my favrts

Mehdi Hassan Live...Rafta Rafta Woh Meri (Rare Version)

Tujh Se Naraz Nahi

Kiven Mukhre Toon Nazaran Hatawan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Ghoom Taana (Live at Music Latte)

Main Hosh Mein Tha BY Mehdi Hassan

Shola tha jal-bujha hun havayen mujhe na do — main kab ka ja chuka hun sadayen mujhe na do…. remembering my father this anniversary I’m presenting this fav of mine from Mehdi Hassan’s gems…. so it also goes out as my tribute to the legend. I see glimpses of my dad’s voice in Khan sahebs song and this was a fav of him too. This award winning masterpiece is from Saiqa movie of Pakistan – 1968. The giant performance was shared by Masroor Anwar by writing these awesome lyrics and music by great Nisar Bazmi saheb. Later it was sung by various artists whose version also got fame like Shafqat Amanat Ali, Talat Aziz and Asif Mehdi etc. You may search their versions in youtube as well. I would recommend a headphone for this listen.

Here is the translation of it in English I luckily got through a source:

Just one more punishment my love, there is still life left inside me,
Still marks of your love are there inside this heart of mine!

Give me punishment for the sin of insulting love,
Give me some punishment of being aloof from the love!
Still the bond of the soul and body is not broken,
Still from these hands, chords of hopes have not been gone away!
Still, there is some fire left in the burnt dreams of mine!
Just one more punishment my love, there is still life left inside me,

With your hate, fill the lap of my love,
Separate this silly heart from love!
Come and see that still the monument of love is not destroyed,
Still the lotus of memories have not gone dry!
Still in the garden of fate, autumn has yet to come!
Just one more punishment my love, there is still life left inside me,
Just one more punishment my love!!

Ek Sitam Aur Meri Jaan - WaziF tribute to Mehdi Hassan

Free Download for all 4 songs: http://t.opsp.in/i1frz

Nerm is a DJ, broadcaster and music curator. Through his years of hosting radio shows on the BBC and setting up his own collective in East London, Shiva Soundsystem, Nerm has always kept a sharp eye and keen ear out for what's new and awesome in the music world. 

One of his interesting projects was the music supervision for the 2010 British cinematic release, ‘Everywhere and Nowhere’. While working on the music for the film directed by Menhaj Huda (Kidulthood), Nerm commissioned the uber-talented Prash Mistry of Engine-Earz to remix the song ‘Chalte Chalte’ from the 1972 Bollywood classic ‘Pakeezah’. Prash recently reached critical acclaim in India appearing on the Season 3 premiere of The Dewarists on MTV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBTVlaEQ5s

The soundtrack to Everywhere and Nowhere, not surprisingly, quickly became a cult hit and is revered by music fans even today - especially as it was never released.  In July 2013, the significance of the song was changed forever. Against the backdrop of increasing concerns for women’s safety in India, the internationally-acclaimed play Nirbhaya, was performed at the Fringe in Edinburgh this summer. The play begins with a few lines from the song which prompted Nerm to release the track, ‘Chalte Chalte’ - remixed by Engine-Earz to help bring attention to the production and the campaign to get the play to India in early 2014. The push on Kickstarter is in it’s final few days. 

“When I saw it in London before the cast headed to Edinburgh I was rocked to my core - it's one of the most poignant pieces of art I've ever seen. The play opened with lines from ‘Chalte Chalte’ and profoundly changed the way I hear the song. The emotions I felt are very well expressed by the Engine-Earz "Unheard Directors Cut" remix, which is why I insisted we release that version along side the highly sought after Cinematic version.” 

As well as the two versions of ‘Chalte Chalte’ by Engine-Earz, Nerm and Shiva Soundsystem cohort D-Code include their remix of ‘Phool Ka Taron Ka’, also made for the soundtrack to Everywhere and Nowhere and a bonus version that’s never been heard before. 

Shiva Soundsystem and Engine-Earz perform at Magnetic Fields, a new arts and music festival to be held at a 17th-century palace in Rajasthan in December (13-15).

Nirbhaya Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nirbhaya/nirbhaya-award-winning-human-rights-theatre-india
Organisations:
 
http://www.snehamumbai.org   
http://www.shaktishalini.org   
http://www.csrindia.org 

Links: 
http://www.shivasoundsystem.co.uk 
http://www.engine-earz.com 
http://www.soundcloud.com/engineearz 
http://www.soundcloud.com/shivasoundsystem

02 Chalte Chalte (Engine-Earz Unheard Directors Cut)

Qismat Ko Manzoor - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Shab-E-wada Awal Toh - [NFAK]

Gham Hai Ya Khushi Tu Meri Zindagi Hai Tu (Live in India) - TheLegend.NFAK

Toon Pavein Jaan Na Jaan Ve Vehrhe Aa Varh Mere - TheLegend.NFAK

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Hun Mein, Aape Ranjha Hoyi - TheLegend.NFAK

https://www.facebook.com/TheLegend.NFAK

Not a believer inside the mosque, am I
Nor a pagan disciple of false rites, am I
Not the pure amongst the impure, am I
Neither Moses, nor the Pharoh, am I

Bulleh! I know not who am I

Not in the holy Vedas, am I
Nor in opium, neither in wine, am I
Not in the drunkard`s craze, am I
Neither awake, nor in a sleeping daze, am I

Bulleh! I know not who am I

In happiness nor in sorrow, am I
Neither clean, nor a filthy mire, am I
Not from water, nor from earth, am I
Neither fire, nor from air, born am I

Bulleh! I know not who am I

Not an Arab, nor Lahori, am I
Neither Hindi, nor Nagauri, am I
Hindu, Turk nor Peshawari, am I
Nor in Nadaun do live

Bulleh! I know not who am I

Secrets of religion, I have not known
From Adam and Eve, I am not born
I am not the name I assume
Not in stillness, nor on the move, am I

Bulleh! I know not who am I

I am the first, I am the last
None other, have I ever known
I am the wisest of them all
Bulleh! do I stand alone?

Bulleh! I know not who am I

my favrts

Ehsan E Muhammad Abdullah