Women have innate softness and soothing energy that reflects in their singing.
With an open heart and an empty mind, one can truly appreciate the power of some unique genres of music to transport you out of this world ! The following clips are some of my personal favourites:
First - Saltwater (Thrillseekers remix):
Second - No ordinary morning (Chicane):
Lyrics:
If there was nothing that I could say Turned your back and you just walked away Leaves me numb inside I think of you Together is all I knew
We moved too fast but I had no sign I would try to turn the hands of time Then look to you for the reason why The love we had passed me by
And as the sun would set you would rise Fall from the sky into paradise Is there no light in your heart for me? You've closed your eyes, you no longer see
There were no lies between me and you You said nothing of what you knew But there was still something in your eyes Left me helpless and paralyzed
You could give a million reasons, change the world and change the times, Could not give me the secrets of your heart and of your mind In the darkness that surrounds me now there is no peace of mind Your careless words undo me, leave the thought of us behind You could give a million reasons, change the world and change the times Could not give me the secrets of your heart and of your mind In the darkness that surrounds me now there is no peace of mind Your careless words undo me, leave the thought of us behind
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Third: Enya [ May it be - Lord of the Rings]
Fourth: Loreena Mckennett (The Book of Secrets):
Fifth: India's very own Lata Mangeshkar [So gaye hain - Movie: Zubeida]
Love of life: Shayaris penned by the genius Javed Akhtar
Courtesy: indicine.com (copyright) - english translation inclusive
One of the jewels in Hindi cinema - great songs, great philosophy, great music. And kudos to the translator who has done an awesome job to translate into english language.
The first poetry is recited when the trio come out of the sea after deep
sea-diving, with the focus entirely on Hrithik’s
character.
Pighle neelam sa behta ye sama, neeli neeli si khamoshiyan, na kahin
hai zameen na kahin aasmaan, sarsaraati hui tehniyaan pattiyaan, keh
raheen hai bas ek tum ho yahan, bas main hoon, meri saansein hain aur meri
dhadkanein, aisi gehraiyaan, aisi tanhaiyaan, aur main… sirf main. Apne
hone par mujhko yakeen aa gaya.
English Translation of the first poetry
The moment seems to flow like a molten sapphire and there’s deep blue
silence, Neither there is earth below, nor sky above, The rustling
branches, leaves are saying that only you are here, Only me, my breath and my
heartbeat, (copyright Indicine.com) Such deepness, such loneliness and
me…only me, It all makes me believe in my existence.
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The second poem
Ik baat honton tak hai jo aayi nahin Bas ankhon say hai jhaankti Tumse
kabhi, mujhse kabhi Kuch lafz hain woh maangti Jinko pehanke honton tak aa
jaaye woh Aawaaz ki baahon mein baahein daalke ithlaye woh Lekin jo yeh ik
baat hai Ahsas hi ahsas hai Khushboo si hai jaise hawa mein tairti Khushboo jo be-aawaaz hai Jiska
pata tumko bhi hai Jiski khabar mujhko bhi hai Duniya se bhi chupta
nahin Yeh jaane kaisa raaz hai
English Translation
A thing that still hasn’t come up to my lips and only peeks through my
eyes, It asks for words, sometimes from me and sometimes from you, So that
it can wear those words and come to the lips, And so that it could be
embraced by words.. But this thing is actually a feeling…only a feeling, It’s like a fragrance
floating in the air, (copyright Indicine.com) Fragrance, which has no
voice…and about which you know and I know too. It is not hidden from the
world, what kind of a secret it is?
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Poem 3 (at the very end of the film when Farhan meets his biological
father)
Jab jab dard ka baadal chaya Jab ghum ka saya lehraya Jab aansoo palkon
tak aya Jab yeh tanha dil ghabraya Humne dil ko yeh samjhaya Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai Duniya mein yunhi
hota hai Yeh jo gehre sannate hain Waqt ne sabko hi baante hain Thoda ghum hai
sabka qissa Thodi dhoop hai sabka hissa Aankh teri bekaar hi nam
hai Har pal ek naya mausam hai Kyun tu aise pal khota hai Dil aakhir tu
kyun rota hai
English Translation
Whenever the clouds of pain and sadness loomed, Whenever tears came till
the eyelashes, Whenever this lonely heart got scared, I told my heart, Oh
Heart, why do you cry? This is what happens in this world… This deep silence…the world has distributed it to everyone, Some sadness
is a part of everyone’s life, Some sunshine is a part of everyone’s
life, Your eyes are wet without any reason, Every second is a new season,
(copyright Indicine.com) Why do you let go of such priceless moments? Oh
Heart, why do you cry?
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And finally the last of the four poems
Dilon me tum apni betabiyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum Nazar me
khwaabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum Hwa ke jhokon ke jaise aazad rehno sekho Tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron
mein behna sekho Hr ek lamhe se tum milo khole apni baahein Hr ek pal ek
nya sama dekhe nigahein Jo apni ankhon mein hairanian leke chal rahe ho,to
zinda ho tum Dilon mein tum apni betabian leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho
tum
English Translation If you have eagerness in your heart, it means you are alive, If your eyes
are filled with dreams, it means you are alive Learn to be free like the
wind, (copyright Indicine.com) Learn to flow freely like the
river, Embrace every moment with open arms, See a new horizon every time
with your eyes, If you carry surprise in your eyes, it means you are
alive, If you have eagerness in your heart, it means you are alive…
If the sky opened up for me, And the mountain disappeared, If the seas ran dry, turned to dust And the sun refused to rise I would still find my way, By the light I see in your eyes The world I know fades away But you stay
As the earth reclaims it due And the cycle starts anew We'll stay, always In the love that we have Shared before time
If the years take away Every memory that I have I would still know the way That would lead me back to your side The north star may die But the light that I see in your eyes Will burn there always
Lit by the love we have Shared before time
When the forest turns to jade And the stories that we've made Dissolve away One shining light will still remain
When we shed our earthly skin And when our real life begins There'll be no shame Just the love that we have made before time
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Sunday, 18 November 2012
ज़िन्दगी तो बेवफा है, एक दिन ठुकराएगी। मौत महबूबा है अपने साथ लेकर जायेगी। (चलचित्र : मुकद्दर का सिकंदर)
Life is an unfaithful lover, it will betray one day Death is faithful; will take me along some day (from the Hindi movie: Mukaddar ka Sikkandar)
A raindrop surrenders and sees itself as one with the vast ocean
