Sabri Brothers - Chaap Thilak + English Translation part 1/2

[rashidhussain]

Sung to perfection; without doubt the best rendition if chaap tilaak. It makes Amir Khusraus (ra) poetry come alive and let's our generation appreciate his poetic genius.

[umerarifkhan]

chaap tilak sab cheen li ray mohay QAWALI sunayeke..........!

[shaukatmi]

.  آپ کا بہت شکریہ یہ نایاب قووالی دکھانے کا. شوکت

[zbn9]

mashaallah

[THE28CARLOSMARTIN]

CAN SOMEONE PLS UPLOAD THE WORLD FAMOUS AWWALI THROUGH WHICH THESE SABRI BROTHERS MADE THEIR CAREER'S FIRST MOVE - ABDULLAH KE GHAR SE JAHHAN MEIN NOOR BIKHARNEWALA HAIN... I WILL BE THANKFUL TO THEM - ITS MY HUMBLE REQUEST TO ALL SUFI MUSIC LOVERS.

[TheFahadJani]

Chhap tilak sab cheeni ray mosay naina milaikay Chhap tilak sab cheeni ray mosay naina milaikay Prem bhatee ka madhva pilaikay Matvali kar leeni ray mosay naina milaikay Gori gori bayyan, hari hari churiyan Bayyan pakar dhar leeni ray mosay naina milaikay Bal bal jaaon mein toray rang rajwa Apni see kar leeni ray mosay naina milaikay Khusrau Nijaam kay bal bal jayyiye Mohay Suhaagan keeni ray mosay naina milaikay Chhap tilak sab cheeni ray mosay naina milaikay

[kushal3009]

superb flawless singing . . . . . and the wordings are so enlightening . . . . . . .

[shahnazbabe]

I heard that it is a sufi poem written by the renowned poet Khusrao to describe his love for his lord the creator, in his case Allah. The most magical thing about classic poems is that the listener can fit the poem to their own imagination.

[SuperAaaaa123456]

AAQA G (S.W.A) KA MUQABLA KOI NI KR SKTA!!

[siliconhear]

@nimbarkadasa I agree with you completely!

[shreeyatyagi]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[falouter]

wowwwww laah jawaab!!!!! that's all folks'

[herndonboy13]

does anyone know what documentary this is from?

[moewishaw]

@herndonboy13 It was from a Channel 4 documentry shown in the 80s. Can't remember the exact name of it, but most of it , if not all is on youtube in sperate parts.

[Nonesuchish]

Couldn't we say that to mistake one's Beloved for being "just" a girl going to the well is to make idolatry, to forget the One in Whom all things, including beautiful women and wise masters, have their existence and purpose? Isn't this mistake, this forgetting of what we're really up to going to the well, the very trouble these guys are singing about? Our love either takes us to to oneness, or leads away from it. A girl, a Sufi sage, whatever, it's the heart that gets you to the well. Ask Majnu.

[beigeCanuck]

But what's wrong with falling in love with a real human being. Whether Allah exists or not is quite frankly still a debate.

[alibinmustafa]

yes

[sydasdazizi]

jee han ....

[kamikim1]

kia yeh swab ki cheez hai ?

[Knsaraiki]

Great Kalaam. I am enamored - spellbound.

[subalternator]

woot woot

[rashidhussain]

without a doubt the best version of chaap tilak. This whole concert is breathtaking

[gambhirpuneesh]

Trully said...it is one of the finest and the oldest version sung by sabri brothers...infact they sung this qawalli the best way compared to the others...it is really very authentic...you should also listen to mori sudh budh bisri hai sakhiyon sung by them...its amazing...Cheers !!!!

[thirpalshk]

This is superb. Has to be the best version of Chaap Thilak that I have seen.

Many thanks

[sunil7vicky]

liste only the song

[TheAinam]

basically hazrat Ameer Khusro wrote this poem for his spritual master hazrat Nizamuddin Awliya as when he met him, his mater's sight/gaze (in urdu nazar) changed his whole internal world and thats why he says you have stolen everything from me (in a moment) when my eyes met your eyes...also as ManishS19 says it can interpreted in many ways as tassawuf is very vast and one can interpret according to his own level of understanding + sprituality..

anyways thanks of great video...

[gambhirpuneesh]

yes excatly ...you are correct...because Amir khusro was in love with Baba Nizamuddin and the love can be best best sung and portrayed between a man and woman...that is why in lot of qawalli you will see that the person when in love for god...potrays himself as a lady or woman....in this song the lady is Amir khusro....amazing !!!

[stopaskingformyinfo]

7:00 love it

[dadarocks]

By the way d you know who killed Abdullah Shah Ghazi..none other than muhd bin Qasim and reason was because Abdullah shah was direct descendant of prophet and didn;t accept Abu Bakar and others.. and guess who was protecting Abdullah Shah Ghazi none other than Raja Dahir..

