Kadi Kadi Mil Giya Kar

Dhami De Wele

Ve Main Chori Chori [xJ]

Arif Feroz Khan Qawwal - Main Arbi Mahiye Di In Me Arbi Mahiye Di

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Dhola Sanu Pyar Diyan Nashya T

A majestic Sufi ghazal in Punjabi popularised through his heavenly rendering by the great singer- Shahenshah-e-Qawwali late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his noteworthy nephew Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and many other popular singers.

The song is aptly set in Charukesi which is known today as a late night melody. This Raga is known for evoking pathos, sympathy and lingering hope.

While singing it I find that this is one of those rarest of the rare songs that whips up a feel of meditative trance – may be the graceful magic of the lyrics of the great Sufi saint Baba Bulleh Shah hallowed by the Sufi lore! That’s just my personal experience. As per the pious Sufi literary tradition the beloved whose separation is lamented in this poem is none other than God Almighty.

The English translation of this song that I could build up with the help of some of my Punjabi friends goes like this:

Listen, oh the luscious sound of the spinning wheel
The memory of my sweetheart surges up
From my heart rises the cry of distress
The memory of my beloved keeps surging up

When will the new moon of my love rise up?
God knows, when my beloved will step into my entrance!
Great is my agony and forlorn is my life
The memory of you my beloved keeps surging up

Comments are hurled at me by my kinsmen
Write a letter giving the date of your arrival
Murky night pierces me with its sting
The memory of you my beloved keeps surging up

When my beloved arrives I will go on a spree in ecstasy
My glances will advance on his course
Your estrangement is hardly endurable for me 
The memory of you my beloved keeps surging up

I seek your indulgence, all my friends who know Punjabi and who are well familiar with the style of Sufi music, to give due weightage to the fact that this is an attempt by someone who is not exposed to this genre and who does not know the language. Wanted to sing this song, that’s all, with all my limitations and with whatever imperfections that may crop up finally. I thank my young friend Kanwar Preet Singh of Phagwara, Punjab who reviewed my rendition by checking diction and correcting it.

Hope you will appreciate my modest attempt. Thanks.

Dhami De Wele

Ahmed Nawaz Cheena

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