The exchange of a loving glance with his beloved murshid (mentor), Nizamuddin Aulia, sends poet Amir Khusro into a state of intoxicated surrender. Qawwals Farid and Abu capture and express the quality of this moment in this inspired qawwali rendition. (Watch a very different version of it by the same singers here: http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/6...)

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Fariduddin Ayaz and Abu Mohammad are acclaimed qawwals from Karachi, Pakistan and belong to the 700-year-old 'Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana' of Delhi. Their main guru has been their father, the legendary qawwal Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed Khan. They sing in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pushto, Hindi, Poorbi, Persian, Arabic and Turkish, intermingling with aplomb the voice of Kabir with a range of Sufi poets including Jalaluddin Rumi, Sachal Sarmast, Zaheen Shah and others. Contact them at: +92-300-2105393, [email protected]

This song and album is available at http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00PH5KCCY.

This is one of a series of uploads for Ajab Shahar, a webspace dedicated to mystic poem and song, created by the Kabir Project team (http://www.ajabshahar.org ; http://www.kabirproject.org).

Song Credits:
Lead Vocals & Harmonium: Fariduddin Ayaz & Abu Muhammad
Chorus & Clapping: Ghulam Akram, Ali Akbar, Gayoor Ahmed,
Moiz-uddin, Mubark Haris, Zarrar Ahmed, Shah Laeegh-uddin, Shehzad Hussain
Dholak: Muhammad Ashfa, Muhammad Nawab Kallan

Translation: Homayra Ziad

Video Credits:
Camera: Shabnam Virmani
Editing: Sharanya Gautam
Sound Recording: P M Satheesh
Location Sound Assistant: Irfan Khan
Sound Mixing: Shajit Koyeri & P M Satheesh
Sound Mastering: Sreejesh G Nair
Music Editor: Amrit Pritam
Post production Studio Supervisor: Vimal Kumar TK
Mixing & Mastering at: Fireflys Post Sound, Mumbai
Sub-Titling: Anand Baskaran & Shabnam Virmani
Collection: The Kabir Project

Place: Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India
Date of Recording: November, 2006