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Ab kaha hoon kahan nahi hoon main
Ab kaha hoon kahan nahi hoon main
Jiss jagah hoon wahan nahi hoon main
Kaun awaaz de raha hai mujhe
Koi keh de yahan nahi hoon main
Main hawa hoon kahan watan mera
Ab kahaan hoon..kahaan nahi hoon main
Ab kahaan hoon..kahaan nahi hoon main
Jis jagah hoon wahaan nahi hoon main
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
Kaun awaz de raha hai mujhe
Koi keh de yahaan nahi hoon main
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
Mai ke har chand ek khaana nashin
Anjuman anjuman suhan mera
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Barg-e-gul par charag sa kya hai
Choo gaya tha use dahan mera
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Main ke toota hua sitara hoon
Kya bigaregi anjuman mera
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Har ghadi ek naya takaza hai
Dard sar ban gaya badan mera
Dasht mera na ye chaman mera
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera
Main hawa hoon kahaan watan mera.
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Sufism explained by finest Sufi singer from Rajasthan himself, can't get any simpler than this. Interesting to learn how liberal and free Sufism is n' Music is soul enchanting n' hypnotic as always..
babul mora naihar chhooto jaye - has been sung by many but this one by pt bhimsen joshi is the best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5jUsz71fAU
cheers!
Really soothing and melodious.
Sir,
As a historian yourself, it may be of some interest to you to know that this song was written by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the 19th-century Nawab of Awadh as a lament when he was exiled from his beloved Lucknow by the British Raj before the failed Rebellion of 1857, where he uses the metaphor of bidaai (bride's farewell) of a bride from her father's (babul) home, and his own banishment from his beloved Lucknow, to far away Calcutta, while he spent the rest of his years--Wiki
Cheers!
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