Four tracks, made in Logic: a rap about growing up online, Majaz's ghazal rebuilt around its words, and two electronic pieces.
On Internet Child the snare is a tabla muted with a cloth.
Lyrics · Urdu
Shauq E Nazara
Words by Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz (1911–1955), from his ghazal “Kuch tujh ko khabar hai”.
Intro
nazronIn the eyes, in the gaze
nazron mein koi soorat hi nahiIn the eyes, there is no face at all
NahiNo
nazron mein koi soorat hi nahiIn the eyes, there is no face at all
NahiNo
Ab gul se nazar milti hi nahiNow the gaze does not meet the flower at all
NahiNo
Ab dil ki kali khilti hi nahiNow the bud of the heart does not bloom at all
NahiNo
shauq-e-nazara kya kahiyeWhat can one say of the longing to behold
nazron mein koi soorat hi nahiIn the eyes, there is no face at all
zauk-e-tasavvur kya kijiyeWhat to do with this taste for imagining
hum soorat-e-jaana bhool gayeWe forgot the beloved's face
Bhool gayeForgot
Wo zulfe-parishaan bhool gayeThose dishevelled tresses, we forgot
Wo deeda-e-giryaan bhool gayeThose weeping eyes, we forgot
Bhool gayeForgot
Sab ka to mudawa kar dalaWe found a remedy for everyone
apna hi mudawa kar na sakeOur own remedy we could not find
Sab ke to gareban si daaleWe stitched up everyone's collars
apna hi gareban bhool gayeOur own collar we forgot
Ik nishtar-e-zahr-aageen rakh karKeeping a poison-tipped lancet
nazdik-e-rag-e-jaan bhool gayeNear the life-vein, we forgot
Bhool gayeForgot
Ye apni wafa ka aalam haiThis is the state of our fidelity
ab un ki zafa ko kya kahiyeNow what can one say of their cruelty
Outro
Ab gul se nazar milti hi nahiNow the gaze does not meet the flower at all
Ab dil ki kali khilti hi nahiNow the bud of the heart does not bloom at all
shauq-e-nazara kya kahiyeWhat can one say of the longing to behold
nazron mein koi soorat hi nahiIn the eyes, there is no face at all
NahiNo
The ghazal, in Devanagari
कुछ तुझ को ख़बर है हम क्या क्या ऐ शोरिश-ए-दौराँ भूल गए
वो ज़ुल्फ़-ए-परेशाँ भूल गए वो दीदा-ए-गिर्यां भूल गए
ऐ शौक़-ए-नज़ारा क्या कहिए नज़रों में कोई सूरत ही नहीं
ऐ ज़ौक़-ए-तसव्वुर क्या कीजे हम सूरत-ए-जानाँ भूल गए
अब गुल से नज़र मिलती ही नहीं अब दिल की कली खिलती ही नहीं
ऐ फ़स्ल-ए-बहाराँ रुख़्सत हो हम लुत्फ़-ए-बहाराँ भूल गए
सब का तो मुदावा कर डाला अपना ही मुदावा कर न सके
सब के तो गरेबाँ सी डाले अपना ही गरेबाँ भूल गए
ये अपनी वफ़ा का आलम है अब उन की जफ़ा को क्या कहिए
इक निश्तर-ए-ज़हर-आगीं रख कर नज़दीक-ए-रग-ए-जाँ भूल गए
Credits and codes
For the record
- Released
- 13 February 2026
- Format
- EP
- UPC
859731185278- Internet Child · ISRC / ISWC
QT65Y2630422T-341.385.422-1- Internet Child · What's in it
- Programmed in Logic; one Logic library drum loop
- Internet Child · AI
- None
- Ily · ISRC / ISWC
QT65Y2630423T-341.385.425-4- Ily · What's in it
- Written, programmed and produced in Logic
- Ily · AI
- None
- Textures · ISRC / ISWC
QT65Y2630424T-341.385.432-3- Textures · What's in it
- Original sounds, Apple Loops and my own synth, resampled
- Textures · AI
- None
- Shauq E Nazara · ISRC / ISWC
QT65Y2630425T-341.385.326-2- Shauq E Nazara · What's in it
- Lyrics by Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz (d. 1955, public domain). A short archival recording of Majaz reciting; recording owner unidentified, believed out of copyright in the UK
- Shauq E Nazara · AI
- None
- Written, produced, mixed and mastered by
- Chaippaani
- Words on Shauq E Nazara
- Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz
Masters and publishing: 100% Chaitanya Pandey. PRS for Music writer member, IPI 1343127187.
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