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

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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!!

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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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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A great combination!

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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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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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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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