The Ghazal Maestro - Ghulam Ali

Chupke Chupke Rat Din - Ghulam Ali Live Performance

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All About Ghulam Ali

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Ghulam Ali (born 1940) is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala Gharana. He is not to be confused with the eminent classical vocalist Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (of whom he was a disciple) or Chhote Ghulam Ali, who is another Pakistani singer, but in the qawwali style.

Ali was born in the village of Kaleke in the Sialkot district of Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). He belongs to a musical family; his father was a vocalist and a sarangi player who gave him early training. At the age of 15, he became a student of the legendary Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who was a master of the Patiala Gharana (Patiala School) of Hindustani music. His actual training was provided mainly by Bade Ghulam Ali Khan's three brothers: Barqat Ali Khan, Mubarak Ali Khan, and Amanat Ali Khan, in Lahore. All these great teachers of classical music taught him the finer nuances of classical music and his solid foundation of classical music included studying Thumri and learning to sing ragas.

What makes Ghulam Ali's compositions special is his perfect understanding
of the poetry, the soul of a ghazal. He sung poems of so many great poets right from Mirza Ghalib, to Aamir Khusro,Ahmad Fayaz, Qateel Shifai, Fahat Shahzad, Gulzar, Akbar Allahabadi..

"What I'm today is only because of the Almighty and my guru. It was my father's insistence and my good fortune that the great man agreed to train me. Three of my guru's brothers, Barqat Ali Khan, Mubarak Ali Khan and Amanat Ali Khan, taught me the finer details of classical music, including the thumri and the various ragas. Nothing is complete without a tribute to my guru," believes Ghulam Ali.

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Awargi - Yeh Dil Yeh Pagal - Ghulam Ali Ghazal

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Mere Shok Da Nahen - Ghulam Ali Video Clip

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Hum Ko Kiss ke Gham Ne Mara - Ghulam Ali

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Kal Chauvdvin Ki Raat Thii - Romantic Ghazal - Ghulam Ali

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Phir Sawan Rutt Ki Pawan Chalee - Ghulam Ali's One of the Greatest Song

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Dil Me Ek Lahar Si Uthi Hai Abhi - All time hit - Ghulam Ali

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Ghulam Ali Greatest Pata Laga Mainu

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Mere shauq da naeen - Ghulam Ali Song

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Ghulam Ali interview - by Shankar Mahadevan

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Shankar Mahadevan couldn't believe his luck.

The singer interviewed ghazal stylist Ghulam Ali on Radio City 91.1 FM's morning show, Musical-E-Azam. The legendary singer showed off his extraordinary memory as he recollected his first performance, and his meeting with Mohammed Rafi with near-photographic detail.

Continuing in our series, rediff.com presents excerpts from a conversation between Shankar, Ghulamsaab and RJ Manish Paul.

Shankar: Manish, How are you? It is a very special day.

Manish: What I feel today can't be expressed. Welcome, Ustad Ghulam Ali.

Ghulam Ali: Don't call me Ustad. I am a student and wherever you call me, I will be there.

Shankar: I have been listening to you since childhood. I never thought I would be interviewing you. This is your first radio interview and you have obliged us by coming here. Tell us where you were born, and about your childhood.

Ghulam Ali: I was born in 1941 in Pakistan's Sialkot district. I was six at the time of the Partition. I have foggy memories of people crossing the border. Once, when I was six or seven years old, I was humming a song in the class and my master Ebrahim noticed and called me. I was terrified and afraid he would punish me. But he just asked whether I was Daulatbhai's son. My father was also a musician.

Then he asked me to sing the song I was humming. I sang the song and my master, also a singer, was very impressed by me. At the age of eight, my father gave me a raaga and asked me to rehearse it on the harmonium. I worked on it for a month and learnt it. My grandmother was very angry with my father because she felt that he was overstretching a small child like me, but my father explained that my age was the right time to build the base in music.

Shankar: Can you tell us something more about your childhood?

Ghulam Ali: My name 'Ghulam' was given by my father, a great fan of Bade Ghulam Ali Khansaab. He used to live in Lahore. I had always been listening to Khansaab, since childhood. My father used to take me to Lahore, 100 km away from our village. We used to travel first in a tonga, and then take a bus to Lahore.

Bade Ghulam Ali Khansaab used to sit near Lahore Shahi Masjid on a charpoy surrounded by people. He used to talk about music and his singing used to give me goose bumps. After the Partition, Khansaab came to India. He used to come to Pakistan once a year to meet his younger brothers. Once, he had gone to Kabul for some music function, and my father also attended. He requested Khansaab to take me as a student. He in turn asked me to sing and I was terrified. I recalled a little of what I had heard of Khansaab's own thumri and sang it.

