Khusrau and Ghalib on (vafaa) faithfulness - Darbari Kanada

Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan
Montreal

Amir Khusrau:

Jafa kam kun ke farda roz-e-mahshar
ba rooh-e-ashiqan sharminda baashi

Ze qaid-e-dojahan azaad gashtam
Agar tuu hamnasheeni banda baashi

Barindi o bashokhi  ham-cho Khusrau
Hazaran khanuma barganda bashi

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trans: 
Pray do not be cruel lest you should feel ashamed of yourself Before your lovers on the day of judgment. 

I shall be set free from the bonds of the two worlds
If you become my companion for a while.

By your wanton playfulness you must have destroyed
Thousands of hearts of lovers like that of Khusrau.

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Mirza Ghalib:
Dil-e-Naadaa.n Tujhe Huaa Kyaa hai
Aakhir is Dard kii davaa kyaa hai

Ham hai.n mushtaaq aur vo bezaar
Yaa ilaahii, ye maajaraa kyaa hai

Mai.n bhii muh me.n zubaan rakhataa huu.n
Kaash puuchho kii mudda kyaa hai

Jab ke tujh bin nahii.n koi maujuud
Phir ye ha.ngaamaa ai Khudaa kyaa hai

Ye parii-cheharaa log kaise hai.n
Gamazaa-o-ush{}vaa-o-adaa kyaa hai

Shikane-zulafe-amabarii kyaa hai
Nigaah e-chashme-surama saa kyaa hai

Sabz-o-gul kahaa.n se aaye hai.n
Abr kyaa chiiz hai, havaa kyaa hai

Ham ko un se vafaa ki hai ummiid
Jo nahii.n jaanate vafaa kyaa hai

Haa.n bhalaa kar, teraa bhalaa hogaa
Aur daravesh kii sadaa kyaa hai

Jaan tum par nisaar karataa huu.n
Mai.n nahii.n jaanataa duaa kyaa hai

Maine maanaa ki kuchh nahiin gaalib
Muft haath aaye, to buraa kyaa hai

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Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan was a child prodigy and gave his first public performance at the age of 7 at the Lahore Music Festival in 1979. He has, since then gone on to perform widely in Pakistan and internationally, both at concert venues and at venues like the Smithsonian Institute and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The above audio clip is part of a 35 minute rendition of the Darbari Kanada recital at the DB Clarke Theatre in Montreal under the auspices of the Kabir Cultural Centre.

While the Sham Chaurasia Gharana presently sings Khayal, Thumri and Kaafi, originally the gharana was noted for his dhrupad singing. It is such a delight to see that elements of dhurpad seep into Shafqat's recitals as in the tail end of this darbari kanada. The other famous Malkauns (marathon 1 hour long) recital in Ottawa also had wonderful elements of dhurpad combined in the khayal. Kya dil khush kiya hai Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan nein. Aur abhi to itnay jawan hein mashallah, bohat waqt baaqi hai abhi. I am looking forward to many years of listening to his treasure cove.