Yeh jo halka halka suroor hain….

Two diametrically different posts in a matter of minutes… such is the power of music.

Meri bandagi hai wo bandagi
Jo ba qaid-e-dair-o-haram nahin
mera ik nazar tumhein dekhna
baa Khuda namaz se kam nahin

( My devotion is such devotion
that is not bound by the mosque and the temple
when I sight you once
by God, it is no less than a prayer )

-From Yeh jo Halka halka suroor hain by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

How on earth can one explain to someone in logical terms what the above stanzas mean? It’s so completely experiential.

I surrender to you, again and again, again and again. You fill my senses, you flow through my veins, you are the very reason for all that is here, there and beyond. You move in strange ways and my throat chokes up when I prostrate to you, again and again. Through every act, word and deed of mine, I return to you. You are home, heart and everything that matters. You are the rise in my step, the dimple in my smile, the tear in my eye. You’re my fingers racing over the violin, you are the sweat on my brow, you’re my truest form.

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