Chhaap Tilak Sab Chheeni
"Chhaap Tilak Sab Chheeni چھاپ تلک سب چھینی छाप तिलक सब छीनी रे" | |
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Song by Amir Khusro | |
Genre | Sufi music |
Songwriter(s) | Amir Khusrow |
Chhaap Tilak Sab Chheeni, is a Ghazal written and composed by Amir Khusro, a 14th-century Sufi mystic, in popular Western Indian language Braj Bhasha. Due to the resonance of its melody and mystical lyrics, it is frequently heard in Qawwali concerts across Indian Subcontinent.[1] Chaapp Tilak Sab Chheeni is considered as Amir Khusru‘s most known Kalam which is basically a penned version of his imagination of devotion and the joy of oneness with the eternal one. This poetry is an epic example where an inherent middle eastern art form gets entangled with the Indic philology, custom and art a unique twist between the two artforms. This kind of devotion is rarely seen in Islamic ghazals and qawwalis preceding it. This poetry is a great example of the role both cultures played to create this Ghazal and Qawwali which has a unique essence combining both Indic and Islamic culture which inherently created a new unique art form which contributed to the early beginnings of the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb culture to be developed.[2]
The theme of the composition, being the absolute power of a mere glance from the Divine, is a central theme in sufi mystic literature.[citation needed]
This poem has been sung in Qawwali format by notable Pakistani and Indian Qawwals, including Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Naheed Akhtar, Mehnaz Begum, Abida Parveen, Sabri Brothers,[3] Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi, Farid Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwal, Ustad Jafar Hussain Khan, Ustad Vilayat Khan,[4] Ustad Shujaat Khan, Zila Khan, Abida Parveen, Nizami Bandhu, Hadiqa Kiani , Smita Bellur, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Kailash Kher and Kavita Seth.
Text and translation
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Popular culture
The 1978 Bollywood film Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki featured a version by Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Another popular version, by Abida Parveen and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, appeared on the Pakistani musical variety show Coke Studio.[5] Other Indian films which include the ghazal include Saat Uchakkey (2016) where it is sung by Keerthi Sagathia (composed by Bapi–Tutul),[6] Unpaused (2020) - composed by Shishir A Samant and sung by Samant and Sunil Kamath.[7] The song has maintained its popularity over the years, being regularly heard on television talent shows in India and Pakistan, and on social media as well.
References
- ^ "A message of love: Sabri brothers enthrall the audience with their qawwali". The Times of India. TNN. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Chaapp Tilak Sab Cheeni: Hazrat Amir Khursu's timeless masterpiece - Ravi Magazine". Ravi Magazine. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^ Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey (9 February 2013). "Notes etched in sand & spiritual quest". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Siraj Shnai (4 September 2015). "Chhaap Tilak Sab Chheeni - Hazrat Amir Khusro - Vocal & Sitar - Ustad Vilayat Khan". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Abida Parveen & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Chaap Tilak, Coke Studio Season 7, Episode 6". SoundCloud. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Saat Uchakkey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Jaidev Kumar, Bapi-Tutul, Vivek Kar, Niranjan Khound & Saket Singh, retrieved 2021-05-06
- ^ "Unpaused (Music from the Prime Original Series)". Amazon Music. 18 December 2020.