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Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Ustad Mohammed Ahmed Warsi Nasiri Qawwal & Group performed at a ghar mehfil (home concert) in 2008 with a select group of listeners. This kalam (poem) titled "Khud Shamaa Ban Gaye Mujhe Parwaana Kar Diya..." was the gem of the evening. The core kalam is Jigar Moradabadi's but Warsisahib deployed masterful girehs (thematically related poetic insertions) drawing from Amir Khusrau, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Shams Tabrizi, Jalaluddin Rumi and Fani Badayuni to name a few. The rendition is made more charming (in my opinion) by a couple of anecdotes he narrates to heighten the effect of the girehs. Warsisahib's wit is showcased when he notices a few people leaving the mehfil and turns that event into a sher (couplet) in the same meter as the one he was singing before it and following it. He notices a particularly enchanted elderly connoisseur in the back towards the end and asks me to crouch down from the video recorder to establish visual contact with him. All in all, this is among my favourite qawwali tracks of all time and I hope you all enjoy it!

Ustad Mohammed Ahmed Warsi Nasiri Qawwal & Group - Khud Shamaa Ban Gaye Mujhe Parwaana Kar Diya

A poem from Naqsh-e-Faryadi produced by Abid Mehmood 

Mozu-e-Sukhan. (Faiz Ahmed Faiz)

The first original production of the Poetry in Your ipod Project is a poem by the great Faiz Ahmed Faiz. It's not perfect, but we are getting there. 

Here is the poem. You can download it as well. Please feel free to distribute it in any way you see fit. Give it to anyone you want. No one and everyone owns it.


यह धुप किनारा
शाम ढले
मिलते हैं दोनों वक़्त जहाँ
जो रात न दिन
जो आज न कल
पल भर को अमर, पल भर में धुआं

इस धुप किनारे पल दो पल
होंठो की लपक, बाहों की खनक
ये मेल हमारा
पल भर को अमर, पल भर में धुआं

जब तेरे समंदर आखों में
इस शाम का सूरज डूबेगा
सुख सोयेंगे घर दर वाले
और राही अपनी राह लेगा

Ye dhoop kinara, shaam dhale
milte hain dono waqt jahaan
jo raat na din, jo aaj na kal
pal bhar ko amar, pal bhar mein dhuaan

Is dhoop Kinare Pal do pal
Hothon ki lapak, baahon ki khanak
yeh mel hamara
pal bhar ko amar, pal pal mein dhuan

jab teri samandar aankhon mein
is shaam ka suraj doobega
sukh soyenge ghar dar wale
aur raahi apni raah lega.

Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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