Seraiki Songs

1: Mahi Yaar Dee Gaddoli     DOWNLOAD

 2: AssaN Ishq Namaz JaddooN Neeti – Bulleh Shah     DOWNLOAD

 3: TenooN Kalam Kai Pownddee He    DOWNLOAD

 4: Ek Nuqta Yar PaRrhaya – Bulleh Shah     DOWNLOAD

 5: Ab Lagan lagi ki kareiye       DOWNLOAD

 6: Ghoonghat Ohlay Naa luk SajjnaN       DOWNLOAD

 7: Bulleh Nu Samjhawaan AaaiyaN BhainaN      DOWNLOAD

 8: Sade WehRe Ayaa Kar         DOWNLOAD

 9: Ishq Na Dardda Mot KoloN             DOWNLOAD

10: Meda IShq Wee Tun – Khwaja Farid          DOWNLOAD

11: Kithe Mehar Ali        DOWNLOAD

12:Ranjha Shah Hazare        DOWNLOAD

13: Ghoom CharakhRa  – Shah Hussain        DOWNLOAD

1-Dard ander di pee                Download

2-Her soorat wich                    Download

3-Na maar nainaan de teer    Download

4-Sanwal morr Muharaan        Download

5-Yaar Borcha                          Download

1- Yaar Daadi Ishq atish  Download

2-Roondain Umar Langhaee        Download

3-Nangarnaa nimaarnii daa         Download

4- Sigharraa aaviin                        Download

1- Koye Marda Ha Ankhian Te  (HOT) Download

2- Raat Khuda Di   Download

3- Kadi Kadi Mil Lia Kar  Download

4- Maida Nikia La Da Dholna  Download

5- Sajna De Galli Da Nazara  Download

6- Adha Dar Wala K Teda   Download

7- Ankhan wich Ankhan palay   Download

8- Sakon Ta Laye Jhoty Lary   Download

9- Hik Ton Howain,Hik Main Howan (HOT)    Download

10-Aaye Janab-e-Aali, Dil Da Hai Kotha Khali    Download

1- Umran Daraz Hovi  (Hot)    Download

2- Way Lai Lut Ghin Shahar Non  Download

3- Ankhian ja ja Te Lainda Wadann  Download

4- Takon Allah Banaya Maday Lai  Download

5- Ankhian Tharr Wandian  Download

6- Dhola Saakon Gulaisan Wadaa  Download

7- Ser Rakh k Apni Bahin  Wich Download

8- Ro Ro Duawan Mangian    Download

1: Dhola Chitta Chetta Naaley Mitha Mitha             DOWNLOAD

  2: Way Pakkeayan Barieyan De                                   DOWNLOAD

 3: Sonaay Dee Mundri Uttay                                      DOWNLOAD

 4: Sarra Jag Bewafa Koye Kise                             DOWNLOAD

 5: Sohniya Janeya Kamla Naa Thi                            DOWNLOAD

 6: Toon Kho Gharisein Way Maen                           DOWNLOAD

 7: Changa Dita Hai Sila Mede                                 DOWNLOAD

 8: Dill Attke Rahwesi                                                   DOWNLOAD

1:  Be Dard Dhola                                                  DOWNLOAD

 2: Chan Kithann Guzari Ha                                  DOWNLOAD

 3: Wey Bol Sanwal                                                DOWNLOAD

 4: Baloo Batiann Vey Mahi                                  DOWNLOAD

 5: Assan Tan Toor Nibha                                      DOWNLOAD

 6: Dil Lagaya Tha                                                   DOWNLOAD

 7: Banno De Mehndi                                              DOWNLOAD

 8: Laa Laye Mundare Mere                                   DOWNLOAD

 9: Qameez Teri Kali                                                DOWNLOAD

10: Theywa Mundree The Theywa                        DOWNLOAD

11: Ae Gallan Nain Changian                                  DOWNLOAD

12: Ranjhan Honr Te Aaja                                      DOWNLOAD

13: Tadian Nshanian                                                DOWNLOAD

14: Mada Dol Bwafa Hi                                           DOWNLOAD

15: usee aar a Panchi bolday hin                          DOWNLOAD

16: Bewaqat Aya Hain                                            DOWNLOAD

1: Wanjrda he Tay wanj Dhola                                DOWNLOAD

  2: Mere veene na marood                                       DOWNLOAD

 3: Tharr wanjann tady nann ton                             DOWNLOAD

 4: Jani jani mere tarsay jawani                              DOWNLOAD

 5: Dhola thagg bazz                                                  DOWNLOAD

 6: Dil la kay mayda jani dil tord                              DOWNLOAD

 7: yad manonn dhol de away                                  DOWNLOAD

 8: Yar lazay wich baygna thee gea                       DOWNLOAD

