे दिया क्या क्या मुझे

ये नमाज़-ऐ-इश्क़ है कैसा अदब किसका अदब
अपने पाए नाज़ पर करने भी दो सजदा मुझे

देखते ही देखते दुनिया से मैं उठ जाऊंगा
देखती की देखती रह जायेगी दुनिया मुझे

- Jagjit Singh [Your Choice (1993)]

Narajgi ...

I posted this few months back and think it is becoming one of my favorite Ghazals from Jaggu da. While listening to it again right I recalled this sher, which is so beautiful and I can relate to:

Duniya na jeet pao to haro na khud ko tum
Thodi bahut to jehan mein narajgi rahe

This is truly fantastic and inspiring for me.

Badla na apne aap ko ...

Badla na apne aap ko jo the wahi rahe
Milte rahe sabhi se magar ajnabi rahe

It is so beautiful, especially these lines:

Apni tarah sabhi ko kisi ki talaash thi
Hum jiske bhi kareeb rahe door hi rahe

What has happened to people, why don't we see more of this kind of wonderful poetry !!!

I wish I could write something so beautiful. Well, may be sometime ...

If you write poems or shers and would like to share, please let me know.

Hum to yun apni zindagi se mile, Ajnabi jaise ajnabi se mile

One of the most beautiful lyrics written in sometime. I heard this Ghazals so many times (same is the case with most of Jaggu Da's Ghazals) that it became a second nature. I am not sure who wrote the lyrics for this Ghazal (I did try finding it on Google but to no avail, if you know that please let me know, I would appreciate that), but he has done a marvelous job at capturing the moment.

Another fantastic sher from the Ghazal goes like this:

Phool hi phool humne mange the
Daag hi daag zindagi se mile

Not only Jagjit has a velvet voice, but he knows how to render the words with the appropriate emotion. Being a Jagjit Singh fan for over a decade, I realized that his Ghazals have a long lasting effect.

You can hear this Ghazal here.