Greatest songs of Pakistan (Past and Present)
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Translation (for those who dont understand this kind of poetic Urdu)
In the wasteland/desert of solitude, my love, shivers
shadows of your voice, illusions/mirages of your lips.
In the desert of solitude, from the dusts/waste of parting
Blossoms the jasmines and roses of your presence.
From somewhere close by, rises the warmth of your breath
and in its own fragrance glowing/smoldering, very slowly
Far-off, across the horizon, drop by shimmering drop
falls the silken dew of your glance.
With such affection, O my love,
your memory has placed its hand on my hearts cheek,
that it looks as if (though its still the dawn of the departures day)
the sun of parting has set; the night of union has arrived.
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My Goodness
I ve heard this song after a long time & ahhh Awesome, Just awesome
We wont forget u Miss Iqbal Bano
We are all proud of you
Iqbal Bano
Iqbal Bano (Urdu: اقبال بانو,(c. 1927, Rohtak, Punjab, British India – 21 April 2009, Lahore, Pakistan) was a highly acclaimed female Ghazal singer from Pakistan.
Personal life and background
Bano was raised born in India. From a young age, she developed a love for music. It was a crucial moment of her life when her friend's father told Bano's father, "My daughters do sing reasonably well, but Iqbal is blessed in singing. She will become a big name if you begin her training."[citation needed] Her father allowed her to study music. When Bano was a teenager she migrated to Pakistan along with her family.
In Delhi, she studied under Ustad Chaand Khan of the Delhi Gharana, an expert in all kinds of pure classical and light classical forms of vocal music. He instructed her in pure classical music and light classical music within the framework of classical forms of thumri and dadra. She was duly initiated Gaandaabandh shagird of her Ustad. Ustad Chaand Khan referred her to All India Radio, Delhi, where she sang on the radio.
In 1952, aged 17, she married into a land-owning family in Pakistan[citation needed]. Her husband promised that he would never try to stop her from singing, but would rather encourage and promote her.[1] She was a star by the 1950s, singing soundtrack songs for famous Urdu films like Gumnaam (1954), Qatil (1955), Inteqaam (1955), Sarfarosh (1956), Ishq-e-Laila (1957), and Nagin (1959).
Her husband died during the 70's, after which Bano moved to Lahore. She was one of the most well known ghazal singers of the subcontinent. She won the "Pride of Performance Award" during the 90's. It was observed that her temperament was particularly suited to vocal genres like thumri, dadra and ghazal.
Career
Iqbal Bano was invited by Radio Pakistan for performances, she being an accomplished artist. Her debut public concert was in 1957, at Lahore Arts Council, before an elite crowd. Music lovers feted her beyond imagination. With each recital, she generated more and more public appeal. She was considered a specialist in singing the works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. She has given such musical relevance to the ghazals of Faiz, that Bano and Faiz are apparently inseparable in popular imagination. Because of Faiz's imprisonment and hatred of the Pakistani Government towards him, Bano roused a strong crowd of 50,000 people in Lahore by singing his passionate Urdu nazm, "Hum Dekhenge."
Iqbal Bano can sing Persian ghazals with the same fluency as Urdu. She is always applauded in Iran and Afghanistan for her Persian ghazals. The Iranians and Afghans thronged to her shows in large numbers to hear her ghazals in their mother tongue. Once she said in an interview, that she had a collection of 72 beautiful Persian ghazals. Before 1979, there was a festival of culture called Jashn-e-Kabul every year in Afghanistan. Iqbal Bano regularly received a warm invitation to this annual event. She was known for singing a new Persian ghazal each time she appeared. The King of Afghanistan liked her recital very much. Once, on such an occasion, the king was so pleased with her ghazals that he presented her with a golden vase in appreciation of her music.
Music lovers have noted some similarities between Bano and Begum Akhtar, especially some marked resemblances in their styles of singing. Iqbal Bano does not consider the contemporary ghazals as ghazals at all. Her recitals stick to the old classical style that lays more stress on the raag purity. Basically a ghazal singer, Iqbal Bano has also sung many memorable Pakistani film songs. She has provided soundtrack songs for famous Urdu films like Gumnaam (1954), Qatil (1955), Inteqaam (1955), Sarfarosh (1956), Ishq-e-Laila (1957), and Nagin (1959). She won the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Pride of Performance) medal in 1974 for her contributions to the world of Pakistani music.
Awards
She won the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Pride of Performance) medal in the 90's for her contributions to the world of Pakistani music.
Death
At the age of 74, Iqbal Bano died in Lahore on April 21, 2009, after a short illness
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