Showing posts with label अरिजित सिंह. Show all posts
Showing posts with label अरिजित सिंह. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

फिर भी तुमको चाहूँगा

Bollywood lyricists are good at making use of metaphors and similes. Observe what male sings:

  1. You are as important to me as air is to breath (life)
  2. I look for you as the feet look for the ground (for stability)

If you take the meaning in a literal way, you can run into trouble!


Friday, February 26, 2016

Monday, December 07, 2015

गेरुआ

This song portrays love with several metaphors, some of which are highlighted below:
  1. "... wherever we met, time stood still." Time stood still is a sensation many poets have written about; the particular manner Deepak Chopra describes this feeling regarding love comes to mind.
  2. "Forgetting the [rest of the] world, I have met you. This wish has come forth of my heart ... that you give me — i.e., my life — the gerua color ...". Color is how many people describe liveliness, equating colorlessness with lack of life.
  3. "... I am the caravan, you are the destination to which every path leads." Bollywood lyricists equate the state of love to a desirable destination including, of course, the ultimate destination of reaching God.
Nice music, invites repeated listening.


Friday, August 07, 2015