Sohbet of the Week (42 - 26)

Hydrabad poetry around 1910 – 66

Hazrat Inayat Khan, during his stay at the Court of the Nizam of Hydrabad around 1910, collected a rich variety of poetry and music, which is published in the ‘Minqār-i-Musiqār’, presented in our Sohbets of 2024 – the book is available at Sulukpress.

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Ghazal of Hafiz – Rāg Harī Kamodī, Tāl Jhaptālā

Because of your beauty, my heart has no contentment

just like a stranger, who has no friend.

The wares of the pure hearts of rueful lovers,

in the bazaar of her loveliness has no value.

O my heart, seek the saqi’s cup from every (kul) face,

for like a balding head (kal) the world has no endurance.

Thou my heart left me, she is not bothered,

nothing more than a wink came to pass.

Like a moon, without your face’s sun to light it,

the heart and soul of Hafiz have no contentment.

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Heartily,

Puran

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