Rounding off the truth

4.pm: We were rather fatigued out after strolling for hours in the Fortress Stadium under the scorching afternoon sun in limbo for the briefing we, volunteers, were to get from the management of Wall’s Fun Carnival. The songs of Noori started blaring from some distance. I thought they were coming from our festival’s sound systems for the sound checks, but few people thought otherwise. Noori’s album launch was to be held in a nearby leisure complex so everyone stated talking that it must be Noori rehearsing for their big night. We decided to see this for ourselves. When we went to Silverstar Bowling Alley the staff was busy bracing themselves for the heaviest ever crowd they were going to receive

7.45pm:Mr Tarsa Hua had already left for the concert ,while I and Sherry decided to walk our way back to the Silverstar for the concert. Shock waited for us as we presented our tickets to the ushers only to know that they were not valid due to some reasons only known to the organizers. So we babbled few things to the fat-ass who was their boss but he didn’t listen. He wanted us to buy the tickets again. I happened to see Teeja there, who was from the organizing team. She saved us the fortune we were going to dole out on “donations”. And there we were at the rooftop where the launch was to take place

8.30pm: We spotted Simon and Amir there and started chatting with them to kill the time for the obvious eternal wait. Before it we kept on making and laughing on all the jokes about how Mr Tarsa Hua, our friend was with the organizers, would mess up the things. The best one of them was in which we imagined that Mr Tarsa Hua would sneak up to the dressing room where Ali Noor would toss his pant on the chair but it would fall over Mr Tarsa Hua who would exert maximum efforts to shape his body like chair and…[baki bakwas]

9 pm: We were talking music, dance ,theatre and education scouring over sample copies of Sunday Times and not to forget still making fun of Mr Tarsa Hua while he was pouncing at every chance of talking to the all three or four girls who had turned up. That made us laugh like crazy and wait for Noori without swearing them for their unpunctuality.

10 pm: Noori entered… Ali Noor introduced Hasil ,the new rhythm guitarist of the band. Hasil is part of the band ,Sahil, famous for their song Tu Bol.In the beginning of the performance, they warmed up with the slower version of Kuttey to uthay working their way to Nishaan .I heard someone in the crowd screaming “Hamza(Noor) tum ne wohi kaali chev gurrera wali shirt dubara peni hui hai”.They performed some songs from their last album then. Khalla and Saari Raat Jaga were followed later. A big part of the crowd seemed rather disenchanted and preferred to hang around ather than giving the boys a serious listen. A lot of Kids showed up too. I was constantly irritated by a bunch of seemingly 12 year olds who were shouting the songs in my ears and talking each other about how dire it can be for them to reach home later than 10.30.The proceeds form the sales of tickets are going to Fatimid Foundation which is a very nice thing to hear .It was sad to see that the show was opened rather abruptly after the eternal delay by a member of sponsor organization. the show deserved a better host who could go down well with audience too.
The problem with Noori songs is that it is very difficult to decipher what they want to say .it is good to see a band to which we can “relate”, but the looming question is that can we really relate with them.this problem is magnified in the titular song .I will discuss it some other time.
I didn’t find lyrics on their website so I decided to post them here to make things easy for people who are looking for the lyrics.

Khalla
Tum Ne Apne Ehsaas Ko Maar Diya… Phir Tum Ne Us Ki Maiyat Ko Jala Diya… Ab Tum Is Ki Raakh Par Kharay Ho… Aur Tumhari Insaaniyat… Aur Tumharey Darmaiyaan… Ek Khalla Hai… Khalla Hai Khalla Hai Khalla Hai… Khalla Hai Khalla Hai Khalla Hai… Main... Tum... Hum Akelay Hain... Be Kali Kee Chaoon Main Hum Be His Jeetay Hain... Jeetay Hain... Aaarzuu... Ab Chupee Hai Kahan... Us Dyar-E-Khamoshee Main Yeh Dil Hain Jahan... Woh Jahan... Ab Nahin Hai Per Woh Hai Kahan? Hum Hain Kahan? Ghafil Hais Sayee Main Apne Jahan... Hum Hain Wahan... Ab Lage Aisey Jaise Zameen Se Buhat Dur... Ab Jaisey Aur Aage Barh Letain Hain Majboor... Buhat Dur... Jaisee Chand Tare Pooochtay Hain Mujh Se... Kaha Hai Teri Zindagee Kahan Hai Tu? Kahan Tu? Ab Nahin Hai Per Woh Hai Kahan? Hum Hain Kahan? Ghafil Hais Sayee Main Apne Jahan... Hum Hain Wahan...

Nishaan

Raaton ke andheron mein jab Khamoshi galyon mein ghoomaySayay bhi tum se kuch keh dein gayRahon ke kaanton pe chal ke Dur andheron se nikal ke Rang sab apnay badal ke…Aa gaye ho phir yahan Ho gaye ho aashnaRoshni ke des mein Tum bhi dekho gay kayee jalwayDhoondo ge sitaray to zamana tumhey dekhay gaAa ke tumharee yeh zindagee se khelay gaJalo ge zamanay ke jo sang tum chalo geTum so na pao ge, doob jao geLikho jo naee daastan Mitain gay naheen phir nishaanBhoolay se bhi woh na jaagain Sayay se apnay woh bhagainJal nahin paein gay phir diyayDur anjaani iss dagar pe Ek andheri rahguzar pe Aas ki kirnon se dar ke…Chal diyay ho tum kahan? Dhoondtay kiss kay nishaan?Shor ke bazaar meinHosh na ayay kabhi phir tumheinDhoondo ge sitaray to zamana tumhey dekhay gaAa ke tumharee yeh zindagee se khelay gaJalo ge zamanay ke jo sang tum chalo geTum so na pao ge, doob jao geBhula do yeh saara jahaanLikho ek naee daastan Mitain gay naheen phir nishaanDhoonda hai sitaron ko, zamanay ko bhi dekhain gayAa ke tumharee hum zindagee se khelain gayLikhi hai apnee zindagi ki daastan Mitay ga naheen phir nishaan





Saari Raat Jaga

Sari raat jaga ray jaga ray...lagay dil hara ray hara ray...kho diyay wo lamhay saray ray...teray bin kaun mein yaara ray...meri jaan tu nay jana menay jana...meri jaan teri haan meri haan...dar aya daur aya...dar aya daur aya na...rat jaagi yaadein meray dil meinkho diya na paya jo bhi dil nay...teray liyay hara yara ray...teray liyay saray ghum hain sahay...teray liyay...Jab teri aankhein so jayein...aur teri yadein kho jayien...teray tan mein teray man mein...teray ghar ko aag lag jayay...aur tujhay jag na ayay...Sari raat jaga ray jaga ray...dobay man mera jo hara ray hara ray...kho diyay wo lamhay saray ray...aaj hein dhoondtay yaara ray...Rat jaagi aahein meray dil mein...kho diya na paya jo bhi dil nay...Teray liyay hara yara ray...teray liyay saray ghum hain sahay...teray liyay...jab teri aankhein so jayein...aur teri yadein kho jayien...teray tan mein teray man mein...teray ghar ko aag lag jayay...aur tujhay jag na ayay...jab teri aankhein so jayein...aur teri yadein kho jayien...teray tan mein teray man mein...teray ghar ko aag lag jayay...aur tujhay jag na ayay...