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Iqbal Qalander

Posted in Culture, History, Iqbaliat, Islam, Pakistaniyat, Poetry on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

کہاں سے سیکھی ہے تو نے اے اقبال یہ درویشی
کے چرچا ہے بادشاؤں میں تیری بے نیازی کا

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A Great Ghazal by Allama (ra)

Posted in Iqbaliat, Music, Poetry on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Nice Manqabat of Hz Khawaja Sahib (ra)

Posted in Culture, Music, Poetry, Saints, Sufism on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Came across this recently and liked it so I thought I’d share it with friends. The poet Noorani Mian hails from the famous spiritual line of Kichocha Sharif in India. Part 1 is found below and Part 2 here.

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Listen, O Drop!!

Posted in Poetry, Rumi, Saints, Sufism on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret,
and in exchange gain the Ocean.
Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor,
and in the arms of the Sea be secure.
Who indeed should be so fortunate?
An Ocean wooing a drop!
In God’s name, in God’s name, sell and buy at once!
Give a drop, and take this Sea full of [...]

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Memorable Naat by Pir Naseeruddin (ra)

Posted in Culture, Music, Naat Sharif, Poetry, Sufism on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few selected verses from this Naat by Pir sahib:
lo Madinay ki tajalli se lagay huwe hein
dil ko ik matlaya e anwar banay huwe hein
sharam e isyan se nehein samane jaya jata
ye be kaya kam hai tere sheher mein ayay huwe hein
hazir o nazir o noor o bashar o ghaib ko chor
shukr kar woh tere [...]

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Pir Naseeruddin Sings Kalam of Bedam Warsi

Posted in Culture, Poetry, Sufism on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A great combination!

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Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.

Posted in Health and Living, Islam, Poetry, Rumi, Sufism on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.
Pleasant journey to the one
Who is the company of the fasting.
I climbed the roof to see the Moon,
Because I really missed fasting
By heart and soul.
I lost my hat while looking at the Moon.
the Sultan of fasting made me drunk.
O Muslims, I have been drunk
since that day I lost my [...]

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Unke Andaz e Karam- Pir Naseeruddin

Posted in Culture, Music, Poetry on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Quite a unique qawwali and one of my favuorites. A magnificent rendition by Ustad Nusrat of the kalam of Pir Sayyid Naseeruddin Naseer (ra). Listen and experience!
Part 1

Part 2

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A Great Naat- Qari Zubaid Rasool

Posted in Culture, Music, Naat Sharif, Poetry on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Love for You Took Away My Rosary

Posted in Books, Islam, Poetry, Rumi, Sufism on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Love for you took away my rosary and gave verses and songs; I
cried “No strength (save with God)” and repented oft, but my
heart did not heed.
At Love’s hand I became a singer of odes, hand-clapping; love
for you consumed reputation and shame and all that I possessed.
Once I was chaste and self-denying and firm-footed as a
mountain; [...]

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