Gulzared!

Well now that I again left my blog in midstream, coming back to it has been a little tough. I planned to write my personal life in Bangalore after I wrote the professional one but it so turned out that I returned to my base (read Kolkata) having spent hardly four months there. I didn't had much control over whether I should stay or come back as it was almost an automatic decision after the debacle that was my trading there in Bangalore (refer my previous post). So I came back to Kolkata and the personal life story got shelved.

I have a rough outline of that post in my mind but that is for later. Currently I am here because I am totally obsessed with Gulzar's words in 7 Khoon Maaf! The music, picturization or composition of the songs are definitely amazing but the thing that grabs you by the neck and forces you to pay special attention are the lyrics of the songs. And not just one, almost all of them have got some different class!

So here I am, to pen down as many lyrics as I can and provide meaning to it as much as I can and further help with meanings or lyrics are most appreciated!

The first one is my favorite song of the album, beautifully sung by Suresh Wadekar, named Tere Liye.


Basically this song is a sort of love muse between the lover and the beloved. The lover is telling the beloved what all things he has brought for her and only her!

1.तेरे लिए - सुरेश वाडेकर

तेरे लिए ......... तेरे लिए, तेरे लिए ....... तेरे लिए,
लफ़्ज़ों में लम्हों की डोलियाँ लायें हैं ......
लफ़्ज़ों में लम्हों की डोलियाँ लायें हैं, लायें हैं,
शेरों में खुशबू की बोलियाँ लायें हैं, लायें हैं,
हमने सौ सौदे किये,
तेरे लिए ...... तेरे लिए

In this first para, Gulzar wonderfully crafts the world of words, saying that the lover has brought palanquins of moments in his words i.e. he has so many anecdotes of past moments (which he spent with the beloved probably?) to tell her via his words.Further he has brought the dialects of scent in his poetry i.e. he can make beloved experience many tones and overtones of lovely perfumes and scents through his poetry. And to bring these two special gifts he has done hundreds of transactions (made a huge effort) only to please the beloved! Lovely!

आँखों में ना चुभे, तारों की किर्चियां,
शीशे का आसमां लायें हैं, तेरे लिए ....
तेरे लिए तारे जड़े, हीरों से भी कितने बड़े,
हमने आसमानों में, लाखों के सौदे किये ....
तेरे लिए ......... तेरे लिए, तेरे लिए ....... तेरे लिए,

In the second para, Gulzar conveys the care which the lover has for the beloved. The lover says he has brought the whole sky made of glass for the beloved so that the shards (किर्चियां) of the real star do not prick her eyes if ever she wants to go for a ride in the sky. Further he has brought and inlaid the stars in the sky which are even bigger than diamond just to please the beloved. As we know Diamond is considered to be the most coveted things by a woman, here he has brought stars which are even bigger than the diamonds. And to bring all these things, he has spent millions which just doesn't matter to the lover because it is for her and only her! Awesome!


हलकी सी सर्दी हो और सांस गर्म हो,
शामों की शाल भी थोड़ी सी नर्म हो,
तेरे लिए ओ चुने, पिस्ते चुने तेरे लिए ,
हमने तो परिंदों से बागों के सौदे टी...
तेरे लिए ......... तेरे लिए, तेरे लिए ....... तेरे लिए,
तेरे लिए ......... तेरे लिए ........

The last but not the least is the best of the three paras. Here Gulzar has described the perfect setting for romance. He says, the weather should be a little wee bit cold and the breathe she takes, a wee bit hot. Further the shawl she is wearing may just be a little soft. And just to suit this weather he has specially picked raisins and pistachios from gardens after trading with the birds for them just for her and only her! It is just out of this world!

Cheers to Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj too!