Shankar: How did he react?

Ghulam Ali: He was pleased seeing my dedication to music. He told my father he would baptise me as a student. He was based in India and said I would learn under the guidance of his brothers, who were based in Lahore. I stayed in their house. There were other students and we had to do household chores like filling water, washing vessels etc. We never had any specific time for learning. We were taught in between the work.

I was a good student. Whatever they used to teach, I would retain it. Once I was rehearsing on the terrace, and a person from Radio Pakistan had come to meet them. He heard me and was very impressed. I was called down and he asked me whether I wanted to sing on the radio. In those days singing on the radio was very prestigious.

I replied that if my teachers permitted it, I would come. When I was called to the radio station and they started my audition, they stopped me mid-way. I thought they had rejected me, but the station director and deputy wrote 'Excellent' as their remark. I was only 14 years old when I started singing for a children's programme for Pakistani radio. In six months, I progressed to the topmost level.

Manish: I praise you for remembering the minutest detail. You know the dates and everybody perfectly well.

Ghulam Ali: It is God's grace. My father used to say, always remember your past. If you forget your roots you may become proud, and God does not like people who are proud.

Shankar: Your first composition was...

Ghulam Ali: It was Shyam-e-Subah. It was the first recorded song of mine. The shayari I sang first was Janab Ahmed Nadeem Qazmi saab's first shayari as well. Today, all the poets swear by his name and everyone praises him. He will be remembered for generations and though he was old, he had freshness in his poetry. He passed away in August 2006, at the age of 97.

Shankar: Tell us about your meeting with Mohammad Rafi.

Ghulam Ali: It was in 1980 and I had come to India for the first time. Rafi was an early riser, and used to get up at 5:30 am. He saw my photo in the newspaper and was excited to meet me. I was staying at the Taj Hotel where he called me at 7 am. I was sleeping, having returned late at night.

I did not recognise his voice, so he introduced himself and I was very excited to hear his voice on the other end of the phone. He invited me for breakfast to his place and sent his brother-in-law to pick me up. I went to his home in (Mumbai suburb) Bandra. He rushed out of his home without slippers and in his night suit to embrace me.

His house was filled with awards and I said 'aapko toh poori duniya sunti hai' (the whole world listens to you) and he replied, 'lekin main aapko sunta ho' (but I listen to you). It was his greatness. He gave me a gold ring and a shawl. He took many photographs of mine, and these were published in Pakistani newspapers too.

Shankar: Tell us about your album with Ashaji, Meeraj-E-Ghazal.

Ghulam Ali: This was in 1984. Ashaji is a very great singer. Ghazals are difficult to sing but she makes the job pleasurable. She never accepts defeat.

Shankar: I am anxiously waiting to hear your son Aamir's album. Tell us about it.

Ghulam Ali: Yes, he and his cousin have arranged and composed it. He has sung two songs with Ashaji also. I have also sung with them.

Shankar: Do you have any advice for students?

Ghulam Ali: I am also a student. One should always keep on discovering oneself. Life is short. Forget the sorrows and keep on lighting new hopes. The young generation should concentrate on classical music. The audience too should listen to music not only physically, but mentally too.

Ghulam Ali Dil Dhadakne Ka

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Ghazal Tumhare Khat Main Ghulam Ali

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Ghulam Ali Ghazal Pehli Wari Aaj

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Ghulam Ali Song Karte Hain Muhabbat Sabhi

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Ghulam Ali Ghazal - Zihal E Miskeen

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Best of Ghulam Ali Chupke Chupke Old Version Part 2

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Best of Ghulam Ali Chupke Chupke Old Version Part 1

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Ghulam Ali Hungama Hai kyon

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Title : Hangama Hai Kyon Barpa Thodi Si Jo Peeli Hai
Singer : Ghulam Ali
Lyricist : Akbar Allahabadi
More : One of the Most Popoular of Ghulam Ali's Ghazal.

