Naina Morey Taras Gaye, Aaja Balam - Thumri by Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan

Of all the beautiful music coming out of Pakistan today surely this has got to be right among the top. For the last two years Lahore Music Forum is helping to showcase, record and produce classical and semi-classical music in Lahore and at times in Karachi. Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan was the highlight in a classical music concert organized by the Lahore Music Forum (LMF) at the Punjab Institute of Language Art and Culture (PILAC) on 9th November 2012. 

 In his typically humble style, before starting the thumri, Ustad Mubarak says. "Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan ki yaad taza karni hai. Ye barde log thae. Ye hamaray liye school hein. in se hamain istefada karna chahiye. inhon ne ga baja ke naam kiya hai. aisaa gaye ke voh gana iss daur mein nahin hai. yaqeen karein" :-)

Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan @ LMF concert 18

Play here: LMF concert 18

Raag Darbari - Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan

Leading Pakistani vocalist, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan epitomizes LMF’s three main principles of Aesthetics, Excellence and Tradition. Do listen to his Raag Darbari, bandish "Kin bairan kaan bharay" followed by tarana "Yaar-e-man beya", originally favorites of Ustad Amir Khan (Indore), finally ending with "Rang de aaj mori chunariya".

Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan - Multani
Performing for Lahore Music Forum
2012

Yaar-e-man biya
Balabam raseed jaanam 
Fabiya ki zindah maanam;
Pas azan ki man na-maanam 
bacha kar khuahi aaamad.



trans:
Come to me my beloved
My life is on my lips
Come so that I may remain alive -After I am no longer 
for what purpose will you come?

"Hes approaching 75 now aur abhi bhi riyazat mein masruf hotay hain and most importantly thinks about his music..wish many of the youngsters would think more about studying their music...." ~ Saqib Razaq talking about Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan