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Sohbet of the Week (38 - 26) Hydrabad poetry around 1910 – 64 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. * * *
Ghazal of Shamshad – Rāg Jhinjhotī Zila, Tāl Dādrā
When there is beauty in simplicity, what point is there in jewelry? What point is there in ornamenting with art the sword of a glance?
In the eyes, in the heart, where isn't His splendour? I my hermit's cell, what point is there in a lighted lamp?
When you are not in my heart, then what good is the heart? What point is there in a mind that is not deranged by you?
What use has the desirer of the friend's face for paradise? For drunken eyes, what point is there in the wine of paradise's fountain?
Shamshad, in the name of sweet-smelling hyacinth, tell me: For the one who desires the friend's tresses, what point is there in ambergris?
* * * Heartily, Puran |
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Dear friends, here is a wonderful website - an overview over all the many outstanding poets which the Indian Sufi Culture has brought in the course of the many centuries.
Dear friends, here are the collected 'Sohbets' 2026, much joy listening! |
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