Tears of a Broken Heart

Easier saying than really meaning:

``May the one, who has taken you, away from me
May he be, for you, what I never could be``

Wow. Captivating!

Extremely powerful.
Captures the essence of the turmoil.
ah! the pain of a love triangle - may no one have to live through it..

In continuation of #18: This is what I dug out for you. Hope you`ll enjoy it.
Khudaa voh vaqt naa laaey

umair, seriously, putting myself in your shoes, i have the exact same feelings...the only difference being female! love this poem

The man who played the flute was Ata Ullah Shinwari.
I first heard Atta Ullah in 1979 while travelling by van from Pindi to Lahore. The cassette known as No.4, perhaps was one of the best selling in Pakistan. A cassette company that recorded it in the most primitive manner alter came to be known as Rehmat Grahmaphone.
It was in cassete no.11 that Shinwari made his mark with his flute in, ``Humaein Chor Piya Pardes Gaye``.
Initially I had to endure becoming a laughing stock but later he gained popularity amongst the nouvelle too. If you happen to see the film, ``Hidden Peak, Le Montagne d`impossible``, you will hear the musical solos of his numbers as background music. I selected these for the producer of the film, who was also an expedition member with me on this mountaineering expedition. ( Read my article Hidden Peak on chowk.) I still listen to him but he is not the same. The purity of the sound is lost to modern editing and sound mixing.
I asked for the CD of Lee Ann (I hope you dance).
Thanx anyhow for taking me into a very eventful period of my life.
Cheers

zahra

I meant that in a good way. I did show my empathy, didn`t I?

#20:

To ridicule a malang is a brutal practice!

Despite his desire to get hit by a bat and opt for vice versa, I hope you will be kind towards him.

Best Regards.

ijaz_gul #23: If you are talking about 50 Cent, then my mention of his names was more in jest than anything else. If you are talking about AK Niazi, then he is definitely someone who needs to be heard. And I am sure his CDs are available in Pakistan. He had a terrific bansari (flute) player in his orchestra. I wonder if that guy is still there. If you are talking about Erasure, well, I have their CD. And I only listen to O` Lamour. It is a terrific song. If you are talking about, ``I hope you dance,`` then that is also one of the all time greats.

Other good ones along the same line are:

Yesterday (Paul McCartney)
That Cat`s in the cradle (Harry Chapin)
Butterfly kisses (Jim Brickman)
Dance with my Father (Luther Vanderos)
Saved the best for last (Vanessa Williams)
Sweet child o` mine (Gun`s n Roses)
The Logical Song (Supertramp)

And on top of this list are, from top to bottom, of course:

1) O`Lamour (Erasure)
2) Babe (Styx)
3) I hope you dance ( Lee Ann Womack)
4) In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins)

Romair, would you allow me to get a copy of the CD. It not available in Islamabad. I downloaded it from the net. Thanks anyhow.
Zahraj, I love that.
What about Engleburt. ``Lonely is a man without love`` and ``Last Waltz``?

Romair:
Just to bring to your & everyones attention that because of poor formatting the nazm (faiz vaali) is somewhat ``skewered``. Please consult Naqsh-e Faryaadi.

Also # 5 from bottom: Ijz has typo. It is with Ain & not alif.

PS: The mood of the poet is in keeping with our poetry (ghazal) tradition of never ill-wishing the mehboob. Here he is simply conveying in a unique and beautiful way how he is feeling for her. The beautiful ``suffering`` called ishque is a blessing which only the chosen one receive. In this respect Faiz`s ghzal-numa-poem turns to a ``vasoakht`` (heart-burn) . Not always a desirable trait in an aashique.

ZahraJ #17: kiss dukhti rag pay haath rakh diya......that song from Erasure is probably my favorite all-time song.

cipram #18: thanks

echoboom #18: It is interesting you would mention Faiz. This was not inspired by Faiz. It was, however, inspired by the first ghazal I heard Attaullah Niazi sing. He generally sings in a Mianwali style Punjabi, but this one was in Urdu. I was only able to recall the first and last verse, so I used those to come up with a poem, based on the same concept, in English.

The first and last verses were something like this:

tu bhi kisi ka payar na payee, khudaa karay.......tu dar badar ki thokarain khayee, khuda karay
.................
hu jaeen budduaeen maree, dosto ghalat......abb un pay koee haraf na ayee, khuda karay

Farzana #19: Yes, that is exactly the point...``... if you love something, set it free.. if it comes back to you, its yours! if it doesn`t, it wasn`t meant to be!,:

Romair# 15

How unfortunate - but don`t regret, no one is perfect.

I can understand that a man cannot take a `no`
For six stanzas he sits and sulks
Cursing every potential hulk
And then he ends benignly with a ``Jao, khush raho.``

Romair, this is not to belittle your feelings, but hum auratein bhi mooh mein zabaan rakhte hai...by giving her the halo of an ``angelic hue``, are you not trying to make her betrayal sound worse? And your dignified exit imbues you with an angelic hue...wah...maar daala...

PS: Just wondering about the use of commas...

For some reason this reminds me of this by Faiz Ahmad Faiz--written in the 1930s

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