Come, come! For you are the soul of the soul of the soul of sama’ Come for you are the flowing cypress of the orchard of sama’ Sama’ thanks you in a hundred eloquent tongues Let me say one or two ...
Some forms of cultural expression defy the need for translation. So it is for the traditional South Asian music qawwali, according to its fans and adherents. Most commonly played at Sufi shrines in ...
Ghulam Farid Sabri was born in British Punjab’s Rohtak district in 1930 to a family of gifted artists that traced its lineage back to the legendary musician Mian Tansen, one of the ‘Nine Jewels’ in ...