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Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi

Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi is a landmine of life’s wisdom.

Despite being tapped into countless number of times, it still has more to offer. 

Its layered texture is without the overbearing appendages of pretence. No wonder it is wielded by the pen of Gulzar Saab, one of country’s most aware and prominent literary voices.

In its own right this summons life to a center table. And then submits to it. Ensues an engaging conversation that I’ve never had the courage to move away from. For it has often felt a bit too personal when pain is made to sound like a due to be paid. In lieu of life’s grand moments. But isn’t that true? Even without the poetic justice.

Come to think of it, don’t we always carry the pain like a tagged baggage? How terribly independent though are our joys, squared up only by infrequent bouts of nostalgia.

Barely anybody has spoken about adversity with such poignancy. Life’s hard questions are not innocent whims but Gulzar Saab, a stellar wordsmith, romanticizes pain with remarkable poetry. Look at how he finds solace in tears that have dried up.

Jaane kab gum hoya kaha khoya
ek aansu chhupa ke rakha tha

Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi is about life’s biggest epiphanies which, ironically, are about life itself. The ones which feel like a discovery. As this song makes that journey, I am onboard at once, keen to see where it goes.

Often, it has travelled deep inside me.

It is true – tujhse naraaz nahi zindagi, hairaan hoon main...

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  1. Superb.... Keep it up bro

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  2. Amazing interpretation! This couldn't have been depicted any better 😊

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  3. Lives adversity with such poignancy is all about Life’s hard questions trajectories are actually layered life’s biggest epiphanies.... Which is only understood after it happens....only few awakened ones understand it visioning it's consequences....but then such beautiful minds are extremely rare😉

    Anxiety has the initial toll and that's quite amazing as inside Expectations resides.... This is
    expressed kind of feelings is administered firstly without blame and takeing a break before exploding and we for sure don’t know why yit feels this way. We have no clue why we’re so on edge even in normal conditions...... I guess bcz we're humans with exceeded 💯% expectations to 200%😊

    And from the 3rd persons view point it's quite mind baffling pulsar state..... In this song words are constructively used in softer form.... But is seen in reality, it's not. It's actually very harsh.
    It's a slow and sad song.... Reacting about a child's state of mind and misunderstanding of not able to understand by the guardian.....

    ✨Yash, you have "Beautifully" captured it's essence in your own words....👏👏👏😊💚💙💙💚.

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  4. LakshmiPradhanSeptember 29, 2020

    Lives adversity with such poignancy is all about Life’s hard questions trajectories are actually layered life’s biggest epiphanies.... Which is only understood after it happens....only few awakened ones understand it visioning it's consequences....but then such beautiful minds are extremely rare��

    Anxiety has the initial toll and that's quite amazing as inside Expectations resides.... This is
    expressed kind of feelings is administered firstly without blame and takeing a break before exploding and we for sure don’t know why yit feels this way. We have no clue why we’re so on edge even in normal conditions...... I guess bcz we're humans with exceeded ��% expectations to 200%��

    And from the 3rd persons view point it's quite mind baffling pulsar state..... In this song words are constructively used in softer form.... But is seen in reality, it's not. It's actually very harsh.
    It's a slow and sad song.... Reacting about a child's state of mind and misunderstanding of not able to understand by the guardian.....

    ✨Yash, you have "Beautifully" captured it's essence in your own words....����������������.

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