Ho Lal Meri Pat
Rakhiyo Bhala Jhoole
Laalan
Sindhri Da..
Sehwan Da Sakhi
Shahbaz Qalandar
Dama Dam Mast Qalandar
Ali Dam Dam De Andar
Ho Dama Dam Mast Qalandar
Ali Da Pahla Namber
Ho Laal Meri
Ho Laal Meri
Soft soothing absorbing light goes circling me, showering
love.
Perhaps it is me who is
circling the glowing warm glorious light.
Music is flowing, revolving, working as Time it has
harmonized every moment.
Truly, that is why my whirling
floating steps don’t stop.
Bright suns, moons, planets dance round and round, in
absolute bliss.
I quietly follow the
bliss as I listen. It is the Sama.
Long, long time back ago, Rumi, the Sufi saint, was passing
a market place when he heard the gold beaters at work, their hammering noise
was melody to him as he could hear ‘la ilaha ilallah’ (no god but Allah) in
that beating of the gold. Rumi, exhilarated, started dancing and whirling there
and then. It was the first Sama.
Sama means
listening, listening to the One, mediating and accepting the One wholly. Sufis
have the tradition to celebrate the Sama,
a spiritual concert; with praying, singing, dancing and reciting poems begins this
mystical journey to surpass visual reality and enter the divine world – no
self, but the Self.
The whirling dance, the soulful music slowly takes you away
to be in the light of the Ultimate, a close encounter so as you listen and
listen truly what is beyond the five senses, and then you return amongst many
imperfections, but this time with a compassionate heart and a free soul.
Rhythmic patterns of the bright light haven’t disappeared.
My spinning steps
haven’t stopped either. Feather hands guide me.
The macrocosm meets the microcosm, politely becoming a wave.
At some time I settle
down, quietly look up and stay there.
[Paintings - Whirling Dervish - by Sadaf Farasat http://sadafsartgallery.deviantart.com/]
[Dama Dam Mast Qalandar is a qawwali (form of Sufi devotional music) sung in honour of Lal Shahbaz
Qalandar, a revered Sufi saint.
Listen to Dama Dam Mast Qalandar performed by the Pakistani
band, Janoon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8KS3SfRE4U&list=PLJ2xDYHP_oJrhCE5V0iJ0u4LaCYwinARE]
I can't express, but i can feel, immensely. I always loved this song, because of it's melody and rythm. But now, i will always find something else in this song. All thanks to this post. This will always remain one of your best. Savour this. :) :) :)
ReplyDeleteThis song is simply so beautiful! Now I understand the lyrics and also that Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a great Sufi, so all these things add to the melody and rhythm. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting. Keep reading!
I definitely will. :)
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