Ye Hai Meri Kahani!!

An amazing and one of my favourite song.

This song is from movie "Zinda" (2006) by director Sanjay Gupta which is know for his own style and music. This song is composed and sung by Strings and lyrics by Anwar Maqsood (this is new name for me). A very very stylish and powerful song with intense composition. The lyrics of Anwar Maqsood are definitely blank verse, and if you have seen the movie it fits very well in the situational relevance of the film, but it becomes really interesting because of the way the popular Pakistani duo (Pakistani band Strings' Faisal Kapadia and Bilaal Maqsood) who have dressed up non-rhyming lines and wrapped them in a nice way with the great use of instruments particularly drums and electric guitar. The opening music gives you an "haunting" feeling. The lines are poetic and vibrant! Strings’ vocals are a high point, and the non-rhyming, uptempo song grows upon you with every passing minute. The poetry in the spoken verse is exceptional:

Bajai pyaar ki shabnam
Meri Gulistan me
Baraste rahte hai
Har simt Maut ke saye
Syahiyo se ulajh padti hai meri aankhe
Koi nahi, koi bhi nahi
Jo batlaye mai kitni der
Ujalo ki rah dekhunga
koi nahi, hai koi bhi nahi
Na paas, na door
Ek yaar hai dil ki dhadkan
Apni chahat ka jo elaan kiye jati hai
Zindagi hai jo jiye jaati hai
Khoon ke ghoont piye jati hai
Khwaab kaanto se siye jati hai

I think the way it was narrated, makes it excellent. Simply awesome!!

This song makes me a fan of Strings and the very next song "Ye akhri alvida" from "Shootout at Lokhandwala" (2007) is also I considered to be of the same class.

Now I am waiting for Sanjay Gupta's next in the hope that it will again have such a gem of Strings' performance.

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Complete lyrics:

Ye hai meri kahani
Khamosh zindagani
Sannata kah raha hai
Kyo zulm sah raha hai
Ek dastaan purani
Tanhai ki zubani
Har zakhm khil raha hai
Kuchh mujhse kah raha hai

Chubhte kaante yaado ke
Daaman se chunta hu
Girti deewaro ke
Aanchal me zinda hu
Bas ye meri kahani
Benisha nishani
Ek dard bah raha hai
Mujhse kuchh kah raha hai
Chubhte kaante yaado ke
Daaman se chunta hu
Girti deewaro ke
Aanchal me zinda hu

Bajai pyaar ki shabnam
Meri Gulistan me
Baraste rahte hai
Har simt Maut ke saye
Syahiyo se ulajh padti hai meri aankhe
Koi nahi, koi bhi nahi
Jo batlaye mai kitni der
Ujalo ki rah dekhunga
koi nahi, hai koi bhi nahi
Na paas, na door
Ek yaar hai dil ki dhadkan
Apni chahat ka jo elaan kiye jati hai
Zindagi hai jo jiye jaati hai
Khoon ke ghoont piye jati hai
Khwaab kaanto se siye jati hai

Ab na koi paas hai
Phir bhi ehsaas hai
Syahiyo me uljhi padi
Jeene ki ek aas hai

Yaado ka jungle ye dil
Kaanto se jal-thal ye dil
Chubhte kaante yaado ke
Daaman se chunta hu
Girti deewaro ke
Aanchal me zinda hu