Well to say that I have come a long way would be mildly understating the fact that a couple of years ago the only songs you would find playing on my laptop would have been classified under the heading "Metal". But nowadays a different genre of songs can be found on my laptop too. As my previous post would have pointed out, this genre is "Ghazal".
So in keeping with my new found admiration for ghazals, I stumbled across this gem of a song by Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain, called Main Hawa Hoon Kahan Watan Mera (which basically means "I am the wind, where is my country?"). Well to say that I stumbled across it would be wildly inaccurate as the credit should go to Ranjeet Rajwada and his rendition of the same song on an episode of SaReGaMaPa Singing Superstars.
Even after searching for the lyrics on the internet I could not find any... which is a sort of injustice to this beautiful song. So here are the lyrics, as I understood it. (Do feel free to correct them if I am wrong)
Main Hawa Hoon Kahan Watan Mera
ab kahaan hoon.. kahaan nahi hoon main
ab kahaan hoon.. kahaan nahi hoon main
jis jagah hoon wahaan nahi hoon main
kaun awaz de raha hai mujhe
koi keh de yahaan nahi hoon main
main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
dasht mera na ye chaman mera
mai ke har chand ek khaana nashin
anjuman anjuman suhan mera
dasht mera na ye chaman mera
main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
barg-e-gul par charag sa kya hai
choo gaya tha use dahan mera
dasht mera na ye chaman mera
main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
mai ke toota hua sitara hoon
kya bigaregi anjuman mera
dasht mera na ye chaman mera
main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
har ghadi ek naya takaza hai
dard sar ban gaya badan mera
dasht mera na ye chaman mera
main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
The original song can be heard here.
32 comments:
u must upgrade ur search engine my friend :)
it's lyrics were the first thing i lukd for after listenin to dis song by Ranjeet Rajwaada...! His version, was so perfect, (for me better than Hussains).
For d ghazal, i m jus love wid dis one, it may sound awkward, but i listen to it, atleast once, daily (ranjeet's version).
m in love wid it :) so wid many oder ghazals...!!
so meaningful lyrics, so soothing feel, who gives a shit to shiela now ;)
@above
if you could give me the link it would be awesome... then i could correct my version
i still dont find it though :(
aaj nahin mil raha :)
may b high ho gaye the sunn ke, ki kahin dikh gaya hoga :P
kudos for d sincere effort pro :)
Nice :)
welcome to the world of ghazals ... atlast
great work... and the credit goes to the exams.. only b'coz of that anyone can put this much effort on anything!
Man!
The description you gave before the lyrics is almost the same as for me.
I have started listening to this wonderful genre recently and find it one of the most serene genres of music.
I was searching for this ghazal's lyrics too.
Thanks a lot.
BTW, you must be listening to Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan as well, right?
He is the greatest Ghazal singer EVER, in my eyes.
bhai, u hv done very gud, i likd it so much. Ranjeet hs filled so much respect for ghazals in youngsters heart.
Dis is an awesum composition.
awesome yar.thanks
In 2nd paragraph
It's anjuman anjuman shukhan mera.
Not
Anjuman anjuman suhan mera.
The word is sukhan.
just stumbled upon your BLOG...it's beautiful...and so are the lyrics..Main Hawa Hoon, Kahan Watan Mera..i must say that you should keep writing....
Just stumbled upon your BLOG..and honestly speaking, i loved your BLOG....so, just keep on writing and share your experiences at IIT Khadakpur..as far as the lyrics of 'Main Hawa Hoon' are concerned, they are just fabulous..
hi prank_i_used_to_be .
can u plzzzzzz email me the link to ranjeet's rajwada's version of this song. plzzzzzzzzzzzzz
diva.m23@hotmail.com
After listening Azmat (lil champ), I was looking for the lyrics of this Ghazal, thanks. I am putting meanings of some of difficult words for people who do not know urdu very well (like me),
dasht, s.m. A desert, a steppe, an arid plain; a forest:
mai, Wine; spirituous liquor:
H خنا ḵẖannā, s.m. Conceit, vanity: pride
Nashin - ??????
anjuman - Assembly, meeting, company, society, institution; party, banquet.
P سخن suḵẖun, suḵẖan, or saḵẖun - Speech, language, discourse, word, words;
barg-ě-gul, s.m. Leaf of a rose; (met.) lip of a mistress.
dahan, Fire; burning, combustion, conflagration;
Also note below link for urdu words understanding,
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/
Could someone translate it to English please
Thank u for the lyrics.. in fact i came across this song very recently when i heard Azmat singing.. Being from the southern part of India, picking up Urdu is a bit difficult for me. But as it is said, music doesnt have any languages..
Sree
Thanks for the lyrics ! Can someone explain the meaning of this amazing amazing composition ?? Since I am not well versed in Urdu, an explanation would really help me appreciate the Gazal much better !
Ranjeet Rajwaada is the best undoughtedly. He is of master class and i feel he is such a nayaab singer once love to hear his gazals. Hats off to you my dear friend.
