कभी पल्कॊ पे आन्सू हैं

Another beautiful song from the stable of Kishore Kumar. Lyrics, in Hindi for your pleasure, I had thought about translating this into English, but i couldn’t do justice and so i will not try and mutilate a work of art..
मुख्डा:
कभी पल्कॊ पे आन्सू हैं
कभि लब पे शिकायत हैं
मगर ऐ ज़िन्दगि फिर भि
मुझे तुझ से मौहब्बत [...]

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कभी कभी

कभी कभी मेरे दिल मैं ख्याल आता हैं
कि ज़िंदगी तेरी जुल्फों कि नर्म छांव मैं गुजरने पाती
तो शादाब हो भी सकती थी।
यह रंज-ओ-ग़म कि सियाही जो दिल पे छाई हैं
तेरी नज़र कि शुओं मैं खो भी सकती थी।
मगर यह हो न सका और अब ये आलम हैं
कि तू नहीं, तेरा ग़म तेरी जुस्तजू भी नहीं।
गुज़र [...]

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Phishing the Winter term

Starting today the race to the finish has begun. It is a race to get a great internship as soon as possible and start having fun. In that quest, and for need of better planning, i am spending time studying global economics. It is an interesting subject and while the theory covered so far is previously familiar, [...]

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Ae Ajnabi – O stranger: Translation for a beautiful song.

On a translation spree, I have attempted a poetical translation to this beautiful poetry by Gulzaar sa’ab. Again, English doesn’t do justice to the poetry; but oh so true:
Aye ajnabi tu bhi kabhi aawaaz de kahin se
Main yahan tukdon mein jee raha hoon
Tu kahin tukdon mein jeen rahi hai
Roz roz resham si hawa aate jaate [...]

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A million wishes…

Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi
Ke Har Khwahish Pe Dum Nikle
Bahut Nikle Mere Armaan
Lekin Phir bhi Kam Nikle

A million wishes such
That each takes my life away
Many of my dreams came true
And yet they were so few
A loose translation to the quartrain (is it?) that has come to embody my mood now a days. Attempted here - after hours of [...]

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I know that we are not new…

Once again, Cohen comes to the rescue…

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but now it’s come to distances and both of [...]

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Hamari Sanson mein — Noorjahan

हमारी सांसौं मैं आज तक वोह हीना की खुश्भू मॆहक रही है
लबोन पे नग्मे मचल रहे है
नज़र से मस्ती झलक रही है

वोह मेरे नज़्दीक आते आते हया से इक दिन सिमट गये थे
मेरे खयालों में आज तक
वोह बदन कि डाली लटक रही है

सदा जो दिल से निकल रही है वोह शेर-ओ-नघ्मों मै ढल रही है
के [...]

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A kiss to build a dream on…

This is one beautiful song from Louis Armstrong, listen to it if you can – you would love it. Waltz to it with someone and well you will feel it..
Gimme a kiss to build a dream on
And my imagination
Will thrive upon that kiss
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this
A Kiss to build a dream on
Give [...]

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Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she’s half crazy
But that’s why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you [...]

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coming Back to Life

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
….
….
Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but
Irresistible Pass time
I took a heavenly [...]

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