Ronay Na Diya By Sajjad Ali & Zaw Ali (Coke Studio Season 10 Episode 3)
Artist: Sajjad Ali & Zaw Ali
Song: Ronay Na Diya
Music Directed by Sajjad Ali
Lyrics by Sudharshan Faakir
Musical mastermind, Sajjad Ali makes a stunning debut on Coke Studio as a music director with his poignant rendition of Ronay Na Diya. The reproachful lament relays the overwhelming emotions of remorse and despair with musical inlays of a sorrowful clarinet and wistful vocals. Sajjad Ali’s classic, celebrated vocals find an interesting match as Zaw Ali brings a wild concoction of vibrant r&b vocal runs alongside her delicate but powerful classical chops. A gorgeous manifestation of grief, the song pays homage to the exquisite, Malika-e-Ghazal, Begum Akthar.
Houseband
Imran Akhoond (Guitars)
Aahad Nayani (Drums)
Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar (Bass)
Babar Khanna (Dholak/Tabla)
Haider Ali (Keyboards/Piano)
Omran Shafique (Guitars)
Abdul Aziz Kazi (Percussions)
Backing Vocalists
Rachel Viccaji
Shahab Hussain
Natasha Khan
STRINGS SECTION
Javed Iqbal (First Violinist)
Ghulam Abbas
Ghulam Muhammad
Muhammad Ilyas
Babar Ali
Khawar Hussain
Guest Musicians
Leonard Massey (Clarinet)
Sajid Ali (Flute)
Wajji Ali (Additional backing vocals)
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Lyrics:
رونے والوں سے کہو
rone waalon se kaho
Tell the ones who weep…
رونے والوں سے کہو ان کا بھی رونا رو لیں
rone waalon se kaho un ka bhi rona ro len
Tell the ones who weep to weep also on behalf of those
رونے والوں سے کہو ان کا بھی رونا رو لیں
rone waalon se kaho un ka bhi rona ro len
Tell the ones who weep to weep also on behalf of those
رونا رو لیں
rona ro len
…to weep also on behalf of those
جن کو مجبورئ
jin ko majboori-i
The cruel constraints…
جن کو مجبورئ حالات نے رونے نہ دیا
jin ko majboori-i haalaat ne rone nah diya
The cruel constraints of whose circumstances kept them from weeping
ورنہ کیا بات تھی کس بات نے رونے نہ دیا
warnah kya baat thi kis baat ne rone nah diya
Otherwise, we had every reason to weep, for what else was there to keep us from weeping?
عشق میں غیرتِ جذبات نے رونے نہ دیا
‘ishq men ghairat-i jazbaat ne rone nah diya
In the path of love, it is the lover’s sense of honour that kept us from weeping
رونے نہ دیا
rone nah diya
…kept us from weeping
ورنہ کیا بات تھی کس بات نے
warnah kya baat thi kis baat ne
Otherwise, we had every reason to weep, for what else was there…
آپ کہتے تھے کے رونے سے نہ بدلیں گے نصیب
aap kahte the ke rone se nah badlen ge naseeb
You used to say that tears have no power to change one’s fate
آپ کہتے تھے کے رونے سے نہ بدلیں گے نصیب
aap kahte the ke rone se nah badlen ge naseeb
You used to say that tears have no power to change one’s fate
بدلیں گے نصیب
badlen ge naseeb
…change one’s fate
عمر بھر آپ کی اس بات نے رونے نہ دیا
‘umr bhar aap ki is baat ne rone nah diya
All our life, these words of yours kept us from weeping
ورنہ کیا بات تھی کس بات نے رونے نہ دیا
warnah kya baat thi kis baat ne rone nah diya
Otherwise, we had every reason to weep, for what else was there to keep us from weeping?
عشق میں غیرتِ جذبات نے…
‘ishq men ghairat-i jazbaat ne
In the path of love, it is the lover’s sense of honour that…
I don’t wanna say goodbye
Oh, let me cry, let me cry, let me cry
Don’t you know how it makes me feel?
Oh, such wounds will never ever heal
We are dying in slow motion, what a way to end an emotion
A reality we never ever realised
Just let me say what I wanna say, or the pain won’t go away
You’re the only one, and I’m the lonely one
تجھ سے مل کر ہمیں رونا تھا بہت رونا تھا
tujh se mil kar hamen rona tha bohat rona tha
We had meant to weep, weep a lot, upon meeting you
بہت رونا تھا
bohat rona tha
…weep a lot…
تنگیٔ وقتِ ملاقات نے رونے نہ دیا
tangi-i waqt-i mulaaqaat ne rone nah diya
But the brevity of our meeting kept us from weeping
ورنہ کیا بات تھی کس بات نے
warnah kya baat thi kis baat ne
Otherwise, we had every reason to weep, for what else was there…
 Music Directed by Sajjad Ali Lyrics by Sudharshan Faakir){kind=link}