Find Full Lyrics of Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa Here

Lyrics of Woh Kabhi Mil Jaaye To Ghulam Ali

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Title : Woh Kabhi Mil Jaaye To
Singer : Ghulam Ali
More : This Song is part of Ghulam Ali's Music Album - A Journey

Lyrics :

woh kabhi mil jaye.n to, kya kijiye
raat din soorat ko dekha kijiye

chaadani raaton mein, ek ek phool ko
bekhudi kehti hai, sajda kijiye

jo tamanna bar na aye, umr bhar
umr bhar uski tamanna kijiye

ishq ki rangiinion mein, doob kar
chaadani raaton mein roya kijiye

ham hi uske ishq ke kaabil na the
kyun kisi zaalim ka shikwaa kijiye

Melody of Ghulam Ali Woh Kabhi Mil Jaaye To

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Title : Woh Kabhi Mil Jaaye To
Singer : Ghulam Ali
More : This Song is part of Ghulam Ali's Music Album - A Journey

Find Full Lyrics of Woh Kabhi Mil Jaye Here

Ghulam Ali Mastana Piye Ja Ghazal

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Title : Mastana Piye Ja Yunhi
Artist : Ghulam Ali
Lyricist : Akhtar Shirani
More : Another song by Ghulam Ali full of melody. This song is part of Music Albams - Best Of Ghulam Ali , Ae Husn-E-Parwah, A Journey

Find Full Lyrics of Maastana Piye Ja Here

Lyrics Tumhare Khat Mein Shayar Daagh

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Title : Tumhare Khat Main
Artist : Ghulam Ali
Lyricist : Daagh Dehelvi
More : This Romantic Ghazal is Ghulam Alis own music composition. This is included in his Music Albams - Romance, Best of Ghulam Ali, Live Concert, Awargi and Suprim Hits.

Lyrics :

tumhaare Khat me.n nayaa ik salaam kis kaa thaa
na thaa raqiib to aaKhir vo naam kis kaa thaa

vo qatl kar ke har kisii se puuchhate hai.n
ye kaam kis ne kiyaa hai ye kaam kis kaa thaa

vafaa kare.nge nibhaahe.nge baat maane.nge
tumhe.n bhii yaad hai kuchh ye kalaam kis kaa thaa

rahaa na dil me.n vo be-dard aur dard rahaa
muqiim kaun huaa hai maqaam kis kaa thaa

na puuchh-paachh thii kisii kii na aav-bhagat
tumhaarii bazm me.n kal ehatamaam kis kaa thaa

hamaare Khat ke to purze kiye pa.Dhaa bhii nahii.n
sun jo tum ne baa-dil vo payaam kis kaa thaa

i.nhii.n sifaat se hotaa hai aadamii mashahuur
jo lutf aap hii karate to naam kis kaa thaa

guzar gayaa vo zamaanaa kahe.n to kis se kahe.n
Khayaal mere dil ko subah-o-shaam kis kaa thaa

har ek se kahate hai.n kyaa “Daag” bevafaa nikalaa
ye puuchhe in se ko_ii vo Gulaam kis kaa thaa

Lyrics of Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa by Akbar Allahabadi

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Title : Hangama Hai Kyon Barpa Thodi Si Jo Peeli Hai
Singer : Ghulam Ali
Lyricist : Akbar Allahabadi
More : One of the Most Popoular of Ghulam Ali's Ghazal

Lyrics :

hangaamaa hai kyuu.N barpaa tho.Dii sii jo pii lii hai
Daakaa to nahii.n Daalaa chorii to nahii.n kii hai

naa-tajurbaakaarii se vaaiz kii ye baate.n hai.n
is rang ko kyaa jaane puuchho to kabhii pii hai

us mai se nahii.n matalab dil jis se ho begaanaa
maqsuud hai us mai se dil hii me.n jo khi.chktii hai

vaa.N dil me.n ki sadame do yaa.N jii me.n ke sab sah lo
un kaa bhii ajab dil hai meraa bhii ajab jii hai

har zarraa chamakataa hai anvaar-e-ilaahii se
har saa.Ns ye kahatii hai ham hai.n to Khudaa bhii hai

suuraj me.n lage dhabbaa fitarat ke karishme hai.n
but ham ko kahe kaafir allaah kii marzii hai

Poet Lyricist Shayar Daagh Dehelvi Profile

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Name : Daagh Dehelvi
Born : 1831
Died : 1905
Pet Name : Daagh
Occupation : Urdu Poet

Nawab Mirza Khan (b. 1831 - d. 1905), commonly known as Daagh Dehelvi (Urdu: داغ دہلوی) was an outstanding Indian poet famous for his Urdu ghazals and belonged to the Delhi school of Urdu poetry. He wrote poems and ghazals under the takhallus (Urdu word for nom de plume) 'Daag Dehlvi' (the meanings of 'Daag', an Urdu noun, include stain, grief and taint while 'Dehlvi' means belonging to or from Delhi).

