July 08, 2012
Sunday Faiz Special: Dasht-e-Tanhai sung by Meesha Shafi
Do yourself a favor and just listen to this:
You can also see a sort of "making of" video about this here.
Dasht-e-Tanhai is an Urdu poem written by Faiz Ahmad Faiz. It was originally sung by the legendary Iqbal Bano:
And here is a version sung by Tina Sani:
And one more by Iqbal Qasim:
Posted by S. Abbas Raza at 06:17 AM | Permalink
Comments
Couldn't understand a word —didn't matter. Lovely.
Posted by: Jim | Jul 8, 2012 11:17:28 AM
Jim, click the linked name of the ghazal in the post after the first video to see a (baddish) translation. Glad you liked it!
Posted by: Abbas Raza | Jul 8, 2012 11:20:52 AM
Nice attempt, but nothing beats the original rendition.
Posted by: Shahzad | Jul 8, 2012 12:49:03 PM
To all urdu lovers: This is not a Ghazal, it is a nazam. I always wonder how people who love poetry keep making this mistake by confusing Ghazals with Nazams. For a piece of poetry to be known as Ghazal you have to follow certain rules (Makta, Matla, Takhalus)
Posted by: Fraz | Jul 9, 2012 1:56:12 AM
Sorry, Fraz, you are absolutely right. I carelessly and without thinking about it at all just copied the phrase "Urdu ghazal" from Wikipedia, which has it wrong. Lesson learned!
I have corrected it. Thanks.
Posted by: Abbas Raza | Jul 9, 2012 3:11:41 AM
It's always wonderful to get a solid introduction to something so special - thank you Abbas.
Posted by: Deniz | Jul 9, 2012 9:42:50 PM
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