Voice and Drum

A new page has been added to my blog entitled, Voice and Drum.  It’s a collection of South Asian music which I will be updating periodically.  I encourage all of you to have a look and provide some feedback. 

Enjoy.

Saade Kol Nusrat – I Have Nusrat

 

 

Saanu Kise Di Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Sharab De Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Nashe De Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Hookeh De Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Bisstar De Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Kitaab De Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Ustad De Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Naina De Koi Lod Nahi
Ke Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Hawaa De Koi Lod Nahi
Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Talwaar De Koi Lod Nahi
Saade Kol Nusrat

Saanu Khoon De Koi Lod Nahi
Saade Kol Nusrat

Aaya Iman Te Gaaya Nusrat

Gaaya Nusrat Te Gayee Saadi Nazar
Gayee Saadi Nazar Te Gayaa Saada Saa
Gayaa Saada Saa Te Aayee Saadi Maut
Aayee Saadi Maut Te Gayee Saadi Ruh

Intazaar Kariyo Saada
Jaanat De Vich
Saade Liye Suna Na Authe

Nusrat Khan Tainu Aakiyaan Udeek Diyan…

-mast malang

I Am In No Need Of Anything
For I Have Nusrat 

I Am In No Need Of Alcohol
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need Of An Intoxicant
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need Of A Waterpipe
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need Of A Bed
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need Of A Book
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need Of A Teacher
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need Of Eyes
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need For The Wind
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need For A Sword
For I Have Nusrat

I Am In No Need Of Blood
For I Have Nusrat

When Arrived My Belief (religion) Gone Was Nusrat

Gone Was Nusrat and Gone Was My Sight
Gone Was My Sight And Gone Was My Breath
Gone Was My Breath and Came My Death
Came My Death And Gone Was My Soul

Wait For Me
In Heaven
And Sing For Me There

Nusrat Khan The Eyes Yearn For You…

-mast malang

New Addition

In the next few days I will be adding a new page to my blog.  It will consist of youtube clips of ghazals and qawaalis that I enjoy.  It will be a a nice little, easy to access collection of music on the site that I enjoy.  I hope you all like it.

Creativity and Madness

They say that there is a direct correlation between creatively and madness.  I think that is very much true.  I had a rush of creative ideas that came to me after the visit (unfortunately, I couldn’t write them all down and hence forgot most, if not all of the material) and soon after that, I started to get back to a state of normality; something I haven’t experienced for many years.  With a new sense of sanity, it seems as though I have lost all creative drive and energy (I wish I could lose my insomnia at the same time).  For the last few years, I have thought, contemplated and derived things in my head that even I was impressed with.  Unfortunately, I didn’t come up with this idea to write a blog and record these ideas until much later.  A lot of those thoughts and ideas are lost in time now but I always thought that I could come up with more stuff.  But lately, I’ve suffered from writers block which doesn’t seem to go away anytime soon.  Even a few months ago, I could make up material right on the spot and it would actually be amazingly good.  But as of late, I can’t come up with anything.  If my life ever depended on it, I would be done. 

 I have also tried to look at it from the other side as well.  Life becomes very bland once one is stuck in a routine.  That routine hinders creativity to a large extent.  This is also a possible reason why my writer’s block won’t leave.  I’ve been stuck in the same routine for a while now and it appears as though I will be stuck in that routine for a while.  This is also not good news because the fact is, I want to create.  I want to let the world know what my brain is capable of aside from the obvious.  The passion is there but the creativity is just gone.  The funny thing is, emotionally, I am feeling a lot better than before but it seems like life is still the same, and that nothing seems to change. 

 I plan to take all this in stride.  I will be patient and wait it out.  Perhaps a lull is needed from time to time.   

Tumhari Dhoond

 

Zindaghi bhar tumhe hi dhoonda
To tum na mille
Par jab haath mitti pe dala
To meri kabbar naach ne lag gaye.

-mast malang