Noori’s new video Meray Log is out. You can view it here
It is a slow, soothing song with nice meaningful lyrics. What’s great about the lyrics, which is true for a lot of Noori songs, is that they can be interpreted in many different ways. However, amazingly, more often than not, Noori adopts the most simplistic meaning for its videos. This could mean that at times I give them too much credit for something which they never intended. Either that, or that they do not consider the Pakistani audience to be able to understand the depth in their songs. This video doesn’t really show anything apart from several unappealing and unnecessary closeups of people’s faces. Disappointing!
Lyrics
Meray Log
Meray yaar, meray dost
Meree kainaat mudhosh
Sab kho gayay hain kahaan?
Meray log…Meray yaar, meray dost
Mera dhoondta dil behosh
Sab so gayay hain kaan?
Meray log…Meray yaar, meray dost
Meree aarzoo khamosh
Kab jaag utthein gay sab?
Meray log…Par jo aaj hai kal na ho
Chahay na dil yeh mera aaj jo bhi hai kal na ho
Bhoolo na bhoolo na meray yaar
Aitebaar hai uss paar
Tum badlo!
Badlein dil!
Badlein log!Meray yaar, meray dost
Meree bandagee pe hai rog
Kab jaag utthein gay sab?
Meray log…Meray yaar, meray dost
Ab doon mein kiss ko dosh?
Kyoon bhool gayay sab?
Meray log…
I beg to disagree!
Kyun bhool gaye sab mere log.. very well defines how we have managed to forget about the less fortunate around us. The close-ups highlight their patience. Regardless of the conditions they live in, life goes on, in quest of a more considerate society, a better tomorrow.
cheeema:
This is exactly why I felt that this is disappointing video in its oversimplification of the lyrics. If the meaning of the song was as you describe it to be then this is not as disappointing a video as I made it out to be. However, I don’t think that was the intended meaning initially.
Meray Log starts off sounding almost exactly like JanaTha Hum Ne from SKMHJ for the first 20 seconds; many suggest this is because it is a sequel. This is what I understood it to be. Otherwise it would not make sense to add the first 20 seconds, which the song could have done without unless Noori were trying to make a point.
If this is so, it would make sense to say that this song talks of those who have moved away from home and abandoned their national roots.
Also, it would be a fitting continuation to Jana Tha Hum Ne which questions our desire to leave Pakistan and go abroad. It talks about how we can achieve greats heights without needing to leave our country. Meray Log then calls out to all those who are abroad to come back home. Or, at least that’s what I understood.