Poem: Dil Aakhir Tu Kyu Rota Hai

This weekend has been particularly tough on me. But in retrospect, guess whatever happened, happened for the best. Learnt a valuable lesson. Some pent up emotions got a release and now am all better. Probably will take some more time to totally 'get back on my feet' but that is to be expected after being invested in someone so deeply.

There's this short poem of Javed Akhtar from "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara", which I listen to quite often. There are lot of 'Inspirational Quotes' floating around in the cyberspace. I don't pay much attention to them. But this one poem, it is like my life mantra. Life is explained so beautifully in it. You simply can't not love it. If you are heartbroken, if you are feeling blue and want someone to hold you or tell you that "it's gonna be alright", just listen to this. Works better than a charm. Every time.

BTW, this track is not available in the audio CD of the album. This blog is the EXCLUSIVE place in the whole world (most probably), where you are getting to listen to this track; unless u have the DVD or BRD of the movie. 'Like' the Facebook page of the blog and drop a msg on its wall if you wanna download the mp3 of this track.



जब जब दर्द का बादल छाया,
जब गम का साया लहराया.
जब आंसू पलकों तक आया.
जब ये तनहा दिल घबराया.
हमने दिल को ये समझाया दिल आखिर तू क्यों रोता है.
दुनिया मे यु ही होता है.

Poem: In Your Arms Tonight

Alright, so after Wo kehte hai, here's my second poem. A thought/sentence* was circling in my mind for a few days. Thought of turning it into a short, 4 line poem yesterday. But on way to reach this line, previous lines kept coming up and by dawn today, it was a full-blown ballad. :P

There's a dialogue in Ranbir Kapoor's next movie "Rockstar" -

Tuute huwe dil se hi sangeet nikalta hai

meaning "Music is born in a broken heart only". Well, I had my share of heartbreaks in the past. But never did I belch poems and shayaris in the past... But this time, just a little wound, and I'm spilling my heart & guts in them. Wonder what will happen if this one ends up in a heartbreak. Hope not. I want this to work.

Anyway, here's the poem -

I look back at the day I confessed
and I wonder whether I did right.
I was all alone, living a lonely life.
You brought colors, you brought light.
Talking to you made my days,
making you laugh made me smile.
Months passed like minutes,
before I knew, it's been a while.

Said I can't be just friends, I wanted more.
Said how much I like you, said how I adore.

Lyrics: Tum ho paas mere (Rockstar)

1st October, 2011. A very special day for me. First date with that special someone. Thanks for making my day so beautiful, Mou.

Earlier in the day, I had got the songs of Imtiaz Ali’s movie “Rockstar”, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri. Had liked 3 songs in total. And while I was with you, lost in your eyes and sold on your smile, this one song was running through my mind. It was like I was hearing this song in the background….

Song Title: Tum Ho
Movie: Rockstar (2011)
Music Composer: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Irshad Kamil
Singers: Mohit Chauhan, and Suzanne D’Mello.
Music Label: T-Series
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri
Release Date: 11/11/11
Director: Imtiaz Ali