Teri Aankhein ...

Long time ago, a brilliant musician from down south approached me with a very ambitious plan. At first, the plan didn't seem feasible but by the sheer energy that he had put in while he explained the idea to me, I decided to give it a shot. The musician was none other than Ifthikar Ali and he approached me to be one of the lyricists for his album Patchwork which featured artists from all over the globe.

There was something so special about how he convinced me to work on a project like this with him and I loved being a part of the whole process. A lot of people have been writing to me to share the song or for the lyrics so I decided to put it up here on my blog for one and all to hear.

Listen to the song here:

Why the song is called Teri Aankhein? Simply because the dummy tune I received had a hook line Teri Aankhein and it was quite difficult for me to ignore it because it did fit in beautifully. I went against the brief and finished it and this is what the outcome is. 

As a part of Patchwork, Teri Aankhein was the first song I wrote and there were quite a lot of different versions of the same song in between, but this version featuring Chordrush remains to be my favourite.

The lyrics are as follows:

Kitni sadiyan, hain beeti

baatein teri, woh suni si

Har pal mein, basi khamoshi

Aur aankhen teri, yeh jhuki si

Teri aankhen, maula

bechain kare yun mujhe

Teri aankhen, allah

kho jaaon kahin inme

Teri palko ke saaye mein

base khwab jo hamne dekhe

Teri aankhen jaise koi daastaan

jaise nadiya koi hain chhalke

Ruk ke dekho to ek baar tum

teri aankhon mein janaat meri

Koi apsara koi hoor

ki baat hi HAIN kya

Jo maine dhoondha to haseen

tum sa nahi

Jo kuch hain mere armaan

mehke hain tum hi tum se

Door tumse ho kar bhi

teri aankhon se door

Main jaaoon bhi to, jaaoon

kahin bhi nahi...

With love:

Piyush Abhay Singh
- www.piyushabhaysingh.com