Chhotii Sii Ye
Zi.Ndagaanii Re
Chaar Din Kii Javaanii Terii
Haay Re Haay
Gam Kii Kahaanii Terii
Shaam Huii Ye Desh Biiraanaa
Tujh Ko Apane Balam Ghar Jaanaa, Sajan Ghar Jaanaa
Raah Me.N Muurakh Mat Lut Jaanaa, Mat Lut Jaanaa
Chhotii Sii Ye ...
Baabul Kaa Ghar Chhuutaa Jaaye
Akhiyan Ghor A.Ndheraa Chhaaye, Jii Dil Ghabaraaye
Aa.Nkh Se Tapake Dil Kaa Khazaanaa
Chhotii Sii Ye ...
Saans bhar ki zindagi, uff kitni uljhi hui! Aur us pe turra ye, ki hum sabhi us mein apni aur apnon ki khushi ke liye kya kuchh nahin kar daltey! .Mutthi bhar aksharon mein Kaviraj ne is lambi daud ki kahani keh di hai. 'Chhotii Sii Ye Zi.Ndagaanii Re,Chaar Din Kii Javaanii Terii'
A philosophical song, Shankar-Jaikishen's music, Mukesh's voice and presence, and life in a teardrop. The poet says this life is a brief breath-and in it is the still briefer youth that we often let slip through our fingers. We are left just with the wails of childhood and the tears of old age- 'haaye, ghum ki kahani teri'.
It is a plaintive cry, this song. In it, Shailendra ji speaks of life as a brief stay- like a girl who lives for a few years at her father's house, only to go away to her ultimate home, to her beloved. He calls this world 'baabul ka ghar', and the other world, 'balam ghar, sajan ghar'.Here is the Sufi essence in his work. God/the Creator is seen as the Beloved. And He is the ultimate destination we all strive for. This world, the father's house is a mere stop, a pause in this eternal tale of creation. The final destination can be none other than the arms of the Loved One.
This is exactly what Sufi thought is. This is what I read about Sufism:
"The journey of the lover is a one-way street of love, and our tears carry us into an abyss of longing, of aloneness and anguish. ... Our soul senses the intimacy of its Beloved, that He is as close as the tears that run between the eye and the eye-lid. We begin to experience a love affair that is as intoxicating as it is painful, as wondrous as it is terrifying."
And now read Shailendra:
Chhotii Sii Ye Zi.Ndagaanii Re
Chaar Din Kii Javaanii Teri
Haay Re Haay
Gam Kii Kahaanii Teri
Chaar Din Kii Javaanii Terii
Haay Re Haay
Gam Kii Kahaanii Terii
Shaam Huii Ye Desh Biiraanaa
Tujh Ko Apane Balam Ghar Jaanaa, Sajan Ghar Jaanaa
Raah Me.N Muurakh Mat Lut Jaanaa, Mat Lut Jaanaa
Chhotii Sii Ye ...
Baabul Kaa Ghar Chhuutaa Jaaye
Akhiyan Ghor A.Ndheraa Chhaaye, Jii Dil Ghabaraaye
Aa.Nkh Se Tapake Dil Kaa Khazaanaa
Chhotii Sii Ye ...
Saans bhar ki zindagi, uff kitni uljhi hui! Aur us pe turra ye, ki hum sabhi us mein apni aur apnon ki khushi ke liye kya kuchh nahin kar daltey! .Mutthi bhar aksharon mein Kaviraj ne is lambi daud ki kahani keh di hai. 'Chhotii Sii Ye Zi.Ndagaanii Re,Chaar Din Kii Javaanii Terii'
A philosophical song, Shankar-Jaikishen's music, Mukesh's voice and presence, and life in a teardrop. The poet says this life is a brief breath-and in it is the still briefer youth that we often let slip through our fingers. We are left just with the wails of childhood and the tears of old age- 'haaye, ghum ki kahani teri'.
It is a plaintive cry, this song. In it, Shailendra ji speaks of life as a brief stay- like a girl who lives for a few years at her father's house, only to go away to her ultimate home, to her beloved. He calls this world 'baabul ka ghar', and the other world, 'balam ghar, sajan ghar'.Here is the Sufi essence in his work. God/the Creator is seen as the Beloved. And He is the ultimate destination we all strive for. This world, the father's house is a mere stop, a pause in this eternal tale of creation. The final destination can be none other than the arms of the Loved One.
This is exactly what Sufi thought is. This is what I read about Sufism:
"The journey of the lover is a one-way street of love, and our tears carry us into an abyss of longing, of aloneness and anguish. ... Our soul senses the intimacy of its Beloved, that He is as close as the tears that run between the eye and the eye-lid. We begin to experience a love affair that is as intoxicating as it is painful, as wondrous as it is terrifying."
And now read Shailendra:
Chhotii Sii Ye Zi.Ndagaanii Re
Chaar Din Kii Javaanii Teri
Haay Re Haay
Gam Kii Kahaanii Teri
Wohi baat, kitni
saral, kitni saadgi se, kitney kam shabdon mein. YAHI hai Kaviraaj ka hunar.Amazing.
I further read about Sufi thought:
"Love embraces us and love tears us apart. Love is a knife that cuts us and a softness that kills us. We are taken away from our self and given to our Beloved It is not easy. We cry, we pray, we fight to remain looking towards our Beloved. We strive to keep our heart clean. "
Shailendra's words:
Shaam Huii Ye Desh Biiraanaa
Tujh Ko Apane Balam Ghar Jaanaa, Sajan Ghar Jaanaa
Raah Me.N Muurakh Mat Lut Jaanaa, Mat Lut Jaanaa
Akhiyan Ghor A.Ndheraa Chhaaye, Ye Dil Ghabaraaye
Aa.Nkh Se Tapake Dil Kaa Khazaanaa
Yahi hain Aadhunik Kabir.Shailendra deserves to be in literature books, library shelves, not just film lyrics.It is up to us, his Family, to ensure he does.
I further read about Sufi thought:
"Love embraces us and love tears us apart. Love is a knife that cuts us and a softness that kills us. We are taken away from our self and given to our Beloved It is not easy. We cry, we pray, we fight to remain looking towards our Beloved. We strive to keep our heart clean. "
Shailendra's words:
Shaam Huii Ye Desh Biiraanaa
Tujh Ko Apane Balam Ghar Jaanaa, Sajan Ghar Jaanaa
Raah Me.N Muurakh Mat Lut Jaanaa, Mat Lut Jaanaa
Akhiyan Ghor A.Ndheraa Chhaaye, Ye Dil Ghabaraaye
Aa.Nkh Se Tapake Dil Kaa Khazaanaa
Yahi hain Aadhunik Kabir.Shailendra deserves to be in literature books, library shelves, not just film lyrics.It is up to us, his Family, to ensure he does.
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