  2: Cheenra Aein Cherainda Yar                             DOWNLOAD

 3: Hikk Wari Lang Aa Sadi Jaa Tey                        DOWNLOAD

 4: Mann Nee Main Kino Ankhan                              DOWNLOAD

 5: Madda ishaq ve tonn (A)                                       DOWNLOAD

 6: Madda ishaq ve tonn (B)                                     DOWNLOAD

 7: Mera Ranjan Hon Koye Our                                 DOWNLOAD

 8: Keya Hall Sunawan Dill Da                                DOWNLOAD

 9: Ghoom Charkheya Ghoom                                  DOWNLOAD

1: Mann dholy mera tann doly  (Hot)   DOWNLOAD

 2: dama dam mast qalandar              DOWNLOAD

 3: Maree de main seer karan              DOWNLOAD

 4: O Zara ord bazar                               DOWNLOAD

5: Raatan lambian raatan                     DOWNLOAD

6: Sohnra dildar aa meda yaar            DOWNLOAD

7: Chodwain ka chand ho                      DOWNLOAD

8: Samney aa ke tuj ko pukara            DOWNLOAD

9: Meda ranjhran                                    DOWNLOAD

10: Jalty hain arman                              DOWNLOAD

11: Roty hain chamm chamm nain     DOWNLOAD

12: Ghar aya mera pardaisee              DOWNLOAD

13: Deede tera dewar dewana            DOWNLOAD

14: Gory gory mukhray pe kala           DOWNLOAD

15: So saal pehly mujy                         DOWNLOAD

16: Sano ve lay chall nal ve (Hot)          DOWNLOAD

17: RAAG (Dhun) Ustad Bismillah khan         DOWNLOAD

Pathanay Khan was apolitical but he felt completely at home with our group which mostly comprised left-wing activists and idealists of all sorts.

At that time he sang mostly kafian khawaja ghulam farid and a few verses from bulleh shah. Since the group was mostly fascinated with the great poet Shah Hussain, Pathanay Khan picked some kafian and included them in his singing.

Mela Charaghan used to be Lahore’s major annual event but Shah Hussain had been forgotten as a major poet of classical Punjabi tradition. Only a couple of his kafis sung by Hamid Ali Baila like Mai ni kahnoon akhan were popular. The rehabilitation of Shah Hussain poetical stature was initiated by Majlis Shah Hussain, a group formed by the major Punjabi writers of that period. The Rut Rekha group played its small role in this regard and was greatly helped when Pathanay khan started singing Kafian Shah Hussain.

Pathanay Khan was invited to sing for PTV frequently but was not invited by most music patrons of Lahore or elsewhere in central Punjab. It was much later that the music loving Lawyer Raza Kazmi did some beautiful recordings of Pathanay khan. Anyhow, once introduced by Mushtaque Sufi on TV, his fame spread quickly. I don’t know if it was true or not but it was widely rumored late Z.A. Bhutto was very fond of his kafi Mera ishq Vi toon te Imam bhi toon and used to invite him to hear it. Pathanay Khan never spoke much about it. As a matter of fact he was never in the habit of dropping names of his rich patrons and was always happy and content with groups like ours which was or chose to be penniless. It is another matter that pathanay khan still demanded his quota of Gold leaf and offered it to the whole Sangat around him. By the time he left Lahore, I would have used up my salary of several coming months. But, a few months salary of a lecturer was nothing in comparison to what Pathanay Khan was giving to our group.

Khan’s reverence for khawaja Ghulam Farid was absolute. Khawaja Farid was everything for him and he derived all his spiritual strength from him. I have rarely seen a singer who can understand and render poetry as good as Pathanay Khan rendered Khawaja’s for the audience. His reading style was so clear and popularly punctuated that even a non-Saraiki speaker could follow the text and meanings of most words. It remains the best kept secret that pathanay khan sung much better when he was unaccompanied by tabla. His earlier recordings at Aslam Ranjha’s place were recorded only with the harmonium. In my opinion he was at his best in those recordings.

