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Jhok Ranjhan

from Saptak 2020 by Mekaal Hasan Band

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Shah Hussain's 'Jhok Ranjhan De Jana' talks of undertaking a journey unaccompanied and finding the inner strength to face the many challenges along the way, while having faith in God and leaving all matters of life and one's soul to Him.
Many Sufi poems deal with the act of travelling to a lover or a destination, with the way being fraught with danger and difficulties. The journey is a metaphor for a spiritual quest and can also serve as a literal journey which one takes when one decides on a path in life.


Shah Hussain (1538–1591) was a Punjabi Sufi poet who is regarded as a Sufi saint. He was the son of Sheikh Usman, and belonged to the Dhudhi clan of Rajputs. He was born in Lahore, Punjab. He is considered to be a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. Shah Hussain is also often known as Shah Hussain Faqir - Faqir meaning Dervish ( mendicant ) and Shah means King. So due to his extremely humble Sufi personality, people called him The Dervish King, a person who was a King and a Dervish at the same time.

Shah Hussain's love for a Brahmin boy called "Madho" or "Madho Lal" is famous, and they are often referred to as a single person with the composite name of "Madho Lal Hussain". Madho's tomb lies next to Hussain's in the shrine.

His tomb and shrine is located at the Baghbanpura precincts, adjacent to the Shalimar Gardens Lahore, Pakistan. His Urs (annual death anniversary) is celebrated at his shrine every year during the "Mela Chiraghan" ("Festival of Lights").

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I want to travel to my beloved's abode
Can someone please accompany me?
Am I to travel all alone
My beloved (Ranjha) is my only healer
Only he is aware of my pain
Yet it seems he doesn't think it necessary
To answer my prayers
Alas, no remedy is at hand.
I want to travel to my beloved's abode
Can someone please accompany me?
But I must travel all alone.

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from Saptak 2020, released June 27, 2020

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Mekaal Hasan Band (MHB) was formed in 2000 by guitarist/composer Mekaal Hasan.The music that MHB plays is a progressive mix between the traditional melodic sensibility of the East and the harmonic sophistication of the West. ... more

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