shah hussain: ni saiyyo asseen: pathaney khan شاہ حسین : نی سیو : پٹھانے خان

The Poet: Shah Hussain شاہ حسین was born in 1538 and died in 1599 in Lahore. His tomb is near the Shalimar Gardens شالیمار باغ of Lahore لاہور . Shah Hussains death anniversary or Urs عرس is celebrated in Lahore as Mela-e Charaghaan میلۂ چراغاں or the Festival of Lamps. Shah Hussain is considered to be one of the pioneers of kafi کافی writing. Kafis are poems, mostly in Punjabi, Saraiki, and Sindhi which are based on Sufi themes. Shah Hussains kafis are short poems in which each single line is a unit and contains a refrain (radeef) and/or rhyme (qafia).

The Singer: Pathaney Khan پٹھانے خان was born in mid 1920's in Kot Addu کوٹ ادو , District Muzaffargarh مظفر گڑھ (Punjab, Pakistan, then in British India). He mostly sang sufi poetry, including poems (kafis) of Khuwaja Ghulam Farid on radio and television in Pakistan for over 25 years. He also sang Urdu ghazals. He was (and still is) very popular, especially in the Saraiki areas which form the Southern third of Western (Pakistani) Punjab. He was awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1979. He was a simple man who never cared about money throughout his life. He was very ill in his final years and his financial position was not good. He passed away on 9 March 2000. He put his soul into his singing, which makes a lot of people happy.

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a mystic experience written by Shah Hussain and sung by Pathaney khan which reflects the spiritual exaltation of both who have made this composition immortal.