A few lines in Persian dedicated to the legend..
ياد باد ان صحبت شبها كه با نوشين لبان
بحث سرعشق وذكرحلقۀ عشاق بود
Read it as:
sabre besyar bebayad , pedare pire falak ra
ta degar madare giti , cho to farzand bezayad . saadi
Translation:
The father of universe must wait a loooong time
It may again, mother of universe give birth to another one like you.
By: Mr. Ebrahim (NFAK’s friend and one of his biggest fans.)
Harper Collins India is Celebrating the success of “Nusrat:The Voice of Faith” on 10th March, India Habitat Centre. You are invited to be there to immerse in the ecstatic legacy Nusrat left behind and to know why the World still & will always need the likes of Nusrat & to witness a soulful Qawwali performance by Nizami Brothers.
Oh Nusrat!
I have not seen Allah or Muhammad or Ali Nor have seen Krishna Neither have I heard the Bansuri of Mohan
And yet when I hear you sing Oh Nusrat I am convinced that there must have been Allah & Muhammad & Ali And Krishna & the maddening Bansuri of Mohan
I have not heard Tansen & Baiju Bawra & Tana Riri
Nor have I seen Deepak Raag lighting up lamps and Raag Megh bringing thunder & rains
[Read More]The story of how the Pakistani Qawali singer became an international music sensation. Photo: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan performing in California in 1993 (AP Photo)
NFAK will always remain in our life, but is there any way to literally stick him to us. Well yes… “Tattooooooooooooo”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s tattoo was first popularly seen on Romy Shay, from Rishi Rich Productions camp. Expressing that his biggest inspiration was, and is, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Romy took a break from the usual routine of the music studio, to the tattoo studio, where he had a tribute to the legend inked to his arm!
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