Comments on: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sings Bulleh Shah

By: mohammed sabir

mohammed sabir — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:36:39 +0000

thanks for posting this qawali.one of the best.it is so rich in spituality and love. so up lifting. so live. so touching.so great…..long live bulay sha… long live n.f. ali khan….i did not know there was music like this in this world……great….thanks again. sabir.new york.

By: Ghulam Hussain

Ghulam Hussain — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:58:42 +0000

kalam of Bullah Shah in voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is a new vriety of Qawali and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is my best singer in the world.

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By: shahidain

shahidain — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:32:29 +0000

Naveed

Feel free to ask any thing on Sufiana kalam. Can contact ” shahidain@hotmail.com“

By: Naveed Siraj

Naveed Siraj — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:46:56 +0000

shahidain, i have seen your translation and have a left a message as well. Thank you.

You are absolutely spot on about kafi singers singing kafi by one sufi poet & then add refrain from other poets. When punjabi/seraiki singers do this, and borrow from the same language, it perhaps, musically, enhances the impact but dilutes the content of the kafi itself. I have listened to some Shah Hussain kafi’s performed by Abida in which she inserts Kabir. Infact it is pretty consistently observed that the intro of the kafi (or qawali) is from one poet & the main kafi from another.

By: shahidain

shahidain — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:13:02 +0000

For Naveed

Hope that you have seen the translation of â€œUmara lageya pabha bhar” as desired by you.

By: shahidain

shahidain — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:50:40 +0000

A classic qawali. No wonder his kalam has been a favourite chioce for the group of Qawwals. The essence of Bulleh Shah teachings was the universal tolerance. His writings are alive with themes of love, peace, reflection, generosity and faith – in simple peasant metaphors. His Kafis, Dohras have been kept alive, by contemporary singers, in the hearts and souls of the common men both in cities and in villages but the only problem arises, is the authenticity of the original kalam as it has been observed that the singers have the tendancy to add the stanzas/refrain to the original kalam to suit their performance.

By: RR

RR — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:57:02 +0000

Naveed Bhai: thanks for the comment and the link – indeed this is the best antidote to the troubled times we live in

Sidhu and Fatima: thanks -:)

By: fatima

fatima — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:21:00 +0000

nusrat fateh ali khan,the greatest friend and artist of his time and no one can ever sing and take his style
he sang amazingly!!!

By: Sidhusaaheb

Sidhusaaheb — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:39:41 +0000

Baba Bulleh Shah and his poetry are ghaint (the Malwai Punjabi word for ‘Cool!’).