My all time favourite Jagjit-Chitra Ghazal:
Its actually two ghazals sung as one. In Urdu-poetic language its called 'hum-radeef ghazlein' - two ghazals with same ending word(s).
The part sung by Jagjit Singh is Amiir Miinaai's 'Uski Hasrat hai jise dil se mita bhi na sakun, Dhoondhne usko chala huun jise paa bhi na sakun', while Chitra Singh sings the famous Mirza Ghalib ghazal 'Meherbaan hoke bula lo mujhe Chahe jis waqt; Main gaya waqt nahi huun ke phir aa bhi na sakun'. Interestingly Ghalib's ghazal sounds like the reply to that of his contemporary Amiir Miinaai.
Writing ghazals on other poet's 'Zameen' is very common in Urdu poetry. Daagh Dehlvi has also written a ghazal 'hum-radeef' with Ghalib's very famous 'Ye na thi humaari qismat'. The famous ghazal singer Tina Sani sings these two in the video below. The singer and the compere (Anwar Masood) have also tried to explain the concept of hum-radeef ghazals at the start of the video.
Its actually two ghazals sung as one. In Urdu-poetic language its called 'hum-radeef ghazlein' - two ghazals with same ending word(s).
The part sung by Jagjit Singh is Amiir Miinaai's 'Uski Hasrat hai jise dil se mita bhi na sakun, Dhoondhne usko chala huun jise paa bhi na sakun', while Chitra Singh sings the famous Mirza Ghalib ghazal 'Meherbaan hoke bula lo mujhe Chahe jis waqt; Main gaya waqt nahi huun ke phir aa bhi na sakun'. Interestingly Ghalib's ghazal sounds like the reply to that of his contemporary Amiir Miinaai.
Writing ghazals on other poet's 'Zameen' is very common in Urdu poetry. Daagh Dehlvi has also written a ghazal 'hum-radeef' with Ghalib's very famous 'Ye na thi humaari qismat'. The famous ghazal singer Tina Sani sings these two in the video below. The singer and the compere (Anwar Masood) have also tried to explain the concept of hum-radeef ghazals at the start of the video.
Beautiful! Thank you for clarifying "hum radeef"!
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