Re: CLASSICS (songs) OF YESTERYEARS
At some early class of my school
I distinctly remember having read
a poem in our course book, titled;
"IF I WERE THE LORD OF TARTARY"
It went something like this...(per memory);
"If I were the Lord of Tartary,
myself and me alone.
My bed would be made of Ivory
and beaten gold my throne....."
(the poem continues..with narration of some ivory towers
by a person...day dreaming and making sand castles)
Later in 1960, I heard a song sung by
Muhammad Rafi for some movie....
and the lyrics of that song totally
matched the poem I had read in school a few years back!
I searched for that song the entire Karachi.
Wrote to my relatives in India to get me a cassette
of that song....all failed to yield desired results..
till last night I happen to be at one of my branch
and after the official business...I visited one of
the music outlets where I casually inquired
about that song...and there was this employee
of 40 years service there...who was so quick in
searching out that I got the very song and well..
it took me around 25 years to search for it...and get it!
Never loose hope...they say...
SO....wait for the link of that song...I'll paste
on this thread by the (Pakistani) weekend.....
Khush Rahein.....