Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Just for you :)

Have you ever got up in the middle of the night and found a voice that you cant get out of your head.....Have you ever realized that you have passed a whole day listening to one song and felt hours pass like minutes (Refer Einstein on this....only in this case it is not a Girl ;-)).....Have you ever felt like heaven when you listen to something......Have you ever been totally absorbed by music.....Have you ever felt invincible and have you ever felt so close to someone and yet so far....Yes I have....Read on :)

My 50th Blog post is dedicated to the "one voice" I can keep hearing over and over again and cant get enough of.....Yes....No surprises here :)

Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you "SONU NIGAM"




(For those who do not understand Hindi, Translations are below every line :))

Likhe jo khat tujhe, wo teri yaad mein
I wrote you a letter, in your memory

Wo teri yaad mein, hajaaro rang ke nazare ban gaye
In your memory, it became a sight of thousand colors

Savera jab hua, to phool ban gaye
When it became morning, it became flowers

Jo raat aayi to sitaren ban gaye
When night came, it became stars





Koi nagma kahi goonja, kaha dil mein yeh tu aayee
A story echoed somewhere, my heart said that you came

Kahi chatakee kaali koi, main ye samajhaa tu sharmaayi
When limbs snapped somewhere, I thought you became shy

Koi khushboo kahi bikhari, lagaa ye zulf laheraayi
When fragrance spread somewhere, it felt like your hair spread

Fizaa rangeen ada rangeen ye ithhlaanaa, yeh sharmana
The atmosphere is colorful, the style is colorful, this strut, this shyness

Yeh angdayi, ye tanhayi, ye tarasakar chale jaanaa
This tossing and turning, this loneliness, this going away by making me thirsty

Banaa degaa naheen kis ko, jawaan jaadoo ye diwana
Won’t it make a crazy man out of any adult?

Jahaa tu hain, waha main hoon, mere dil ki too dhadkan hain
Wherever you are, I am there. You are the heartbeat of my heart.

Musafir main tu manzil hain, main pyaasa hoon, tu saawan hain
I am the traveler, you are the destination. I am the thirsty, you are the rain

Mere duniya yeh nazaren hain, mere jannat ye daaman hain
My world are these eyes, my heaven is this hem of your garment.

Likhe jo khat jujhe - Sonu Nigam

Every single line of this song means so much to me.....and hearing it in Sonu's voice makes it even more special.....Every time I listen to this song in his voice....I fall in love with this song all over again.

10 comments:

JK said...

Priti : I don't know hindi..i didn't understand the lyrics...but on hearing the song, i understood...his voice has mesmerising capability.

To know about a artist always a special (good) one!!

After reading this , I asked my friend about him...he too praised .

gvnalin said...

Listen to Mohammaed Rafi's original version..... I think Rafi's voice is more mellifluous.............

priti said...

JK: Translation put up on your request :)......You will appreciate this song even better if you know the meaning.

Nalin: I have listened to Rafi's version a million times....cos this song is something I have cherished since my childhood.....I just found Sonu's voice different....undoutebly no comparisons can be made to the original version.

Cяystal said...

Hi Priti,
Saw you from Chriz's blog.

Aw.And you know what?
Sonu Nigam would really be down on his knees thanking you,if he read this! :D


Nice nice niice blog :)


Be a guest at my online abode soon!

JK said...

Priti : Thanks for the transalation .

The lyrics is really good .....I am trying to translate the lyrics in Tamizh..

I am also like Deva ( Music director) - Do good copy & paste .. :)

Anonymous said...

and sonu does make it good..

Jay Popat said...

:)

Sudha said...

That is a wonderful song .I love that song .Actually i heard the song in my school days when one of my seniors sung it in the school day.
In fact my mother too likes that song too much. Original version Mohammed Rahi's is wonderful one. Listen to that.
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Parasmani said...

Thanks for posting this song in Sonu's voice. It is beautiful. Please also listen to the original in Rafi Sahab's voice. It is what inspired Sonu in the first place.

ArchFULLY said...

Nice song by Sonu..Heard it the first time on ur blog...