Wonderful words

I still remember the first time I heard it. It was sometime in 2020, when the lockdown phase was knocked in, haze was locked down in its own silence, and my cousin was sunk deep in the lyrics of the song, with eyes closed, as if telling me to just: listen. He was completely lost in the lyrics,  as if every note was carrying him elsewhere. Watching him sink into it, I too couldn’t resist—while looking into his eyes, and then silently listening to it ofcourse! And that moment was fleeling moment but  never left me. Then, for hours and days, whenever we met, he kept asking, “how was it? You cannot even think of not liking it!” And definitely, he was absolutely right. Now, “Dil-E-Nadan” by Yawar Abdal has beautifully become tacit ♡

Fast forward to today. I pressed play on it again, and suddenly it wasn’t just a song anymore—it was a reminder, an awakening. The lines written by Mirza Ghalib, centuries ago, suddenly felt alive in Yawar Abdal’s voice. That’s the magic of art!

The opening verse of “Dil-e-Nadan” which corresponds to ‘O, naive heart’, Mirza Ghalib poignantly asks “what has happened to you?” Then, he further articulates, “Tell me, what cure exists for this pain?”
Addictions have a quiet way of reshaping us – deviating our focus, altering our hearts, and leaving us restless. They are subtle yet alarming, and often we don’t even notice how deep we’ve sunk until it hurts. Only Khuda truly knows the battles within, and only He can guide us out of them. But when someone goes through such a phase, songs like “Dil-e-Nadan” feel deeply relatable — as if the poet and the singer are giving voice to words; to the time that you faced once; couldn’t put into words. Infact, one who surpassed this phase,  truly reminisces:) it everytime, when, this song plays.

And today, as I listened, I caught myself whispering, Omg, what Mirza Ghalib wrote and what he sang—beautiful beyond words.
Yawar Abdal, its ephemeral, its ecstatic to listen to you. Allahhumma Barik!

Kya laajawaab shayar thee Mirza Ghalib — jin ke alfaaz aaj bhi dilon mein goonj uthte hain, jaise kal hi likhe gaye hon. Allah Ta’ala unhein Jannat-ul-Firdaus ke aala rutbe se nawazay. Ameen.

Mirza Ghalib — a poet whose words still breathe centuries later, piercing hearts as if they were written today. May Allah honour him with the highest honour of Jannat, for his verses were not just poetry, but eternal whispers of the human soul.

and and, Thankeiyou Cousin ♡

At last, guess what?  today, some hours ago, when a friend asked me for a song to listen to, I sent him ‘Dil-e-Nadan.’ He was absolutely awestruck, just as I was the very first time :>