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Raba (Live At Baroda)

from Live At Baroda by Mekaal Hasan Band

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Shah Hussain (1538-1599), a renowned Punjabi Sufi poet, is also regarded as a Sufi saint and a great ‘kafi’ master (a Kafi is a refrain with rhymed lines). He wrote some immortal pieces, amongst which is Raba, an invocation to God.
For Mekaal Hasan Band, Rabba was first featured on Sampooran, the debut MHB record. The song has a wide fan-following. It inspires great hope in times of difficulty and MHB’s rendition remains well-rooted in creating the right musical ambience for a most lyrical melody that is sung from the heart.
Shah Hussain is also often known as Shah Hussain Faqir - Faqir meaning Dervish ( mendicant ) and Shah means King. Due to his extremely humble Sufi persona, 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").

lyrics

My God, you are my everything, you are everything
Without you, I am but nothing.
My God, you are the keeper of what’s in my heart, you live in my heart,
In my soul, in my very being – you are everywhere,
The keeper of what’s in my heart.
My very being, my reason to be is because of you – only you,
The keeper of what’s in my heart.
Says Hussain who serves the Lord,
You are everything that I am or can be –
The keeper of what’s in my heart.

credits

from Live At Baroda, released April 1, 2014
Personnel

Vocals - Sharmistha Chatterjee
Guitars - Mekaal Hasan
Flutes - Mohammad Ahsan Papu
Bass - Sheldon D'Silva
Drums - Gino Banks

All tracks written and arranged by Mekaal Hasan Band

Recorded Live At Baroda, India

Mixed and Mastered by Mekaal Hasan at Digital Fidelity Studios, Lahore, Pakistan.

Produced by Mekaal Hasan for Dfs Records

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Mekaal Hasan Band Lahore, Pakistan

The only Indo-Pak band of it's kind featuring the best contemporary musicians from both India and Pakistan!

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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