Love is a subject that I am most unqualified to talk about.Is it a noun or a verb? It all depends on the context and if I may add,the contact. According to the scholars of philosophy, love cannot be defined - so who am I to know what is love?
The title of this posting is the name of one of the famous songs by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali .He was the maestro of Qawwali.
And tonight, I am going alone to sit and listen to the Qawwali at MPO - which I have not heard before. What is Qawwali? Honestly,I do not know before I google it . And after reading about it here,I bought a ticket for tonight.I hope it is going to be a musical adventure for me...
If music is the food of love,play on.I hope to be able to return home sober...
But then,it is not really the music to the ears in the similar manner as the rolling waves of the oceans to the eyes. .It is the water..
PS:
Writing the above note,it reminds me of the song I love to sing when I was much younger...
Loving you
Is easy because you're beautiful....
Making love with you
Is all I want to do....
Loving you
Is more than just a dream come true....
And everything that I do
Is out of loving you....
No one else can make me feel
The colors that you bring....
Stay with me while we grow old....
And we will live each day in spring time....
Because loving you....
Has made my life so beautiful....
And every day of my life
Is filled with loving you....
Loving you....
I see your soul come shining through....
And everytime that we....
Oh I'm more in love with you....
Hahaha.. this song reminds me of my teenage days in London!! It doesn't feel like it was that long ago....
Posted by: Gabra | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 08:40 PM
Yes, it seems only like yesterday...in my case,it is just about 30+ yrs ago;-)..with a girl friend,eating ice-cream together and walking the streets of London!
Posted by: Adib | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 10:51 PM
Phew..!.. never know Tn.Aji can sing..!! Keep it up brother!.. Perhaps you can teach me how to...
Posted by: mbahLanang | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 04:52 AM
MbahLanang,
Menyanyi dalam bilik air sambil mandi lah...
So everybody can sing..
Posted by: Adib | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 05:22 AM
Pak Adib :-) this is a side of you I have not seen ;-) ... that is a golden oldie song ;-).. please blog abt your qawwali experience. I have read about qawwali itself but never had the experience of hearing it. Yes, Nusrat Ali Fateh is considered the 'P.Ramlee' of qawwali.
Posted by: omecool20 | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 12:57 PM
I am not surprised to actually see the romantic side of Pak Adib as I think I know that already. He's a gentleman who is adept in making us women feel comfortable in his presence and he himself can be jovial without too much of putting the ladies in an awkward position.
Eh, why the hell am i referring u as the third person ha pak adib? I probably am responding to the other commentors above ;-D based on my own experience and honest observation about u after knowing u in person for the past 1 year. But i am sure your wife has a million more (wonderful) stories to share!
Posted by: Manal | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 01:47 PM
Omecool,
It was a good experience for me but the words were mostly Urdu/Hindi.I only managed to recognise a few phrases like al-Hamdu,Allah hu, la syarikalah in the songs of praises to Allah and the Prophet Muhammad.The music was very intense-demonstarting the love of an abid to his Rabb; and the selawat to our Rasullulah with his name Muhammad Mustapha being repeated many times..
It reminds me of one Sufi's saying that if we think we understand,it means that we don't understand;what more if we don't understand.I was there to be intoxicated with the beautiful beautiful sufi utterances and the lovely music.To undertstand,I need to enter the sufi domain;of which I am not qualified yet to be admitted as a member.
Manal,
No comments.
Posted by: Adib | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 05:12 PM
Pak adib, we had the pleasure of watching the sabri brothers when they performed in London and we really enjoyed the performances - such beautiful songs. But what made it uncomfortable sometimes, was the reactions of the crowd who went over the top, fainting and throwing money to show appreciation...otherwise, it was a good experience.
Posted by: kak teh | Friday, November 23, 2007 at 05:40 PM
Kak Teh,
The few that fainted and threw money are those who were intoxicated by the sounds and the sights of the rolling waves.However, there is a small group of people who were dumbfounded and speechless because they were drown under the ocean of ehsan.
(my apologies for a belated response to your commnets)
Posted by: Adib | Monday, January 21, 2008 at 10:26 PM