Ghazal Singers

Ghazal Singers Some well-known ghazal singers are:

• A.K. Sardar
• Abida Parveen
• Anup Jalota
• Ashok Khosla
• Ataullah Khan
• Begum Akhtar
• Bhupinder Singh & Mitali Singh
• C.H. Atma
• Chandan Das
• Chitra Singh
• Farida Khanum
• Ghanshyam Vaswani
• Ghulam Abbas Khan
• Ghulam Ali
• Habib Wali Mohammad
• Hariharan
• Iqbal Bano
• Jagjit Singh
• Jasvinder Singh
• Jaswinder Singh
• Kumar Lakhani
• Malika Pukhraj
• Manhar Udhas
• Master Madan
• Mehdi Hassan
• Mohammad Reza Shajarian
• Mohd. Vakil
• Munni Begum
• Najma Akhtar
• Nayyara Noor
• Nina & Rajendra Mehta
• Nirmal Udhas
• Noorjehan
• Ahmed Hussain & Mohammad Hussain
• Pankaj Udhas
• Penaaz Masani
• Parvez Mehdi
• Raj Kumar Rizvi
• Rajeshwari Choudhary
• Rekha Bhardwaj
• Reshma
• Rochna
• Roopkumar Rathod
• Dr. Roshan Bharti
• Runa Laila
• Salma Agha
• Sanjeev and Karuna
• Sudhir Narain
• Swati Natekar
• Tahira Syed
• Talat Aziz
• Talat Mahmood
• Tina Sani
• Vishal Goswami
• Zubaida Khanum
  

Many Indian and Pakistani film singers are also famous for singing ghazals. These include:

• Noor Jehan
• Lata Mangeshkar
• Asha Bhosle
• K. L. Saigal
• Hariharan
  

Mohabbat karanevaale kam na ho.nge

Poet: Hafeez Hoshiarpuri
A very well known ghazal, sung by various artistes, including Mehdi Hasan and Farida Khanum.

mohabbat karanevaale kam na ho.nge
terii mahafil me.n lekin ham na ho.nge

zamaane bhar ke Gam yaa ik teraa Gam
ye Gam hogaa to kitane Gam na ho.nge

dilo.n kii ulajhane.n ba.Datii rahe.ngii
agar kuchh mashvare baaham na ho.nge
[mashvare = counsel/advice; baaham = together/with]

agar tuu ittafaaqan mil bhii jaae
terii furqat ke sadame.n kam na ho.nge
[ittafaaqan = by coincidence; furqat = separation; sadame.n = shocks]

'Hafeez' unase mai.n jitanaa bad_gumaa.N huu.N
vo mujhase is qadar baraham na ho.nge
[bad_gumaa.N = suspicious; baraham = angry]

Sarakatii jaaye hai ruKh se naqaab aahistaa-aahistaa

Poet: Ameer Minai
Possibly his most famous ghazal, which catapulted Jagjit Singh to the top.

Majar-E-Kais Par Jab Rooh-e-Laila Ek Din Aayi,
To Armaano.n Ke Murjhaaye Kuchh Phool Bhi Layi!
Lagi Jab Phool Rakhane, To Kabr.a Se Aawaaz Yeh Aayi,
Chadhaana Phool Jaaneman Magar, Aahista Aahista!!

sarakatii jaaye hai ruKh se naqaab aahistaa-aahistaa
nikalataa aa rahaa hai aaftaab aahistaa-aahistaa
[ruKh = face; naqaab = veil; aashistaa = slowly; aaftaab = Sun]

javaa.N hone lage jab vo to ham se kar liyaa pardaa
hayaa yakalaKht aayii aur shabaab aahistaa-aahistaa
[hayaa = modesty/bashfulness; yakalaKht = suddenly; shabaab = youth]

shab-e-furqat kaa jaagaa huu.N farishto.n ab to sone do
kabhii fursat me.n kar lenaa hisaab aahistaa-aahistaa
[furqat = separation; farishto.n = angels; fursat = lesisure]

savaal-e-vasl par unako uduu kaa Khauf hai itanaa
dabe ho.nTho.n se dete hai.n javaab aahistaa aahistaa
[vasl = union; uduu = enemy/rival; Khauf = fear]

hamaare aur tumhaare pyar me.n bas farq hai itanaa
idhar to jaldii jaldii hai udhar aahistaa aahistaa
[farq = difference]

vo bedardii se sar kaaTe "ameer" aur mai.n kahuu.N un se
huzuur aahistaa aahistaa, janaab aahistaa-aahistaa
[bedardii = ruthlessly]