Eternally grateful for this sublime ghazal sung by great and legendary Begham Akhtar. I heard this many times and now after crossing 70 in these times, it is soothing and blissful.
دیوانہ بنانا ہے تو دیوانہ بنا دے ورنہ کہیں تقدیر تماشہ نہ بنا دے اے دیکھنے والو مجھے ہنس ہنس کے نہ دیکھو تم کو بھی محبت کہیں مجھ سا نہ بنا دے میں ڈھونڈھ رہا ہوں مری وہ شمع کہاں ہے جو بزم کی ہر چیز کو پروانہ بنا دے آخر کوئی صورت بھی تو ہو خانۂ دل کی کعبہ نہیں بنتا ہے تو بت خانہ بنا دے بہزادؔ ہر اک گام پہ اک سجدۂ مستی ہر ذرے کو سنگ در جانانہ بنا دے شاعر: بہزاد لکھنوی
@@unitarian571 Quite a few folks tried this ghazal including your bayi, but none could bring this ghazal to it's height like Begum Akhthar during pre and post partition, I am from that era, she was 20 some yrs ahead of my time.
Song of Heart by Heart for Heart. Forgive us we are losing our legendary classical moral song due to the upcoming of Pop and Rock music in our Society.
Part 3: Kaaba nahiN banta he toe botkhana bana de If House of God is not to be built, then make it House of Idols (Reference is to Abraham who built the Kaaba, while his father had a houseful of idols). Behzad har ek jaam pe ek sajda-e-masti Behzad, after each cup (of wine), may my prostration of rapture / Har zarray ko sang-e-dar-e-janaanaN bana de make every particle the brick of my beloveds door (for me to enter)/
Part 1: Here's an approx. translation: Diwana bana na hai to diwana bana de If (you) want to make me (love)-insane, make me (love)-insane/ Varna kahiN taqdeer tamasha na bana de Otherwise, the fate might turn (me) into a spectacle/ Ay dekhne waloN mujhe haNs haNs ke na dekho O you onlookers, dont look at me with smirks/ Tum ko bhi mohabbat kahiN mujh sa na bana de What if love makes you also like me/
Its Akhtar Begum....even if some one try..they would not come close to it..........such a perfection is impossible to achieve by some one else other than Begum Akhtar
Part 2: MeN dhoond raha hooN meri woh shama kahaN hai I am searching, where is that light of mine/ Jo bazm ki har cheez ko parvana bana de Which can turn everything of the gathering into a firefly (Firefly parvana here means the flies that are attracted to a light, only to burn up.)/ Akhir koee surat bhi toe ho khana-e-dil ki In the end, the house of heart should have some shape/
My Father Dina Nath Banerjee born in 1909 and died in2001 and he appreciated this song Diwana Banana Hai to. . of Begam Akhtar. and in very earlier insisted me to purchase the Record of this nice Song
