Kolkata based musician Tajdar Junaid is creating sounds that have not been heard in a long time. His debut album ‘What Colour Is Your Raindrop’, brings a fresh sensation to the urban ear, deafened by the templatized cacophony of commercial music. The rare simplicity of the tracks evokes a feeling of spirituality. One of the tracks in the album, Yaadon ki Pari is a shayari penned by Taj’s father Junaid Ahmed, put to music by Taj and visualized by Ankit Mehrotra. The three elements of this track – the narration, the music and the montage remain three distinct elements bound together by the common thread of forgotten lost memories.

Yaadon ki Pari

Sanso ke aangan mein, dard ki aahat se
Neend jab toot-ti hai, ek safed chadar mein Yadon Ki Pari aati hai
Bahon mein phool hain aur chand kaliyan hain
Maazi ki khirki hai, soch ki galiyan hain
Ret ki diwarein hain aur ek gharonda hai
Jism ke is chaukhat par
Mera naam likha hai
Ek hava si chalti hai, kaaley baadal chatey hain
Zakham pe paani rista hai aur joh toofan uth-ta hai
Na to woh gharonda hai aur na woh diwaren hain
Jism ke is tootey pinjrey mein ek jhoola jhoolta hai
Rooh ki chirya badal mein Pari bun urr jaati hey
Aur sanso ke aangan mein, dard ki aahat se
Neend jab toot-ti hey
Ek safed chadar mein
Yadon ki Pari aati hai
Chaman ke maali se kisi ney poocha hota
Garam laavey ka sooraj aur too-ti chatri ka saaya
Us maasoom paudhey par pasiney ki ek boondh
Ek umidh, ek aas liye Jab woh paudhey ko seench-ta sawarn-ta Us phool ka khwaab dekhata hey
Toh uske sookhe chehre par Muskurahat ki papri dikhai deti hey
Kab yeh kaliyan phootengi Bazaron mein bechunga
Aur do roti kharidunga
Seeney ke pinjrey mein bundh bhookha parinda
Jo dharakta rehta hey Ussey ek boondh bhi mil jayegi
Shayad bhookh bhi mit jayegi
Phir fakir ki sada aati hey
"Din ka khwaab bara suhana hota hey
Dil ke behlaney ka bahana hota hey"

Credits:

Words by Junaid Ahmad
Music composed & produced by Tajdar Junaid
Video memoir produced, directed, photographed & edited by Ankit Mehrotra