Najm Shahji also did some recordings of him in those early days – for some, the best of Pathanay Khan. Unfortunately, most people have heard commercial recordings in which pathanay khan is hampered by the intrusion and mumbo jumbo of all kinds of instruments. The only acceptation and acceptable recording with instruments was by Raza Kazmi.

Depending on his mood, pathanay khan would sing the same kafi in different ragas. However, unlike other famous singers he would never brag or mention that he was changing the raga for a particular kafi. It naturally flew from his heart and he remained oblivious to the technicalities, the perfection of his own techniques not withstanding.

Pathanay Khan learned music from Amir Khan, a local musician who was a descendant (a nephew perhaps) of Ustad Ashiq Ali khan. He was not trained as a classical musician and learned musical techniques during his singing at mela gatherings. His singing absorbed the essence of masses, their aspiration and miseries. Nonetheless, Pathanay Khan had a great desire to sing a classical raga and tried to convince Ustad Chote Ghalam Ali Khan to teach him.

Ustad Chote Ghulam Ali Khan used to come daily to teach Samina Hussain Syed, Nnajm Hussain’s wife, one of the best emerging voices in classical singing. Chote Ghulam Khan smiled at his request and changes the subject. However, when Pathanay persisted, late Ustad told him that he was an Ustad in his own right, in his own style, and did not need to get into a new venture. Supposedly, Ustad knew that it was too late to initiate Pathanay Khan into pure classical music – he was already in late forties or early fifties.

Pathanay Khan introduced many great but unknown poets of saraiki belt through their dhoras that appeared as a preamble to kafis.

A dohra sung frequently by Pathanay Khan was not written by Khawaja Farid but was sung in his name. The first lines of this dhora are: a mahi mat lag asadi toon tan waich majhian ghin gain. Majhian mildian kahin kahin walay, gain mildian sanjh sabhahin (o my love follow my advice. Sell all buffalos and buy cows one can milk buffalos rarely while cows can be milked more often).

The diction never appeared even close to Khawaja Farid’s. Therefore, I asked Pathanay Khan, “Who would have been the author of this dohra?” He tried to wriggle out of this but on my pressing he smilingly concedes that it was his own poetry. He had some other dohras, which were his own creation but sung in Khawaja Farid’s name.

Pathanay Khan gave his own deeper meaning to Khawaja Sahib’s poetry in his typical style and sprit of singing. For example, Khawaja Farid’s Kafi Piloo Pakian ni way has been sung by Surraiya Multanikar, Hussain Bakhsh Dhadhi and many others. However, Surraiya Multanikar’s composition presents it as a beautiful, light folk song while Hussain Bakhsh Dhadhi presents it as a unique classical piece embellished by his tans in a typical Ashiq Ali Khan style. However it is Pathanay Khan’s singing of the same Kafi that gives it a deeper meaning.

Pathanay Kahn elevated Kafi to a much higher level than his predecessors. He embodied his own unique style in singing and in personal relationship. Many of us will always treasure our association with him. Whenever Rohi blossoms, Pathanay Khan will smile through those desert flowers – he himself was one of the greatest flowers of Rohi.

0- Sarkar Do Jahan Ton Sab Ne Faiz Paya         Download

1-Aali Sarkara Mann Ghin                                     Download

2-Tery Naan Da Wird Karnda                                Download

3-Wall Nahin Awana                                              Download

4-Shukar Hai Tera Khudaya                                 Download

5-Hik wari wanj k Dakhoo Madiney                     Download

6-Tery Geet Gawan Ya Rasool Allah                   Download

7- Jahan Roshan Banaya                                      Download

8-Molaa Dikha Day Makon Roza                           Download

9- Muhammad Ali Mehrvi – Asa Mehfil Sajenday Han – Naat Shareef

10- Meday Ghar Wich Aaqa Aaye (Seraiki) by Hafiz Tahir Qadri

0- Sarkar Do Jahan Ton Sab Ne Faiz Paya         Download

1-Aali Sarkara Mann Ghin                                     Download

2-Tery Naan Da Wird Karnda                                Download

3-Wall Nahin Awana                                              Download

4-Shukar Hai Tera Khudaya                                 Download

5-Hik wari wanj k Dakhoo Madiney                     Download

6-Tery Geet Gawan Ya Rasool Allah                   Download

7- Jahan Roshan Banaya                                      Download

8-Molaa Dikha Day Makon Roza                           Download

9- Muhammad Ali Mehrvi – Asa Mehfil Sajenday Han – Naat Shareef

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