Faiz, Noor Jehan and “Mujshe pehli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang”
Every great poem will be
searching for a great singer and vice versa. Such combinations set only in rare
of the rarest occasions. In Urdu literature one such a formidable combination
of poetry and music is Faiz Ahmed Faiz and the Melody Queen Noor Jehan.
Faiz has been
immortalized by Noor Jehan. Her rendition of Faiz's “Mujshe pehli si mohabbat
mere mehboob na maang” is a unique example of tarranum, reciting
poetry as a song. Writer AM Khan Yazdani (Danny) narrates the
historical account of the famous gazal that become a symbol of people’s movement
during the days of tyranny in Pakistan.
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