SHYAR IS AMEEK HANFI
beautiful lyrics!!
beautiful lyrics!!
PLEASE SOMEONE CAN TELL ME THE NAME OF POET OF THIS GHAZAL, "MAIN HAWA HON KAHAN WATAN MERA"
i love this one ya, and thnx fo da lyrics....
Also look for Raahat ghazals sung by Ahmed Hussain n Mohmd Hussain.
The whoel album is beautiful !!
Who wrote this song? Could someone help me out with this?
Mr Ameeq Hanaf is the writer of the song. Original Ghazal was part of the Guldasta Album of Ahmed Hussain and Mohammad Hussain in 1990's. Guess some of you were too small then, but I heard the original one for a long time.
This beautiful ghazal was written by Amiq Hanfi.
Amiq Hanfi,(Hunfi, Hanafi, Hanfee) Amiq Hanfi, Poet, critic, musicologist, 1928 - 88
Amiq Hanfi(Urdu b.1928) is a well-known writer, critic and peot of Urdu. Though he started comprising poetry in 1952, Amiq Hanfi made his mark as a poet with his controversial long poem, Sindbad(1964),a poem in which he uses the legendry figure of Sindbad in the modern perspective and portrays him wandering in search of a new faith which leads him to Greek and Hindu mythology, thus symbolising the existence of the past in our beings,howsoever, we may desire to be liberated from it.
Born at Mhow Cantt (Distt. Indore (M.P.) Abdul Aziz Amiq Hanfi received his primary education at Indore and then studied at Dewas (M.P.) from where he passed his High School(1946) and Intermediate (1948) Examinations. Then, again, he went to Indore for higher education and took his M.A. Degree in Politics(1950) and History (1952). He began his career as a teacher. Later on in 1956 he got employed as a Hindi Script writer at All India Radio, Bhopal. He gradually rose to the position of Station Director, Which post he has held since 1977.
Amiq Hanfi started his literary career by writing in Urdu and Hindi simultaneously. His work which first came to be publised in book form was a collection of Hindi poems, entitled Sanson ka Sangit (1955). Apart from Sindbad,Amiq wrote another long poem, Salsala-tul-Jaras(1974), which is a unique experiment of employing Urdu free verse for rendering Nat (a poetic form written to culogise the Prophet) and expressing the relevance of the Quran and Hadith ( the sayings of the Prophet) in the context of the modern complex world. Amiq Hanfis other works are Sang Payrahan (Poetry-1958), Shab Gasht (Poetry 1969), Shajar-i-Sada(collection of Nazams 1975) in urdu and Aine Ka Chorus (Plays 1979) and Ustad Rajab Ali Khan (Biography) 1982 in Hindi.
His Gazal sung by (Guldasta — Ustad Ahmed Hussain & Muhammed Husain) "Main Hawa Hoon Kahan Watan Mera -
No rendition of Mai Hawa Hoon is complete without this 10 year old (2011) SA-RE-GA-MA-PA lil champs Azmat Huassain's.
Check it out in YouTube:
https://youtu.be/W4-RwvZuEpU
Main Hawa Hoon, Kahan Watan Mera?
(I am the wind, where can my country be?)
A corrected version with English translation. Enjoy! I live in Montreal and I love this ghazal too! My email: jooneed.khan@gmail.com)
(Author: Amiq Hannfi , poet, critic, musicologist, from MP, 1928 - 88
Though he started composing poetry in 1952, Amiq Hannfi made his mark as a poet with a controversial long poem, Sindbad (1964),in which he uses the legendary figure of Sindbad in the modern perspective and portrays him wandering in search of a new faith which leads him to Greek and Hindu mythology, thus symbolising the existence of the past in our beings, howsoever we may desire to be liberated from it. – from the helpful post above by Zoro)
THE POEM:
Main Hawa Hoon, Kahan Watan Mera?
(I am the wind, where can my country be?)
Ab kahaan hoon.. kahaan nahi hoon main?
(Where am I now, and where am I not?)
Jis jagah hoon, wahaan nahi hoon main
(Wherever I am, I am not there)
Main hawa hoon, Kahan watan mera?
Kaun awaz de raha hai mujhe?
(Who is it calling out for me?)
Koi keh de yahaan nahi hoon main
(Someone tell him/her I am not here)
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera?
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
(Neither the desert nor the garden is mine)
Main ke har chand ek khaana nashin
(I am the eternally homeless one)
Anjuman anjuman sukhan mera
(Every assembly is my talking companion)
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon, kahaan watan mera?
Barg-e-gul par charaagh sa chaahe
(The rose-petal needs some shining light)
Choo gaya tha use dahan mera
(My lips touched it in passing)
Dasht mera, na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Main ke toota hua sitara hoon
(I am nothing but a shooting star)
Kya bigaregi anjuman mera
(What ill can society do to me?)
Dasht mera, na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Har ghadi ek naya takaza hai
(Each moment brings new desires)
Dard-e-sar ban gaya badan mera
(My body has become one big headache)
Dasht mera, na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon, kahaan watan mera?
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Thnx for helping out.
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