Thinking of partition, what strikes me the most is how fair and equitable the distribution of losses was! We lost Lahore; they, Bombay. They lost Lata; we, Noorjahan!! We both lost our minds and consciences collectively and ended up sacrificing millions of friends and relatives on either side.
In this context, a wonderful tribute to our loss in this YouTube video.
Introduction by Dilip sahab is brilliant. How succinct and honest when he says that all that time she was away, we had waited for her. So apt that Noorjahan chooses “mujhse pahli is mohabbat” for the occasion. What was Faiz thinking when he wrote the nazm!
(a stunningly beautiful Shabanaji in the beginning is a bonus)
“Mujh se pehli si muhabbat mere mehboob na maang
Maine samjha tha ke tu hai to darakhshaan hai hayaat
Tera gham hai to gham-e-dahar ka jhagdaa kya hai
Teri surat se hai aalam mein baharon ko sabaat
Teri aankhon ke sivaa duniya mein rakkha kya hai....”
(Loosely translated: Pl don’t ask me for my first love.I thought that life will shine eternally only if I could have you.If I had your sorrows then the worries of rest of the world would mean nothing to me. That all happiness in this world are because of you and there is nothing else worth having)
Mujhse Pahli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob Na Maang
In this context, a wonderful tribute to our loss in this YouTube video.
Introduction by Dilip sahab is brilliant. How succinct and honest when he says that all that time she was away, we had waited for her. So apt that Noorjahan chooses “mujhse pahli is mohabbat” for the occasion. What was Faiz thinking when he wrote the nazm!
(a stunningly beautiful Shabanaji in the beginning is a bonus)
“Mujh se pehli si muhabbat mere mehboob na maang
Maine samjha tha ke tu hai to darakhshaan hai hayaat
Tera gham hai to gham-e-dahar ka jhagdaa kya hai
Teri surat se hai aalam mein baharon ko sabaat
Teri aankhon ke sivaa duniya mein rakkha kya hai....”
(Loosely translated: Pl don’t ask me for my first love.I thought that life will shine eternally only if I could have you.If I had your sorrows then the worries of rest of the world would mean nothing to me. That all happiness in this world are because of you and there is nothing else worth having)
Mujhse Pahli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob Na Maang
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