Music always finds me. In some forgotten corner of my mind, a few notes would rise like smoke from the embers and get me into this different state of mind that I cannot describe.

Today (infact since a couple of days), I have been hooked onto Gulzaar's work. It was his birthday and the radio played his work all day. Right from Iss modd se to Kajra re. That man can weave poetry for any situation. Oh what a wide canvas he has painted. 

As a child I used to always wish that I turn into a creative person. Any sort of creativity. A writer, a poet, something, anything. I wrote poetry as a teenager. Pouring my heart's thoughts into words. 

But when I listen to songs like "woh khat ke purze" (a ghazal sung by Jagjit Sing penned by Gulzar), I realise that no matter what words I come up with they will always fall short of the beauty of "Zulf ke neeche gardan pe, subah-o-shaam milti rahein" or a ""Kal jo mile to maathe pe mere sooraj uga dena". You get the drift don't you? 

After all the Gulzaar songs, I landed on this little gem from the movie Barfi "Phir le aaya dil". The lyrics are by Sayeed Quadri and the rendition by Arijit Singh. It just touches you in ways you cannot describe. 

The first few lines really describe my initial stormy courtship with T.

"Phir le aaya dil majboor, kya keeje, Raas na aaya rehna door, kya keeje, Dil keh raha usse maqammal kar bhi aao, Woh jo adhoori si baat baaki hai, woh jo adhoori si baat baaki hai"

Although I kept trying to walk away but the heart has different plans. It kept pushing me to him, into his arms. And years later, today, we complete each other. Gulzaar again of course.

"Tere bina chaand ka sona khota re, peeli peeli dhool uda de jhootha re,
Tere bina sona peetal, tere sang keekar peepal". Need I say more??