Zoheb Hassan - Chehra Coke Studio Season 7 Episode 2
Chehra marks the return of one of Pakistan’s most admired and beloved pop icons, Zoheb Hassan. This performance revives a classic track from the 1984 album Young Tarang, the release of which had initially established Zoheb and his celebrated, late sister Nazia Hassan as the biggest pop stars in South Asia. The song itself is an ode to both the act of love as well as the beloved themselves. Its lyrics unravel a desire and a constant beseeching for the beloved to provide another glimpse, another smile. In this version, the Coke Studio sound transforms the synth-pop sounds of the original into the elegiac accents of the violin.
The soulful sincerity of the composition is brought to a soaring crescendo when Aamir Zaki unleashes a blues-laden solo on his electric guitar. Few Pakistanis are as synonymous with the guitar as Aamir Zaki, and his performance here adds power, depth and vitality to the song. The song concludes how it began, led out by the stately mourning of the violins.
Chehra Lyrics:
Chehra Video:
Chehra Audio:
- Title: Chehrah – چہرہ – Appear
- Language: Urdu
- ذرا چہرہ تو دکھاؤ
- zara chehrah to dikhaao
- Appear before my eyes
- اور تھوڑا سا مسکراؤ
- aur thoṛa sa muskuraao
- And enchant me with a hint of your smile
- ذرا چہرہ تو دکھاؤ
- zara chehrah to dikhaao
- Appear before my eyes
- اور تھوڑا سا مسکراؤ
- aur thoṛa sa muskuraao
- And enchant me with a hint of your smile
- سونی تھی یہ دنیا
- sooni thi yih dunya
- My world was so empty
- بڑی سونی تھی
- baṛi sooni thi
- So very empty
- تمہیں ملنے سے پہلے
- tumhen milne se pahle
- Before you came into my life
- سونی تھی یہ دنیا
- sooni thi yih dunya
- My world was so empty
- بڑی سونی تھی
- baṛi sooni thi
- So very empty
- تمہیں ملنے سے پہلے
- tumhen milne se pahle
- Before you came into my life
- دنیا کے غم بھلاؤ
- dunya ke gham bhulaao
- Forget all sorrows
- اور تھوڑا سا مسکراؤ
- aur thoṛa sa muskuraao
- And enchant me with a hint of your smile
- خوشبو کا پھولوں سے صدیوں کا رشتہ ہے
- khushbu ka phoolon se sadiyon ka rishta hai
- Flowers and perfume share an age-old connection
- گیتوں کا سر جیسے لے میں ڈھل جاتا ہے
- geeton ka sur jaise lai men ḍhal jaata hai
- In the way that notes of music blend into melody and song
- میرا من تیرا من
- mera man tera man
- My heart and yours
- میرا من تیرا من یونہی ملتا ہے
- mera man tera man yoonhi milta hai
- My heart and yours are also really one
- اب دل سے دل ملاؤ
- ab dil se dil milaao
- Now let your heart unite with mine
- اور تھوڑا سا مسکراؤ
- aur thoṛa sa muskuraao
- And enchant me with a hint of your smile
- ذرا چہرہ تو دکھاؤ
- zara chehrah to dikhaao
- Appear before my eyes
- اور تھوڑا سا مسکراؤ
- aur thoṛa sa muskuraao
- And enchant me with a hint of your smile
- تنہائی، میں اور تم اندیکھے رستوں میں
- tanhaai main aur tum andekhe raston men
- The two of us on strange new paths, all alone with each other
- شرمانا گھبرانا
- sharmaana ghabraana
- What space is there for shyness, dearest
- کیسا ہے اپنوں میں میری جاں
- kaisa hai apnon men meri jaan
- When in our hearts we know each other?
- میرا من تیرا من
- mera man tera man
- My heart and yours
- میرا من تیرا من یونہی ملتا ہے
- mera man tera man yoonhi milta hai
- My heart and yours are also really one
- اب دل سے دل ملاؤ
- ab dil se dil milaao
- Now let your heart unite with mine
- اور تھوڑا سا مسکراؤ
- aur thoṛa sa muskuraao
- And enchant me with a hint of your smile
- ذرا چہرہ تو دکھاؤ
- zara chehrah to dikhaao
- Appear before my eyes
- اور تھوڑا سا مسکراؤ
- aur thoṛa sa muskuraao
- And enchant me with a hint of your smile
- ذرا چہرہ
- zara chehrah
- Please appear
- ذرا چہرہ
- zara chehrah
- Please appear
- دکھاؤ
- dikhaao
- Before my eyes
- دکھاؤ
- dikhaao
- Before my eyes
- دکھاؤ
- dikhaao
- Before my eyes
Chehra Video:
- Singer: Zoheb Hassan
- Song: Chehra
- House Band
- Aahad Nayani
- Babar Ali Khanna
- Imran Akhoond
- Jaffer Ali Zaidi
- Khalid Khan
- Sikandar Mufti
- Strings Section
- Ghulam Abbas
- Javed Iqbal
- Kaleem Khan
- Saleem Khan
- Umar Daraz
- Guest Musicians
- Aamir Zaki | Lead Guitar
- Sajid Ali | Flute
- Backing Vocal
- Momin Durrani
- Rachel Viccaji
- Sara Haider
