MAIN TO PIYA SE NAINA LAGA AAYI

Sona Mohapatra sings a song based on the poetry of Hazrat Amir Khusrau an iconoclaust of love, freedom, devotion and abandon. The song fuses Hindustani, Folk and Afro beat music to create a hybrid world sound without any electronics. The song has been brilliantly by Ram Sampath...Enjoy!

English: Amir Khusrow surrounded by young men. Miniature from a manuscript of Majlis Al-Usshak by Husayn Bayqarah Русский: Амир Хосров Дехлеви и юноши. Миниатюра из «Маджлис ал-Ушшак» Хусейна Байкара. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

---daman
17/12/2013

MAIN JANA JOGI DE NAAL

LAINA KI TASBEEH HATH PHAD KE
CHILLE KEETE PAR RAB NAHIN MILYA
LAINA KI CHILYAAN WICH WAR KE
BULLEHA JAAG BINA DUDH NAHIN KARHDA!

NI MAIN JANA JOGI DE NAAL!



WHAT DO YOU GET BY HOLDING BEADS IN YOUR HAND
YOU PERFORMED ALL THE RITUALS BUT DIDN'T FIND  GOD
WHAT GOOD OBSERVING SUCH RITUALS DO
BULLEH SHAH YOU CAN'T CURDLE MILK WITHOUT RENNET!

I WANT TO GO ALONG WITH JOGI!

---daman
12/12/2013

I AM COLOURED IN HIS HUE

ISHQ JINHAN  DE ANDAR WADEYA
NAZAR TINHAN NOON AAYA HAI

(WHOEVER'S HEART  LOVE HAS TRULY ENTERED
ONLY THEY ARE ABLE TO PERCEIVE THE BELOVED)


---daman
12/12/2013

MY SWEETHEART HAS COME TO OUR HOME!

MAIN HOON PUTLI KATH KI
DOR PIYA KE HATH

(I am a wooden puppet
in my sweetheart's hand is the string!)

---daman
11/12/2013

IKO ALIF TERE DARKAR!

Padh Padh Alam te Fazal hoyeon
kadi mann apne nun padheyaee nahin
ajj bhaj wadnaen mandar maseeti
kadi mann apne vich wadeya nah!

(trans: You have been reading and collecting degrees
but have never looked into your heart;
today you go to temples and mosques
but have you ever looked in your heart...?)


...daman
05/12/2013