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             None shares His glory, "He was..is,
             shall be"..who this doth say
             Accepts Mohammad as 'guide'
             with heart and love's true sway;
             None from amongst those lost their way
             or ever went astray.

Bhitai has mentioned time (Past, present and future) here by saying that God was, is and will be present everywhere. Nobody shares his powers and glory. He then writes about the followers of Muhammad S.A.W. by saying that those people who make Muhammad S.A.W. as their guide never lost their way and fail in their lives.

Now the interesting thing to note here is the "way" or "destination" he is talking about. Similar to the first stanza, where counterpart of universe is unknown, here the unknown thing is the "way".

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"The One Creator, the all greats;
Lord of the universe
The living, the original;
Ruler with power innate;
The giver, the sustainer,
the unique , compassionate;
This master praise, to Him alone
thyself in praise prostrate..
The generous, who does create
the universe in pairs.."

Sur Kalyan (Peace) starts from the praise of God. It says that God is one. He is the creator and ruler of this whole universe.
The other thing Bhitai has mentioned is about the pairing of universe. Now I am getting confused here. Is he talking about the pair of universe itself or simply saying that everything in this universe has some counterpart?

"I can't do it", I said to myself, "People will laugh at it. Plus it will require a lot of effort, I'll have to record the whole video in one shot and tell me how much of this thing do I know? Lol, just some very basic techniques, that's it!"

It was 6th of August when I was having this conversation with myself;

"No, I will do it, I don't care what people would say about it. Think it in this way, I am giving a gift to Pakistan on her birthday and a gift is a gift. It doesn't matter if its perfect or not perfect. I'll still do it. Now talking about efforts, yes it will require lots of effort but its worth it! I'll feel very happy if it becomes a successful idea. A skill is useless if someone doesn't use it properly. It's perfectly alright to start with the basics, whatever I know, I'll use it!! Yeah that's it!!"

And I did it!! :) Have a look:



This was the first tune I made when I started to play guitar so this is very special to me. Yeah some notes are here and there but still its a gift... Hehe

Happy Birthday Pakistan!!! :)

Click links of each stanza to read more.

Introduction

Labels: Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Yaman Kalyan

Yes!! The beginning of the new chapter "Path To Peace" (Sur Yaman Kalyan in Sindhi)

This chapter is divided into five sub-chapters and talks mostly about the pain of being separated with the Beloved and cure to this pain.

To get an idea what kind of words this chapter mostly consists of, you can analyze the above image. The size of each word is directly proportional to the frequency of word being used in the complete chapter.

Instead of posting single stanzas, I'll be posting the "group" of stanzas from now onwards depending on the sense those will make.






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Click links of each stanza to read more.

Introduction

Universe in Pairs (Stanza 1)

Labels: God, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan, Universe

The One Creator, the all greats;
Lord of the universe
The living, the original;
Ruler with power innate;
The giver, the sustainer,
the unique , compassionate;
This master praise, to Him alone
thyself in praise prostrate..
The generous, who does create
the universe in pairs

The True Guide (Stanza 2)

Labels: God, Muhammad, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan, True destination

None shares His glory, "He was..is,
shall be"..who this doth say
Accepts Mohammad as 'guide'
with heart and love's true sway;
None from amongst those lost their way
or ever went astray.

The Glorious News (Stanza 3)

Labels: Oneness, Reality, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan, Truth

”He is without a partner” , when
this glorious news you break
With love & knowledge, Mohammad
accept ..as cause him take
Why would you then obeisance make
to others after that?

Oneness (Stanza 4)

Labels: God, Muhammad, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan, True destination

From One, many to being came;
'many' but Oneness is;
Don't get confounded, Reality
is 'One' , this truth don't miss
Commotions vast display - all this
I vow, of Loved-one is.

 Echo & Call (Stanza 5)

Labels:  Call, Echo, Secret of Love, Shah Jo Risalo, Sound, Sur Kalyan

The Echo and the call are same,
if you sound's secret knew
They both were one, but two became
only when 'hearing' came.

 I'll Meet My Master!!! (Stanza 6)

Labels: Life, Master, Sur Kalyan, True destination

A thousand doors and windows too,
the palace has ..but see,
Wherever I might go or be
master confronts me there

Secret of Love's Sorrow (Stanza 7)

Labels: Secret of Love, Shah Jo Risalo, Sorrow, Sur Kalyan

If you have learnt to long, by pain
be not distressed-
Secret of love's sorrow must be
never confessed-
Suffering is by the heart caressed,
and there it is preserved.

Drink to the Bitterness of Fatal Cup (Stanza 8)

Labels: Bitterness, Love, Poison, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan

The poison-drinking lovers, lured
by poison sweet, drink more and more;
To bitterness of fatal cup,
the poison-drinkers are inured,
Though wounds are festering, and uncured,
no whispers to the vulgar goes.

There is No Bitter! (Stanza 9)

Labels: Sense, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan

All from Beloved's side is sweet
whatever He gives to you.
There is no bitter, if you knew
the secret how to taste.

Call to Gallows (Stanza 10)

Labels: Gallows, True Lover, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan 

There is a call to gallows, friends,
will any of you go!
Those who do talk of love may Know
to gallows they must speed.

Find Your Way to Tavern (Stanza 11)

Labels: Cost, Desire, Honor, Powerful, Price, Pride, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan, Tavern

If you a draught desire
to tavern find your way;
Thy head do sever, and that head
beside the barrel lay;
Only when you this price do pay
then few cups you may quaff

The Genuine Lover (Stanza 12)

Labels: Genuine Lover, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan

The genuine lover, for his head
care and concern has none;
He cuts it off---joins it with breath
as gift then hands it on ;
Carves down to shoulders, from loved-one
then begs for love's return

The Lover's Business (Stanza 13)

Labels: Genuine Lover, Intensity of Love, Love, Peace, Power, Secret of Love, Shah Jo Risalo, Sur Kalyan, True Lover

To guard and to preserve the head,
the lover's business is not this---
One of beloved's glance is worth
so many hundreds head of his---
Flesh, skin and bone, and all there is ,
the 'least ' of loved-one , equals not.



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I've decided to narrate the series of poems of Shah jo Risalo written by Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai (SALB). The book consists of 29 poems in total. Every poem has been given a title of "Sur" meaning "a musical note". Every sur or note is then divided into different stories (daastaan), like first poem is divided into 3 stories. Some stories have a concluding stanza (Wayee) as well.

Now the question is that why and how SALB has created such divisions and partitions? and what message is he trying to deliver through his poems? We (yes we = me + YOU) will try to find this during this narration.

The books I am using for narration are these two:

1- Shah jo Risalo (Sindhi version) - compiled by Abdul-Majid Bhurgri
2- Shah jo Risalo (English version) - translated by Shah Elsa Kazi

I guess we are going to have fun on this roller coaster ride :)