He lost his father at the age of six and was brought up by his stepfather, Mirza Mohammed Fakhroo, who was heir to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor. On Fakhroo's death in 1865, Daag left Delhi for Rampur where he went into government service and lived comfortably for 24 years. There followed a period of wandering and discomfort which ended when he was invited to Hyderabad in 1891. There he won his fame as an Urdu poet and lived a life of luxury. (Hyderabad was a cradle to many poets of that period following the decline of Mughals in Delhi. He died in 1905 at the age of 74

Daag had started reciting poetry at the age of ten. His forte was the ghazal. His poetry does not wallow in despair. The tone of his poems is rather exuberant. He was a self-acknowledged romantic but contrary to the impression one gets from his poetry, he eschewed wine. He had innumerable disciples. Usage of common words and phrases and thus simplicity was distinctive of his style. His work comprises four volumes consisting of 16,000 couplets.

Daag mostly wrote ghazals which are sets of two-line couplets. Some of his couplets are highly quotable. For example, Tu hai harjai to apnaa bhi yehi taur sahi Tu nahin aur sahi, aur nahin, aur sahi

His ghazals have been sung by noted ghazal singers including Ghulam Ali and Abida Parveen.

Lyrics Shayari Mastana Piye Ja by Akhtar Shirani

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Title : Mastana Piye Ja Yunhi
Artist : Ghulam Ali
Lyricist / Shayar : Akhtar Shirani
More : Another song by Ghulam Ali with full of melody. This song is part of Music Albams - Best Of Ghulam Ali , Ae Husn-E-Parwah, A Journey

Lyrics :

mastaanaa piye jaa yuu.N hii mastaanaa piye jaa
paimaanaa to kyaa chiiz hai maiKhaanaa piye jaa

kar garq mai-o-jaam Gam-e-gardish-e-ayyaam
ab ai dil-e-naakaam tuu maiKhaanaa piye jaa

mai-noshii ke aadaab se aagaah nahii.n tuu
jis tarah kahe saaqii-e-maiKhaanaa piye jaa

is bastii me.n hai vahashat-e-mastii hii se hastii
diivaanaa ban aur baadaa-e-diivaanaa piye jaa

maiKhaane ke ha.ngaame.n hai.n kuchh der ke mehamaa.N
hai subah qariib “Akhtar” divaanaa piye jaa

Ghazal Lyricist Poet Akbar Allahabadi Profile

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Born : 16 Nov 1846 , Allahabad
Died : 1921 , Allahabad
Pet Name : Akbar
Occupation : Urdu Poet

Akbar Allahabadi (b. 1846 - d.1921) was a famous Urdu poet, who was born as Syed Akbar Hussain at Allahabad on 16th November, 1846. Though initially educated only in madrasas (religious school), he later studied law and finally retired as a session judge in Allahabad High Court. He lived through tumultuous times, which is evident in his poetry, witessing the first war of independence in 1857, first world war and even the initial part of Gandhi's peaceful movement. He died in 1921 in Allahabad, the city of his birth.

Akbar's ustad was Waheed, who was the shagird of Aatish. Akbar is the pioneer in the field of humour and sarcasm; before him there were only serious poets who ocassionly had one or two ash'ar of that kind in their ghazals. For Akbar humour was not only a style but an instrument to clearly understand the social change. He conveys his message in his own original style without losing the humorous feel. Like Iqbal he was also a poet of the mind, they both used their poetry to awaken the sleeping masses, but there is a sharp contrast in their styles.

Source : wikipedia

Urdu Lyricist Poet Hasrat Mohani Profile

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Born : 1875 Mohan, Unnao, U.P., India
Died : 13 May 1951 (aged 76) Lucknow, U.P., India
Pet name : Hasrat
Occupation : Urdu poet
Nationality : Indian
Literary movement : Indian independence movement

Maulana Hasrat Mohani was a romantic poet of Urdu language, journalist, politician, parliamentarian and a fearless freedom fighter of Indo-Pak Sub-continent . His real name was Syed Fazl ul Hasan. He was born in 1875 at Mohan in Unnao district of U.P. India.

