Echoes of Sufi Chants - Kafi Bulleh Shah - Behad Ramzan - Ustad Nazir Ahmad Butt

Bulleh Shah (1680 1757) (Punjabi: Shahmukhi:بلہے شاہ, Gurmukhi: ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ}}), whose real name was Abdullah Shah [1], was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.[2]

A Beacon of Peace
Bulleh Shah's time was marked with communal strife between Muslims and Sikhs. But in that age Baba Bulleh Shah was a beacon of hope and peace for the citizens of Punjab. While Bulleh Shah was in Pandoke, Muslims killed a young Sikh man who was riding through their village in retaliation for murder of some Muslims by Sikhs. Baba Bulleh Shah denounced the murder of an innocent Sikh and was censured by the mullas and muftis of Pandoke. Bulleh Shah maintained that violence was not the answer to violence.

Bulleh Shah also hailed Guru Tegh Bahadur as a ghazi (Islamic term for a religious warrior).


Humanist
Bulleh Shahs writings represent him as a humanist, someone providing solutions to the sociological problems of the world around him as he lives through it, describing the turbulence his motherland of Punjab is passing through, while concurrently searching for God. His poetry highlights his mystical spiritual voyage through the four stages of Sufism: Shariat (Path), Tariqat (Observance), Haqiqat (Truth) and Marfat (Union). The simplicity with which Bulleh Shah has been able to address the complex fundamental issues of life and humanity is a large part of his appeal. Thus, many people have put his kafis to music, from humble street-singers to renowned Sufi singers like the Waddali Brothers and Abida Parveen, from the synthesized techno qawwali remixes of UK-based Asian artists to the rock band Junoon.

Bulleh Shahs popularity stretches uniformly across Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, to the point that much of the written material about this philosopher is from Hindu and Sikh authors. His involvement with atheism did not sit well with the contemporary Muslims, as a result of which few biographies of him from Islamic sources exist.

(Source Wikipedia)

Vocalist: Ustad Nazir Ahmad Butt
Classical vocalist and teacher Ustad Nazir Butt passed away in Lahore on March 2004 as a result of injuries received during a road accident. Ustad Nazir Butt was 80 years old and received his musical training from Ustad G.A. Farooq. He followed the Kirana style of singing and was greatly influenced by Ustad Abdul Waheed Khan. Associated as a music teacher at the National College of the Arts in Lahore, Nazir Butt had been involved in teaching for the past thirty years.

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[faiqapppp]

i'm waiting.... when will u post more from ustaaad ji??

[saqibtahir]

Sorry. I will post more of Ustad Nazir Butt within days.

[simba1936]

Great, can we have more from ustadji.

[saqibtahir]

Yes I will post few more recordings soon.

[raqib56]

Behad ramza'n dhasda ni

mera dholan mahi

ni mimm de ullay wasdah ni

mera dholan mahi

Auliah mansoor kuhaway

ramz anal-Haq, app bataway

appay app no sulli charaway

te koll khalo ke hasdah ni mera............

I was surprised that all these mystic poet

even instructed to sing in particular Raags. Fantastic !!

[Milahi1935]

Ustad Nazir Butt has sung a masterpiece in Jonpuri Raag. I will have to get more of his music. Why have I not heard his name before? We must popularize such great artists. Bulleh Shah has put so much philosophy, love and longing in this Kafi, that one has to consider him as the greatest poet and philosopher of the last 1300 years, equal to Ghalib. He has portrayed the REAL Islam in which every body is equal, there is no caste, no color, respect for all religions, forgiveness to the extreme, kin

[marasi36]

@Milahi1935 VAH! VAH! VAH! SO TRUE MILAHI JI!

[asfed2]

@Milahi1935 well said

[Milahi1935]

Saqib Sahib, please load more of Bulleh Shah if you can find it. Thanks for all your effort. Milahi

[chitrkar]

@FarrukhSukhanwur nope i did the recording at chitrkar.

[FarrukhSukhanwur]

I think this is a recording of Lahore Arts Forum not Lahore Chitrakar

[mohit31]

nice jai baba peer bulleh shah di

[raqib56]

according to Ustad ji, the mystic instructed

to sing their kafis and kalams in such and

such raags, I mean to say, this kafi is in

jonpuri raag !!

[sherrymajhtodigpia]

kamaaal...!