Saturday, June 20, 2009

Aik Alif by Saieen Zahoor and Noori


Based on an 18th-Century poem by Bulleh Shah, where he questions religious hypocrisy and himself, and realizes that what he's struggled to find is actually simple. A beautiful song from Coke Studio (Season 2, Episode 1, broadcast June 14, 2009). Noori includes brothers Ali Noor and Ali Hamza, who are reunited here with drummer Gumby. This was a joy to translate and there were many people interested in the meaning who helped out. In Punjabi with English translation.

This translation was mentioned in an article in The News International newspaper in Karachi.

Free downloads are available on the Coke Studio website.
Posted by Dale Sundstrom at 4:53 PM
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7 comments:

  1. great job dale, thanks for your efforts. sufi poetry is full of timeless wisdom and resonates with every spiritually aware person.

    keep up the good work
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  3. Great blog Dale. Thanks a ton for the translation of this song. Amazing song.
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  4. This comes as Invalid stream. Has it expired?
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  5. The song is playing again now. It was a temporary error on the Overstream server. There may still be occasional errors or slowness as the problem is resolved, but that should all be cleared within a few hours. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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  6. Nice work with the subtitles. It was great hearing this kalam again. I heard it first at an archival recording of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's father and uncle. Here's the link:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TyOPtg0Yfk
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  7. does any one have the link for the article?
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