Arif Lohar - One of the Best

Arif Lohar is our family favourite especially my mother. She also remembered his father whenever Arif performed.

I think he has one of the most powerful voices in Pakistan. I was shocked in a positive way to see that he sang the following song. I always wanted to invite him to perform with his drummers in Seoul Drum Festival.

One of his interviews is here.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Title Song Lyrics | Arif Lohar

Movie: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Singer: Arif Lohar
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi

Another song from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag with awesome lyrics. Prasoon Joshi as a lyricist has done a good job whereas the song is sung by Arif Lohar, who is a Punjabi folk singer from Pakistan, and the music is given by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. It is hoped that you will like the complete lyrics. There is one more version (Rock version) of the song which is sung by the son of Shankar Mahadevan, Siddharth Mahadevan.

Arey shanti maar raha sansaar
Ab tu aane de lalkaar
Teri to baahein patwaar
Kadam hain tere haahakaar

Teri nas-nas loha tar
Tu hai aag milkha
O bas tu bhaag milkha

Arey chhod de beete kal ki bori
Kaat de rassi sutli dori
Tujhse poochhegi ye matti
Karke saans saans ko bhatti

Ab tu jaag milkha
Bas tu bhaag milkha

Ho sariya, ho kashti
O sariya o sariya
O mod de aag ka dariya
O kashti o kashti
O doob jaane mein hi hai hasti

Ho jungle ho jungle
Aaj shehron se hai tera dangal
Ab tu bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag milkha
Ab tu bhaag milkha

Dhuaan dhuaan dhamkaaye dhool
Raha na rode bode shool

Taan le armaanon ke chaaku
Mushkil ho gayi saari daaku
Tu ban ja naag naag naag naag naag milkha
Ab tu bhaag milkha

Tera to bistar hai maidaan
Todna dharti teri shaan
Tere sirhaane hai chattan
Pehen le poora aasmaan

Tu pagdi baandh milkha
Ab tu bhaag milkha bhaag milkha bhaag milkha
Ab tu bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag milkha
Ab tu bhaag Milkha

Ho ghanvar bhanvar hai
Chakkar chakkar chakkar
Godi mein uthaaya man ne
Chakkar chakkar chakkar chakkar
Godi mein uthaaya man ne
Chakkar chakkar chakkar chakkar

Bhanvar bhanvar hai aaj khel tu
Bhanvar ko khel bana de
Aandhiyaan rel bana le
Patkhani de uljhan ko
Cheekh bana de sargam ko
O chakkar o chakkar
O chakkar chakkar chakkar

Utaar ke phenk de sab janjaal
Beete kal ka har kankal
Tere talve hain pairi naal
Tujhe to karna hai har haal
Ab tu jaag milkha jaag milkha jaag Milkha
Ab tu bhaag Milkha

Khol tu rakh ke pahiye khol
Bana ke chakkar Sudarshan bol
Jam ke feete kas ke baandh
Khuli hai aaj sher ki maang

Tu goli daag milkha daag Milkha daag Milkha
Ab tu bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag Milkha
Ab tu bhaag Milkha

Daant se kaat le bijli taar
Chaba le tambe ki chhankaar
Phoonk de khud ko jwala jwala
Bin khud jale hoye na ujala

Lipat hai aag milkha aag milkha aag milkha
Ab tu bhaag Milkha
Ab tu jaag Milkha
Tu ban ja naag Milkha
Tu pagdi baandh Milkha
Tu goli daag Milkha
Oh tu hai aag Milkha
Oh tu bhaag Milkha
Ab tu bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag bhaag Milkha
Ab tu bhaag Milkha

Beyghairat Brigade

The band, Beyghairat Brigade is featured in the New York Times - which is huge in itself. The article entitled: 'A You Tube Hit Challanges Extremism in Pakistan' can be read here. Their song title is catchy, particularly if you are from South Asia: Aalu Anday (referring to Potatoes and Egg Curry).

This is NOT the first song ever of this kind, Shahzad Roy, Najam Shiraz, Strings and a couple of other singers have some interesting songs to their credit with tough messages in their lyrics - but almost always in a satirical way.

Beghairat (Shameless) Brigade has highlighted all the defining moments in the past few years in Pakistan for its race to the bottom. The lyrics of the song talks about us that we as nation chose our heroes from amongst killers (Qadri), terrorists (Kasab) and mullahs in burqa (Lal Masjid Imam) but not people like Professor Abdus Salam, a Nobel Laureate in Physics. Talking of Professor Abdus Salam,  I would like to refresh memory that he was denied to start a university and a research center in Pakistan for the mere fact that he was from a minority sect. Professor Salam who was disowned by Pakistan. On his gravestone: "Bismiallah" was removed (how bizarre and sick). Though in reality, Professor Salam  is the real hero in contemporary Pakistan who had to leave his homeland to persue his work with a very heavy heart and he is the founding member of the world renowned research center in Italy: CERN.  We must admit that there have come moments when we have proved that we are one of the most pathetic nations on the world map - who categorically discriminate, categorize and kill its own kind for political and worldly gains only.

Beyghairat Brigade in an interview with DAWN News said with Beyghairati that: "...we do NOT believe in 50% of the lyrics of the song per se....it is a just a song and must NOT be taken too seriously". What???? Are you serious??
Boys: my advice is, stand by what you say or sing in his case!!! Raising voice against wrongdoing isn't that bad!

Our tragedy is the complacency with whatever wrong is happeing in Pakistan and choosing silence over raising voice aganist the wrongdoing at every step.