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This has been one of my favorite nos. I have been humming this for years now. It has been a hot favorite with all singers, notably qawwals and these days the reality show contestants.
Some of the known names who have lent their voice to this - Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Madam Noor Jehan, Wadali Brothers, Reshma, Sabri Brothers, Jagjit Singh, Runa Laila, Lata Mangeshkar, bands like Junoon and this list endlessly goes on. Many college bands have attempted this giving a rock flavour. That, one song could be so popular amongst so many, I wondered, what this song is all about, what's its true meaning. This and last week I spent looking for all the versions and answers to my questions.
What a fascinating and satisfying journey it has been.This song is in the honor of Sufi mystic 'Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar'. Every word of his name has a meaning - he was known as Hazrat ( prophet of GOD ), Lal ( he wore red robes or mothers fondly call their kids as Lal ), Shahbaz ( Shah - King and Baz - Falcon, king of falcons and an Iranian GOD who led them to victory, a divine spirit ), and finally Qalandar ( a qalandari - a sufi saint, poet, mystic, noble man ). He settled in Serwan ( Sindh, now in Pak ) and tried bringing peace between Hindus and Muslims.
Hindus regard him as GOD and reincarnate as well. You can hear many Punjabi singers, singing in his praise. He is also fondly called as Jhulelal.So the song goes like this:O laal meri pat rakhio bala jhoole laalan, Sindri da Sehvan da, sakhi Shabaaz kalandar, Dama dam mast kalandar, Ali dam dam de andar(O the red robed, May I always have your benign protection, Jhulelal (as he was affectionately called ). Lal meri pat actually means 'Lal keep my integrity intact'.it had to do with Hindus asking God to help them preserve who they were and their religion and not get wrapped up in Islam since muslims at that time were pressuring Hindus to convert.so basically it is a song about Hindu's praying to keep their identity and not being swayed by Muslims to convert for the sake of keeping their land in Pakistan. This crisis led to a huge migration of Sindhis out the Pakistan region into India as refugees.
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If you don't believe this is true, you can look up the history on the partition and see how the Hindus were forced to convert, leave, or be killed. Hi Ajit - Today I happened to see your Blog while searching for the origin of the song Dama Dum.It was a great pleasure and a surprise to see your blog. Very scholarly. I am a person who believes in Sufism.
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In fact I am born and brought up in a family of Sufi believers.I will be reading your blog one by one. I am sure it is going to be a great pleasure.I am writing a blog too. Please do visit my blog again I must compliment you for doing such a great job. I believe that some of the information mentioned in your blog has not been researched well. For example, you say 'He is also fondly called as Jhulelal'. No one called him 'Jhulelal' out of fondness.
A bit of online researching would clearly prove that Jhulelal was the teacher of Shabaz Qalandar. Jhulelal, or Dariyalal or Jinda Pir is the Hindu Ishta Dev of Sindhi people. His birthday Cheti Chand which falls on the second day of the Chaitra month is auspicious for Sindhis and is celebrated all over the world with traditional pomp and gaiety.
Therefore, the song refers to Jhulelal (the teacher) and Shabaz Qalandar (the muslim disciple). I read a re search book on the subject.It reduces Jhulelal,Shahabaz, Qualadar,saki,peera,Ali,Beda paar,char chirag,serwan into historical prospective. Jhulelal, or Dariyalal or Jinda Pir has something to do with a river god either located on a river island or on the banks of mighty sind(indus)river.The probability of it being in today's sind is high since the river starts to deltaise hence river islands.Historically sind was known as Bud, because Buddhism was most practice religion.Possibly river people living on fish could not have embraced Buddhism. Sindis would have seen Jhulelal standing on a fish. However I am surprised as the way Priya has been receiving negative comments.Stating facts does not mean that you hate a religion.I think there hardly has been any other place other than Sindh and few other regions in pre Independent India where Hindus and Muslims have co existed togather with such unity and respect. Although all this started with forceful convertions but ended with learning to co-exist togather and respect each other.
I think we should not jump to conclusions, some times things seem to look like what they are not. I highly appreciate your work Ajit and yes to all those reading & writing the comments pls don't degrade priya, she wrote what's true to history, yes Hindus were forcibly being converted into Muslims when 40 days prayer called Chaliyah were done and bhagwan Jhulelal incarnate from river sindh and a communal harmony was established. Despite our counterparts in pak are suffering a lot till date as we had in history but our existence is only by and for making the communal harmony and peace, so let's maintain it as peace has no alternative. This song has lasted this long because of love.
The love in this song is evident if you truely listen, and that is what appeals to one and all, regardless of background. Forget your religion, forget your history, forget all you have been taught or learnt. You do not matter, you are alive today and may be dead tomorrow, be dust in another 50 years and in a hundred years will only be remembered from pictures. No one will know who you were as a person.
They will only remember what you did, if you did something memorable.As I said forget Ram, Raheem, Jesus, Moses, Allah and all the rest. Imagine a God that loves you, that does not need anything from you, that does not care whether you pray, do good or bad, just loves you like you would your kids, unconditionally.except more. Love that God with your whole being. Do not fear for good or bad or what'll happen later. Do not hope for heaven, hell or rebirth. This is the one life you know about and in this life, love that maker, open your heart and live free.Everything else will fall into its own place.
Many thanks for the post and enlightening comments too, allow me to share my thoughta:1. Around what is now referred to as the province of Sindh, the Sudi rhought bloomed, flowered.2. Mansur, Ibn Arabi, Mian Mir, Sarmad, and later Latif, Sarmast and others - all are connected with Sindh.3. This song, originally dedicated to Mystic Sain Lal Shahbaz Qalandar has over the time got associated with Udero Lal, the Mysterious Saint who appeared to save the Hindus from the clutches of oppressor ruler adamant to converr them.Both Shahbaz and Udero Lal are also referred to as Jhulelal, and both were contemporaries.Hence, the confusion among some of the commentators. For Sindhis however, there is no confusion, for Shahbaz who was not native to Sindh also propagated the same message of love.There are many more versions by, for instance, Bhagwanti Panjwani, where Udero Lal is more prominent than Shahbaz, and yet, they can interchange and assimilate very easily.Indeed, many pple do not see any difference between the two.To this day (at least until early 90s) the flag on top of the tomb of Shahbaz is od oranve color and many of the disciples wear orange, colour associated with sanyas, and nor the traditional green.Jhulelal Bedaa Paar - Haqq Moujud.
Accidentally read this post and loved it. You are such a nice guy with such refined taste and ability to think above the bias and bigotry that is rampant in our modern times where hatred at any pretext seems to be the norm. I have always had great respect for the legendary Indian spirit of peace, love and tolerance and this post gives me hope and encouragement that we will learn from nice people like you and be able to shed bias and hatered.love from Pakistan for you and the great parents who teach their children these valuesAtif.
