The surreal temples at Belur and Halebid were built during the reign of the Hoysala dynasty, in the early centuries of the second millenium A.D. Phew.Ī hurriedly hatched trip to Belur, Halebid, and Malnad resulted this weekend. Spent weekend running in circles around the harvest, chanting " pongalo pongal". Isn't it amazing that something written 700 years ago is still sung and understood today and brings so much pleasure? Will anything of this age endure?įinally, lest our readers think we've gone all serious and dotty, what did god tell Noah as she sent the Deluge?Įxhausted. Ke taab-e-hijraah nadarum-e-jaan (Persian) Zihaal-e-miskeen mukon taghaful (Persian)
In this day and age, both the languages (even the Hindi as used in the song) are somewhat inaccessible, but somehow the song speaks to us across the centuries. The song shifts delightfully from Farsi to Hindi and back. The music is also rather kitschy 80s Hindi fillumi.Ī much better version is the original combination of Farsi and Hindi (the lyrics are on the same page), as sung by the Warsi brothers. Gulzar modified the lyrics so that khaas-o-aam could understand the song, but much was lost in this modification. We first heard this in the soundtrack of the film Ghulam (an old one, not the kya bolti tu one) Ghulami. This one is actually very old, circa 13th century. Lyrics and translation are available.Īnother qawwali that has recently shown up on the radar screen, is by Amir Khusrau. This might be quite delightful, if done on stage, with costumes and all. The remaining 2 shers are riposites from the husn waale, cautioning that the Allah waale are more dangerous than most, they doth protest too loudly. The first 3 shers appear to the words of some prude shaikhji type person, a puritan. Moonh mein kuch hai magar dil mein kuch haiĪlthough one can't easily tell by just listening to the song, this is one of those 'competition' qawwali type things (think Teri mahafil mein kismat aazmaakar hum bhi dekhenge). Of late, we have been listening to the Mast Nazaron Se Allah Bachaaye qawwali (by Nusrat) and we find it quite delicious. So copy-paste will have to suffice for this one.
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