ए खुदा मुझसे न ले मेरे गुनाहों का हिसाब,
मेरे पास अश्क़ - ए - नदामत के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं।
O God, do not make me account for my sins,
I have nothing else but tears of regret (to pay for them).
This Sahir Bhopali "ghazal" has been on my mind all through the day. This is originally sung by Lata Ji, in the epic album "Sajda". And now we have a version of this by JS, in "The Master And His Magic".
This ghazal is composed at a very high scale (by JS standards) and I never expected JS to match the scale (as in "Sajda") in the one rendered in "TMAHM". But what a rendition it is! Absolutely precious! JS could spring so many surprises in his concerts. At some places where he drags the "radeef" together with the "qafiyaa" (as in "केसिवाकुछभीनहीं"), it sounds so beautiful. The violin played by Deepak Pandit is mesmerizing too.
To end, a few more from the ghazal:
दिल में अब दर्द-ए -मुहब्बत के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं,
ज़िन्दगी मेरी इबादत के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं।
मैं तेरी बार गह-ए -नाज़ में क्या पेश करूं,
मेरी झोली में मुहब्बत के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं।
A 15 syllable "ghazal", in the "beher": "ramal musamman makhbuun mahzuuf" [Pattern: 2122-1122-1122-(11)22].
Whenever JS rendered his compositions made for others, he took them to another level. This one is no exception. While his rendition does not have the silky smoothness of the Queen of Melody, he more than made it up with Pathos. One of the best in the album...
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