Qaul by Ghulam Farid and Maqbool Sabri

These were the qawwals I heard first at the age of seven in the 60s. It was an as though I had made an instant connection with the qawwali form. Wide-eyed, I sat next to my father, about six feet away from the singers in the farshi mehfil. Tried my best to stay awake till late into the night as the magical evening of qawwali progressed from one climax to another, until finally my head fell into abajan's lap and I dropped off to sleep. The cast had been set then though, and it came back to me in these later years with a passion.

This Qaul is pure beauty. Sung in a pure classical andaaz. Packed with such feeling and, just as it should be, the qawwals recite with abandon. They are totally lost in it and obviously feeding of each other as well as the audience.

Surili yeh awaaz, uss shoaq ki si, illahi yeh jalsa kahan ho raha hai...wah wah wah pure bliss.

"mera jism ek rabab ki tarha hai, har rag taaron ki tarah hai, aur sab mein sey sirf teri awaaz nikalti hai" - Amir Khusrau

original words - "Tan Rabab Man ki Giri, so Ragein Bhaee sab Taal. Yeh Rom Rom Surdes hai so Bajet Naam Tehaar".

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ramazam mubarak to all.