He was a brilliant student as well as a topper in his first state level exams. Later, he studied in Aligarh Muslim University, where some of his colleagues were Molana Mohammad Ali Johar, Molana Shaukat Ali, etc. His teachers in poetry were Tasleem Lucknawi and Naseem Dehlvi. A few of his books are Kulliyat-e-Hasrat Mohani (Collection of Hasrat Mohani's poetry), Sharh-e-Kalam-e-Ghalib (Explanation of Ghalib's poetry), Nukaat-e-Sukhan (Important aspects of poetry, Mushahidaat-e-Zindaan(Observations in Prison], etc. A very popular ghazal sung by Ghulam Ali, Chupke Chupke raat din... was penned by Hasrat Mohani

Hasrat Mohani participated in the struggle for Indian Independence (end of British Raj); and was jailed for many years by British authorities. He was the first person in Indian History who demanded 'Complete Independence' ( Azadi-e-Kaamil) in 1921 as he presided over an annual seesion of All India Muslim League. He was not only a practising Muslim but also a strong supporter of the communist philosophy, as he could see that British could be possibly defeated by following its principles. Therefore, he was among the founders of The Communist Party of India. He was also imprisoned for promoting anti-British ideas especially for publishing an article against British policies in Egypt, in his magazine 'Urdu-e-Mualla'. Afterwards, unlike some Urdu poets, notably Josh Malihabadi and Nasir Kazmi, and many Muslim leaders, he chose to live in India rather than move to Pakistan after independence (1947)in order to represent left over Indian Muslims on various platforms. In recognition for his efforts, he was made a member of the constituent assembly which drafted the Indian constitution. But unlike other members, he never signed it since he saw hypocrisy towards Muslim minorities in it (he was a Muslim himself). According to Akhtar Payami: Hasrat's poetic genius has been acclaimed by many writers and critics. In the not too distant past (beginning and the first half of the 20th century), Hasrat, Jigar and Asghar formed a constellation of emerging poets in a crucial period of India's history. Major political developments were taking place in the subcontinent and the sun was about to set on the British Empire. As conscious members of society, poets and writers do not remain indifferent to the changes in their socio-political milieu. Not only India but the whole world was in a state of flux

Maulana died on 13th May, 1951 in Lucknow, India.

Hasrat Mohani Memorial Society was founded by Maulana Nusrat Mohani in 1951. In Karachi, Pakistan, a Memorial Hall and Library have been established by Hasrat Mohani Memorial Society (Regd.) Every year, on his death anniversary, a memorial meeting is conducted by this Trust as well as many other organisations in India and Pakistan. Also Hasrat Mohani Colony, at Korangi Town in Karachi, Pakistan, was named after Maulana Hasrat Mohani

Source : wikipedia

Lyrics Chupke Chupke Rat Din By Hasrat Mohani

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Title : Chupke Chupke Rat Din
Singer : Ghulam Ali
Lyricist : Hasrat Mohani
More : This song was Ghulam Ali's passport to Bollywood.
He Burst into Hindi film industry with this song in B. R Chopra's Movie, 'Nikaah'

Lyrics :

chupake chupake raat din aa.Nsuu bahanaa yaad hai
ham ko ab tak aashiqii kaa vo zamaanaa yaad hai

tujhase milate hii vo bebaak ho jaanaa meraa
aur teraa daatoin mein vo u.Ngalii dabaanaa yaad hai

khii.nch lenaa vo meraa parde kaa konaa daffaatan
aur dupaTTe se teraa vo muu.Nh chhupaanaa yaad hai

chori chori ham se tum aa kar mile the jis jagah
muddate.n guzarii.n par ab tak wo thikaanaa yaad hai

do-pahar kii dhuup mein mere bulaane ke liye
vo teraa kothe pe na.nge paao.n aanaa yaad hai

beruKhii ke saath sunaanaa dard-e-dil kii dastaa.N
aur teraa hatho.n me.n vo ka.ngan ghumaanaa yaad hai

Addional Versus - Not Included in Song : -

baah-a-zaaraa.N iztiraab-o-sad-hazaaraa.N ishtiyaaq
tujhase vo pahale pahal dil kaa lagaanaa yaad hai

jaan kar sotaa tujhe vo qasad-e-paabosii meraa
aur teraa Thukaraa ke sar vo muskuraanaa yaad hai

tujh ko jab ta.nhaa kabhii paanaa to az_raah-e-lihaaz
hal-e-dil baato.n hii baato.n me.n jataanaa yaad hai

jab sivaa mere tumhaaraa koii diivaanaa na thaa
sach kaho kyaa tum ko bhii vo kaarKhaanaa yaad hai

Gair kii nazaro.n se bachakar sab kii marzii ke Khilaaf
vo teraa chorii chhipe raato.n ko aanaa yaad hai

aa gaya gar vasl kii shab bhii kahii.n zikr-e-firaaq
vo teraa ro ro ke mujhako bhii rulaanaa yaad hai

dekhanaa mujhako jo bargashtaa to sau sau naaz se
jab manaa lenaa to phir Khud ruuTh jaanaa yaad hai

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