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Inqilaab

Faiz sahib

Singer: Zoe Viccaji
Featuring: Sumru Ağıryürüyen
Language: Urdu & Turkish

In connecting musical roots, Zoe Viccaji brings her version of a melody that has traveled across the globe in many forms to now be presented as ‘Ishq Kinara’. She had heard the song in its Turkish equivalent – ‘Üsküdar'a Gider İken’ - and upon delving into the origin of the song, was inspired by not only the melody but the universality of its tune in the way that it has been reinvented in many different cultures across the globe. Given the driving inspiration behind Zoe’s connection with the melody was in her Turkish experience of the song, the composition was bridged with the vocals of Sumru Ağıryürüyen bringing the traditional Turkish song to the fold lending a link to its root. Sumru states that while ‘Üsküdar’a Gider İken’ stems from the old, Anatolian neighborhood of Üsküdar in Istanbul, the Turkish version’s roots connect even further to several other countries - Bosnia, Scotland and beyond. This fact was further confirmed by members of L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio in Rome, Italy, who had heard versions of the same melody. The Turkish version of the song primarily dealt with the theme of the despair caused by Loss in the name of Love, however Zoe, in connecting with the song personally, lyrically made her version about the idea of independence and self-realization in the name of Loss. ‘Ishq Kinara’ talks of the last moment of vulnerability as a relationship is severed, and looks on to being complete within one’s Self after the Loss. With an upbeat mixed canvas of instrumentation from Italy, Turkey, Morocco and Pakistan, the song becomes Pakistan’s version of the mysterious melody.

Ishq Kinara - Üsküdar'a Gider Iken, Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 6, Episode 4

E-Taranum Noor Jehan) Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Tere Ishq Mein jo bhi doob gaya ( Coke Studio ) Season 6

It touches your soul if you can understand it; thats all I can say. Amazingly beautiful poetry by Faiz Sb., performed to the edge by Tina Sani and of course composed meticulously by Arshad Mehmood who is known for composing blank verse differently.

Meray Humdum Meray Dost | Faiz Ahmed Faiz | Tina Sani

Mein - Tou - Dekhoon - Ga (Strings)

Nayyara Noor sings a very beautiful Nazm of Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Tum Mere Pass Raho... Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Nayyara Noor.

Rendition of Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem originally sung by the great Nayyara Noor. For the Awami Workers Party's first federal congress in Islamabad on the 27-28 of September, 2014. 

Intesaab - Faiz

Coke Studio - Akhtar Chanal Komal Rizvi  Momin Durrani (1)

Washmaley Coke Studio Season 7 Episode 2

Asrar -  Shakar wandan re -  Coke studio season 7 episode 4.

Allah Hoo - , NESCAFÉ Basement, Season 3, Episode 9 By NESCAFÉ Basement

Tum apni karni - Laal The Band!

Leftist anthem written by Salman Haider for the Awami Workers Party. Music, composition and arrangement by Ammar Rashid and drums by Waqas Naeem. 


Lyrics:

کہیں ذات قوم کے نعرے 
کہاں جائیں لوگ بچارے
کہیں                               فتوی ہے دھمکی ہے 
کہیں دھن دولت چمکی ہے
کہیں ذور زبردستی ہے
جینا تو مہنگا ہے ہی
پر موت کہاں سستی ہے

چلو بدلیں چلو بدلیں ، چلو اس سسٹم کو بدلیں۔ 

نہ بجلی ہے نہ پانی ہے
یہ کیسی حکمرانی ہے
نہ سڑکیں ہیں نہ گلیاں ہیں
حکومت کی رنگ رلیاں ہیں
صحت ہے نہ صفائی ہے
بس لوٹ کھسوٹ کمائی ہے۔
اور ہم سب کے چپ رہنے سے
ان جیسوں کی بن آئی ہے۔ 

چلو بدلیں چلو بدلیں ، چلو اس سسٹم کو بدلیں۔ 

اک آتا ہے اک جاتا ہے
ہم سے ٹھپے لگواتا ہے
پہلے جھک جھک کر ملتا ہے 
اور آگے پیچھے پھرتا ہے
جب ہمیں ضرورت پڑتی ہے 
اس دن غائب ہو جاتا ہے
ہم سے ہی خدمت کروا کے
ہمیں سڑکوں پر پھینکواتا ہے۔

چلو بدلیں  چلو بدلیں چلو اس سسٹم کو بدلیں۔

Chalo Badlein

Bool Do Na Zara (Azharrr)

Sada Aarahi Hai Mere Dil Pe Peham By Shahram Azhar - Laal Band

Was listening to Nayyara Noor's rendition of Faiz's 'Hum ke Thehre Ajnabi' when this came to mind. Doesn't sound much like it though. And pretty sloppy recording in general.

Strangers still

Laal Band's new video "Intesab" featuring Arieb Azhar. A tribute to all those we lost and to those who were scarred and those who sacrificed their lives for us. People we will never forget

Intesab by Laal Band featuring Arieb Azhar - Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Who are these people who call themselves leftists and socialists? What do they want? Why do they do politics? Are they fundamentally un-patriotic? Do they want to destroy our way of life? Or are the answers far more commonsense and mundane? Find out this and more from such activists themselves in the first episode of Laal Remarx, a podcast of the Pakistani Left.

Intesab by Laal Band featuring Arieb Azhar - Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Ansab-Usman