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Tu jo nahiN hai
Tu jo nahiN hai to kuch bhi nahiN hai
Yeh maana keh mehfil jawaN hai haseeN hai
NigahoN meiN tu hai yeh dil jhoomta hai
Nah janay mohabbat ki raahoN meiN kya hai
Jo tu hum safar hai to kuch gham nahiN hai
Ye maana keh mehfil jawaN hai haseeN hai
Tu jo nahiN hai to kuch bhi nahiN hai
Woh aayaiN nah aayaiN jami hain nigahaiN
Sitaron ne deikhi haiN jhuk jhuk ke rahaiN
Yeh dil bud gumaan hai nazar ko yaqeeN hai
Ye maana keh mehfil jawaN hai haseeN hai
Tu jo nahiN hai to kuch bhi nahiN hai
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The above is a very old Pakistani song sung by Sunny Benjamin John, popularly known as S.B.John.
Accompanied with his wife and two sons namely Robin and Glenn John, S.B. John used to sing gospels on Christmas Eve, on Pakistani television.
Prominent singers like S.B. John who perform it best could still be heard joyously stretching and bending notes, breaking syllables and bouncing phrases back and forth.
S.B. John started singing on Radio Pakistan Karachi as an ?A? category artist. Side by side he also made his presence felt in various functions and stage shows held in Karachi.
S.B. John also sang Janab Rana Akbar Aabadi Sahab?s ghazal, ?Uray hoash us dar pay janay say pehlay.? Sohail Rana composed this ghazal at EMI Pakistan.
Around 1973, S.B. John introduced his son, Robin John, to Sohail Rana and said that he wishes to get his son a keyboard. Since young Robin remembered all his father?s songs. Robin was seven or eight years of age at the time.
Fifteen years later, S.B. John again brought Robin to Sohail Rana. By that time Robin had grown up as a talented singer. Hence, Sohail Rana utilized Robin?s singing talents in Pakistani television shows, and also in private songs and the film recordings.
Additionally, Robin also toured UAE, Turkey and USA with Sohail Rana and participated in the musical programs.
Nowadays, Robin lives in USA. Hopefully, his parents will join him soon.
S.B. John?s music mastery marked the undisputed triumph of the formula, exemplified best?surprise!
S.B. John achieved lofty heights through ghazals like the one below:
?Teray milnay kay zamanay Aaye, teri baatain he sunanay Aaye,? Poet, Ahmed Faraz.
Presumably, it never occurred to S.B. John that his name will become synonymous with the song below. In my minds eye, I conjure the recording of that song as vividly as I was there:
?Tu jo naheen hai to kuchh bhee naheen hai, ye mana keh mehfil jawan hai haseen,? the 1959 film ?Sawera,? Music composer, Master Manzoor Hussain, lyrics, Fayyaz Hashmi, pictured on Kamal, Shamim Ara- Kamal played the lead.
Forty-seven-years down the line, this song is as much in demand as if it were recorded yesterday. Alas! To this day, no one could come up with the explanation as to what is so special about this song.
But we don?t need a logical explanation. Some things should remain mysterious. The wistful magic of S.B. John is, indeed, one of them
Yeh maana keh mehfil jawaN hai haseeN hai
NigahoN meiN tu hai yeh dil jhoomta hai
Nah janay mohabbat ki raahoN meiN kya hai
Jo tu hum safar hai to kuch gham nahiN hai
Ye maana keh mehfil jawaN hai haseeN hai
Tu jo nahiN hai to kuch bhi nahiN hai
Woh aayaiN nah aayaiN jami hain nigahaiN
Sitaron ne deikhi haiN jhuk jhuk ke rahaiN
Yeh dil bud gumaan hai nazar ko yaqeeN hai
Ye maana keh mehfil jawaN hai haseeN hai
Tu jo nahiN hai to kuch bhi nahiN hai
***********************
The above is a very old Pakistani song sung by Sunny Benjamin John, popularly known as S.B.John.
Accompanied with his wife and two sons namely Robin and Glenn John, S.B. John used to sing gospels on Christmas Eve, on Pakistani television.
Prominent singers like S.B. John who perform it best could still be heard joyously stretching and bending notes, breaking syllables and bouncing phrases back and forth.
S.B. John started singing on Radio Pakistan Karachi as an ?A? category artist. Side by side he also made his presence felt in various functions and stage shows held in Karachi.
S.B. John also sang Janab Rana Akbar Aabadi Sahab?s ghazal, ?Uray hoash us dar pay janay say pehlay.? Sohail Rana composed this ghazal at EMI Pakistan.
Around 1973, S.B. John introduced his son, Robin John, to Sohail Rana and said that he wishes to get his son a keyboard. Since young Robin remembered all his father?s songs. Robin was seven or eight years of age at the time.
Fifteen years later, S.B. John again brought Robin to Sohail Rana. By that time Robin had grown up as a talented singer. Hence, Sohail Rana utilized Robin?s singing talents in Pakistani television shows, and also in private songs and the film recordings.
Additionally, Robin also toured UAE, Turkey and USA with Sohail Rana and participated in the musical programs.
Nowadays, Robin lives in USA. Hopefully, his parents will join him soon.
S.B. John?s music mastery marked the undisputed triumph of the formula, exemplified best?surprise!
S.B. John achieved lofty heights through ghazals like the one below:
?Teray milnay kay zamanay Aaye, teri baatain he sunanay Aaye,? Poet, Ahmed Faraz.
Presumably, it never occurred to S.B. John that his name will become synonymous with the song below. In my minds eye, I conjure the recording of that song as vividly as I was there:
?Tu jo naheen hai to kuchh bhee naheen hai, ye mana keh mehfil jawan hai haseen,? the 1959 film ?Sawera,? Music composer, Master Manzoor Hussain, lyrics, Fayyaz Hashmi, pictured on Kamal, Shamim Ara- Kamal played the lead.
Forty-seven-years down the line, this song is as much in demand as if it were recorded yesterday. Alas! To this day, no one could come up with the explanation as to what is so special about this song.
But we don?t need a logical explanation. Some things should remain mysterious. The wistful magic of S.B. John is, indeed, one of them
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