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The magic of most of Abdullah Qureshi’s songs is that they connect with you on a personal level. The songs can be elaborate in terms of musical arrangement and composition or relatively uncomplicated; the lyrics are always relatable. The songs speak a common language, and the feelings being discussed are universal. Yet they resonate with you on an individual level. Hence, you will find that the singer has an infallible bond with his followers. As a songwriter, it is a unique gift that Abdullah Qureshi enjoys.

With the latest single “Baat Adhuri” released on Valentine’s Day, Abdullah certainly delivers again. It is a beautiful love ballad. A note to a loved one. We will at the song in a bit, but let’s start with the video 1st because the video and song have been linked seamlessly. It has become a part of the whole story of the song.

It takes us back in time a little bit. It starts with a shot on an old radio. Yes, millennials, that is a radio set. Abdullah is using a pen to write something. Not a ballpoint pen but an actual fountain pen. That is novel in today’s day and age. He is perhaps writing a letter to a loved one but struggling. He writes a few lines, isn’t satisfied, and throws away the whole thing in frustration. Unlike when writing on devices, when backspace and Ctrl+Z is a friend of writers when writing on paper, it’s all about restarting the whole process. In this process, our protagonist is struggling. However, the handwriting is so elegant as they used to call it in Urdu class, Khushkhati. To start again, he takes a break and then pens down this beautiful balled. Directed by Saad Hashmi, the video captures the simple yet powerful essence of the song.

The song itself is about submitting yourself. Divided into four parts, it pleads a simple case. Here is how we have decided.

It takes us back in time a little bit. It starts with a shot on an old radio. Yes, millennials, that is a radio set. Abdullah is using a pen to write something. Not a ballpoint pen but an actual fountain pen. That is novel in today’s day and age. He is perhaps writing a letter to a loved one but struggling

The world is messy, incomprehensible. I am unable to navigate my way through it. Your love is what I understand and desire. In this complicated and gloomy world, I know nothing but the love I have for you. My affection for you is my guiding light, and I shall be lost without it.

I find comfort in you, even if, at times, it is hard for me to express it profusely. Whether I offer a deluge of emotive and florid message or we sit in silence, at all times, I love you. It isn’t about extolling or promising the sun and the moon. Instead, it is a simple yet immensely powerful gesture. Even when I am not offering grand gestures and lavish praise, know that I always want you to be on my side.

Even when you are afar, the distances don’t matter. Those around me don’t matter. Wherever you are, I can still feel the connection. There are times where we need to be apart, but we are still together. Hence, from the bottom of my heart, I propose that we share our lives. Your love is what I understand and desire. That is the plea.

A simple yet incredibly heartfelt plea of submission of devotion. The strong perfectly captures the story of an unsuccessful and unrequited love that somehow ends in a never-ending longing with no answer from your loved one.