[dadarocks]

all the symbolims is taken from krishan worship of gopika so you are free to interpret the way you want.. but the very fact that he chose krishna gopika symbolism tells you in his midn there was no difference whatseover.. sufis used to krishana bhakt anyway.. for instance rahim khan khana

[nimbarkadasa]

what a stupid commentary... Khusrao Ji wrote this for his spiritual guide and master, Nijjamuddeen....in the poem, the imagery is of the soul, in the form of an innocent girl, falling completely head over heels for their spiritual master...not some wanton girl meeting her lover on the way to a well as the commentator says at the beginning.

[madinianaia007]

salams MR.who ever u are u have no right to say STUPID to anything u or ur small brain doesn't understand.

[ManishS19]

it can be interpreted many ways just like most Sufi poetry.

[SherniSimba]

@ManishS19 - it can't be interpreted any way- it is exactly as nimbarkadasa says.

[saimay10]

Thank you so much for explaining it so beautifully! I've been trying to understand it in this context for a long time!

[babamaal]

@nimbarkadasa 100000000% True

This is about his spiritual master.

[hmammoth]

@nimbarkadasa I agree with your interpretation but the beauty of poetry is that you can interpret it the way you see fit. For someone in love this is about a girl in love and for a spiritual person this in Khusrau talking to his creator. Regardless, this is beautiful posetry delivered by the Sabri bros with passion. Simply mesmerizing. Cheers.

[MrKamran4685]

@nimbarkadasa There is often two interpretations to most qawwali songs and kalams (like ghazals), the secular and the sacred. Neither are wrong, but they are often confused. But it should always speak to the heart regardless of what the interpretation is.

[mysterious4201]

@nimbarkadasa that's d way most of mystic song is treated in modern world!

[zomizaman]

@nimbarkadasa I 100 percent agree with you my brother

[MrSayyidzaidi]

@nimbarkadasa

thats the beauty of this type of poetry that who so ever listens to such poetry has a different view of whats the background of the poetry.

[haroonriazb]

@nimbarkadasa I would like to imagine the verse literally, and I am sure the poet would be glad if I did so.

[rashidhussain]

All my finery meant nothing, as soon as my eyes met yours! Immense stuff

[aspireo6]

these immortal lines of praise are penned by Sarkar AMEER KHUSHO for his Murshid Sarkar NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA (R.A.) Delhi.

[munshiman]

shabash

[seekerwhenseeking]

For all who are interested, I humbly question/object the introduction given by the narrator ! This "look/stare" is from an Illuminated Sheikh/Murshid/Guide towards any one who he wants to embrace and bring in the Path of Reality.

-MS

[salman597]

I too was surprised to hear the narrator describe it as a look from a lover. Qawwali is not about expressing romantic feelings. It is strictly related to Sufi-ism.

[seekerwhenseeking]

"It is strictly related to Sufi-ism" ? Beg to defer. I hear it is strictly about GLIMPSE TO THE REALITY !

[atakalim]

The use of the female protagonist form is only figurative and symbolic. This famous qawwali is a celebration of the conversion from Hinduism of Muslims of India at the hands of the Sufis . The "Chhapp" and "Tilak" are signs of Hinduism which were "Chheen li" (snatched/left) as soon as our Hindu ancestors met the looks of the "Sayyan/Balma" ( the Murshid who converted the protagonist/narrator to Islam). I am only stating the history of this song and no offence to Hindu readers is intended.

[suvrat6]

I beg to differ my brother. This song was composed by Amir Khusro in honor of Khwaja Nizamuddin and not to mark any form of conversion ritual of Hindus.

[dadarocks]

Since when tilak became islamic symbolism

[AhmedM85]

good question

[innerconflict1]

The tilak in this instance is not such an Islamic symbol but is used in the sense that 'You've taken away my looks, my identity, by just a glance' He wrote in many languages and the references used from the lives of those languages may not always be islamic in practice but the interpretations are what need to understood.. Islam and the work of Hazrat Amir Khusrao RA are both far greater than to be resolved to arguments or comments of symbolism but do try and understand the depth of this sufi

[dadarocks]

I know exalted soul from any religion drops those trappings which we usually associate with the respective religions.. For instance when Mansoor Mastana said Anal-haq he was not humiliating God his enunciation au-contraire was highest form of worship

[dadarocks]

Hey he cud have picked symbolism befitting his guru you can make as many alibis but fact is word by word he borroed all the symbolism from krishan gopika tradition.> he may have sung this for his gurur but one thign is sure he was very very very influenced by krishna bhakti opf gopika hence the choice

[solomonj827]

He looks like Thurston Howell.

[cia688688]

subhanallah yeah

[rashidhussain]

absolutely incredible

[pakiconoclast]

hai hai hai

[Bismillah786]

Wah, maza agaya! thanks for posting!

[atqtrq]

wah wah!

[deroyalprince]

super

[ManSharabi]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep up good work!