പകൽ · A day world
Nau Saal
The title track of the webcomic of the same name, made as a ninth year anniversary gift to my better half.
Nau Saal is the title track for the same-titled webcomic I made showcasing my love story. I originally created this song and the comic as a ninth year anniversary gift to my better half.
Often you have special memories that you never took photographs of. This was my attempt at immortalising those memories in the best way I could. The music video plays like a highlight reel of the entire story, spanning all fifteen chapters of the webcomic.
Since most of the story took place in the late 2000s and early 2010s, I made the song in the kinds of genres and styles I used to associate with love songs at that time, with simple, earnest lyrics.
The whole book lives on this site too. If the song leaves you curious about the story behind it, the comic page will walk you through all nine years, panel by panel.
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Lyrics
Hindi
सोचो तो लगता है कैसा था वो पल बातों बातों में जैसे बन जाता घर मिलना तो चाहता था, मन में था डर बातें करूँ, या देखूँ जी भर मिलके तुझसे ऐसा लगे बस रोज़ाना यूँ ही मिलते रहें ख़्वाबों सा लगता है साथ हमारा पाकर है तुझको, पाया जग सारा दूरी पल भर की, सालों का वादा इन मीलों के आगे, सपनों का जहाँ सहमी पलकें तेरी कहतीं, ना जा मुश्किल से कटते हैं, दिन रोज़ाना वो रातें, इरादे, वो सालों के वादे सच्चे करने हैं सब सपने हमारे
English translation
When I think back, what a moment that was Talk by talk, it felt like a home was being built I wanted to meet you, but there was fear in my heart Do I talk to you, or just gaze at you to my heart’s content Meeting you makes me feel that just like this, every day, we should simply keep meeting Being together feels like a dream In finding you, I found the whole world The distance lasts only a moment, the promise is of years Beyond these miles waits a world of dreams Your hesitant eyes say, do not go The days pass by so slowly, one by one Those nights, those intentions, those promises of years We have all our dreams left to make come true
The hands behind it
Composed and produced by Ashwin Syam Lyrics by Gaurav Digga Vocals by Jimmy Francis John Violin by Ajay Jayanthi and Ritu Gopal Audio mix and master by Cyril Sajan Music video directed and animated by Akshay Anil Pillai