If ever there was an ode to the plural and all-embracing spirit of Sufis, this is it! This song by Aijaz Sain pays loving tributes to Krishna, Sita, Lakshman, Mohammad and Ali, all in one breath, in the body of one song.

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The song has been composed and sung by Shafi Mohammad Faqir, a deeply refined Sufi singer from Umarkot in Sindh, Pakistan. Shafi sahab sings in a style that is highly classical yet distinctly folk, bringing home the voices of Kabir and several Sufi poets in Sindhi, Punjabi, Urdu, Siraiki and other languages. He belongs to the deeply musical Manghaniar community that inhabits both sides of the border between India and Pakistan. Contact him at +92-300-3245850 & +92-23-8577226 or email his son Roshan at roshan_rashna@yahoo.com.

We first met Shafi sahab when we crossed the border in search of Kabir in Pakistan in the year 2006. This deeply moving encounter was later edited into the film Had Anhad, which can be viewed at [ Ссылка ]

Three years later, we invited Shafi sahab to the Festival of Kabir in Bangalore, organized by the Kabir Project, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology along with several other partner organizations in Bangalore in February 2009. It brought together singers from India and Pakistan in an immersive week-long event that included film screenings, live music concerts and talks.

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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 ([ Ссылка ] ; [ Ссылка ]).

Song Credits:
Lead Vocals & Harmonium: Shafi Mohammad Faqir
Banjo: Habibullah
Dholak: Roshan Ali
Tabla: Niyaz

Translation: Homayra Ziad & Shabnam Virmani

Video Credits:
Cameras: Tahireh Lal & Vinay Dhodgeri
Editing: Aarthi Parathasarthy
Sound: Dipanshu Mitra
Sub-Titling: Shabnam Virmani
Collection: The Kabir Project

Place: Bangalore, India
Date of Recording: February 28, 2009

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