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Sar Sari Raat Teri Yaad Sataye — Nusrat Punjabi Qawwali MP3

Sar Sari Raat Teri Yaad Sataye — "throughout the night your memory troubles me" — is the nocturnal dimension of sufi love poetry: the sleepless night spent in the company of longing. The sufi tradition values the night as a time of particular spiritual intensity — the Quran praises qiyam al-layl (night prayer), and sufi practice often includes extended nighttime devotion. The beloved who keeps the devotee awake is the divine presence that makes ordinary sleep impossible once the love has taken hold.

Night and Spiritual Longing

His world-famous Ali Da Malang outdid all other qawwals of his time. His urdu qawwalis have captivated audiences across decades. Ek Allah Kalon Mai Dardi is one of his best qawwali in the tradition of nocturnal devotion. Munni Begum's ghazal recordings, Jhoole Laal Maizik Tuch and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan all engage with the night-longing theme from different positions.

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FAQ

Why is night particularly significant in sufi spirituality? Night removes the distractions of daylight activity and creates conditions for interior attention. The darkness is associated with the absence of the sensory world, which paradoxically makes the divine presence more perceptible.

Is the sleeplessness in this poem spiritual or romantic? Both simultaneously — which is characteristic of sufi poetry generally. The tradition uses romantic imagery to describe spiritual states and treats spiritual states as the ultimate context for understanding romantic experience.

What is the tradition of Chandni Ratain (moonlit nights) in relation to this? Both themes — the sleepless night and the moonlit night — belong to the same body of nocturnal sufi poetry. Badar Miandad Khan's Chandni Ratain series works the same territory from a different performance position.

You may also enjoy the qawwali of Munni Begum, Jhoole Laal, and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Listen to more qawwali of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Tracklist

11 Total Audio
01

aaja mahi

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02

ali da malang

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03

dum mast

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04

ishq di jhanjhar

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05

kinna sona

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06

mera piya ghar aaya

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07

sanoo ek pal chain

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08

sari sari raat

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09

sawan ki bhigi raton

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10

sitaron tum toh

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