Love

I love fairy tales. The triumph of underdogs and happy endings fascinate me.
I love subtlety. The talk of the eyes means more to me than the real words.
I love things short and sweet. I remember writing pages in exam only when I didn't know the answer.
I love the idea of love. Anything which makes 'I' taking a backseat for someone else is real something special.

Having said what I said, there was no chance that I would not have loved this short film.

Maaeri by Euphoria

How can I miss this song for so long and not mention it here? The song which made the band Euphoria and who paid back with so many lovely numbers thereafter. Such a beautiful song, though I must admit that I don't understand some portion of the lyrics. But then when do we need to understand lyrics to love a song. Not for nothing that they say music has no language.

Teriyaan meriyaan pul gaya
Pul gaya haar te jeet
Hey maaye kee karna main jeet nu
Hovey na je meet,hovey na je meet

Bindiya lagati to kaampti thi palkaen maaeri
Chunniyan sajaa ke woh deti waadein kal ke maaeri
Mere haathon mein tha uska haath
Thi chaashni si har uski baat
Maaeri aap hi hansdi, maaeri aap hi rondi
Maaeri yaad woh yaad woh aaeri
Gallan o kardi, maaeri aakhan naal larhdi
Maaeri yaad woh yaad woh maaeri
Hey maaeri..

Baarishon main lipatke maa aati thi woh chalke maaeri
Deriyaan ho jaye to roti halke halke maaeri
Phir se main roun, phir woh gaye
Thandi hawaayen ban ke chhaye
Maaeri heeri o gaandi, maaeri gidde o paundi
Maaeri yaad woh yaad woh aaeri
Jannataa langdi, maaeri mannatta mangdi
Maaeri yaad vo yaad woh aaeri

Ab kya karoon, kaa se kahoon e maaeri
Ab kya karoon, kaa se kahoon e maaeri

Duniya parayee chhod ke aajaa
Jhoote saare naate tod ke aajaa
Sau rab di tujhe ek baari aajaa
Ab ke milein to honge na judaa
Na judaa... Na judaa... haaa...

Hoonte to aaye, koi te le aaye
Maaeri yaad woh yaad woh aaeri
Gallaan o kardi, maaeri akhiyan nal larhdi
Maaeri yaad woh yaad woh aaeri
Pull gayi mera pyaar maae, bas lage maheene char
Maaeri yaad woh yaad woh aaeri
Yaad woh aaie, maaeri yaad woh aaie
Maaeri yaad woh yaad woh aaeri

Ab kya karoon, ka se kahoon e maaeri
Ab kya karoon, ka se kahoon e maaeri.




~A song by Euphoria

Tum Mujhe Ab Yaad Nahin Aate

Tum mujhe ab yaad nahin aate
Nahin aati ab chand shab ki ungli thame
Nahin bhigati mujhe aur baarish ki boondein
Nahin aati hawa saraabor tumhari khusboo mein
Tum mujhe ab yaad nahin aate..

Yeh kaisi jeet hai jisme har pal meri haar hai..

--Bibhuti

Hathon Ki Lakeeron

Mere hathon ki lakeeron mein yeh ai'b chhupa hai 'Muhsin',
Main jis shaks ko chu loon woh mera nahi rehta.

~Mohsin Naqvi

Love Dohas by Kabir

Akath kahani prem ki, kuch kahi na jaye
Goonge keri sarkara, baithe muskae

Translation

Inexpressible is the story of Love
It cannot be revealed by words
Like the dumb eating sweet-meat
Only smiles, the sweetness he cannot tell

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Kabir yeh ghar prem ka, khala ka ghar nahin
Sees utaare hath kar, so pasey ghar mahin

Translation

Kabir, this is the abode of love
Not the house of an aunt
Only that one can enter here
Who has relinquished all pride

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Aag jo lagi samand mein, dhuan na pargat hoye
So jane jo jarmua, jaki lagi hoye

Translation

With the ocean set ablaze
The smoke yet manifests not
Only the one who gets burnt
Envisions the heat of loving thought

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Pehle agan birha ki, pachhe prem ki pyas
Kahe kabir tub janiye, naam milan ki aaas


Translation

First the pangs of separation
Next grows the thirst for Love
Says Kabir then only hope
The union to materialize

--Kabir