… What is the gift of love? It means my pleasure to give you just a glimpse of my Reality. No sooner do you experience it than you are set on fire with love.
– Meher Baba
ये रात जैसे दुल्हन बन गई है चिरागों से
करुंगा उजाला मैं दिल के दाग़ों से
आज की रात मेरे, दिल की सलामी ले ले
कल तेरी बज़्म से दीवाना चला जाएगा
शम्मा रह जाएगी परवाना चला जाएगा
तेरी महफ़िल तेरे जलवे हों मुबारक तुझको
तेरी उल्फ़त से नहीं आज भी इनकार मुझे
तेरा मय-खाना सलामत रहे ऐ जान-ए-वफ़ा
मुस्कुराकर तू ज़रा देख ले इक बार मुझे
फिर तेरे प्यार का मस्ताना चला जाएगा
कल तेरी बज़्म से दीवाना चला जाएगा
शम्मा रह जाएगी परवाना चला जाएगा
मैने चाहा कि बता दूँ मैं हक़ीक़त अपनी
तूने लेकिन न मेरा राज़-ए-मुहब्बत समझा
मेरी उलझन मेरे हालात यहाँ तक पहुंचे
तेरी आँखों ने मेरे प्यार को नफ़रत समझा
अब तेरी राह से बेगाना चला जाएगा
कल तेरी बज़्म से दीवाना चला जाएगा
शम्मा रह जाएगी परवाना चला जाएगा
तू मेरा साथ न दे राह-ए-मुहब्बत में सनम
चलते-चलते मैं किसी राह पे मुड़ जाऊंगा
कहकशां चांद सितारे तेरे चूमेंगे क़दम
तेरे रस्ते की मैं एक धूल हूँ उड़ जाऊंगा
साथ मेरे मेरा अफ़साना चला जाएगा
कल तेरी बज़्म से दीवाना चला जाएगा
शम्मा रह जाएगी परवाना चला जाएगा
– शकील बदायुनी
Singer: Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: Naushad
Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni
Aaj Ki Raat Mere Dil Ki Salami Lele
https://youtu.be/KBzCQxrszM8
https://youtu.be/79EJzZd11Is
28 March 1953,
. . . Speaking of love, Baba commented:
Love is a gift from God to man, and when this gift is bestowed it kills the lover — it makes him dead to the world — and he lives forever in his Beloved. But he undergoes such terrible pangs of separation which none but a lover can pass through. In this love one has to burn. But if his plight is made known to others, it is an insult to the Beloved.
. . . The only way to get beyond the bounds of Limitation and get established in Limitlessness, is to become as dust in one’s love for the Perfect Master. So Tukaram, one of the Perfect Masters, has said:
Sadguru vachoni sapday-ne-soye,
Dharave-te-paye adhee adhee.
Without the Grace of the Perfect Master you cannot find the way to the Goal;
Before and above everything else hold firmly to His feet.
– Meher Baba
(The Everything and the Nothing by Meher Baba, page 29-32)
https://avatarmeherbabatrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Everything_r.pdf
28 November 1955
. . . In this world, there are Mard-e-Khuda — real lovers of God. They have actually become the very dust of the feet of the Beloved. But from one lakh of such persons, only one, after cycles, realizes God.
Love cannot be created by doing arti, performing puja, garlanding or other traditional forms of worship. Hafiz says:
“Love cannot be produced through rites, rituals and ceremonies.
Nothing of the sort creates love. It should be gained as a love-gift.”
What is the gift of love? It means my pleasure to give you just a glimpse of my Reality. No sooner do you experience it than you are set on fire with love. Suppose Vinoo has never seen a woman, although he has read all about women, love, et cetera. He has learned everything, but has not seen. If by chance he comes face to face with a beautiful woman, what is his condition? He craves and desires to embrace the beauty, and as long as his desire remains unfulfilled, it will go on increasing.
. . . The Saqi-ul-Irshad is the Qutub, the Perfect Master, who is the Pivot of the Universe. He is All-power and has the authority to use it as he wills. He never gives one intoxication (masti), but causes one to see God face to face, and some he makes one with God.
As Hafiz says:
One who is Saqi-ul-Irshad can, with his mere glance or wish transform dust into the alchemy-stone that transmutes base metal into gold.
And sometimes it happens that there is one who has served the Saqi-ul-Irshad faithfully in previous lives and now has not even the price of the cheapest wine, and the Master remembers him and calls him and gives him the little drink of the Wine which gives Realization, and, perhaps, makes him a Saqi-ul-Irshad.
– Meher Baba
THE EVERYTHING AND THE NOTHING by Meher Baba page(27, 2) https://avatarmeherbabatrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Everything_r.pdf
9 December 1962,
The qawaali program led by Habib Qawaal of Ahmednagar and his musicians then started. Baba would often explain the meaning of key verses of the ghazals, some of which were:
Once in a while comes a real brave lover of God.
One glance from the Perfect Master makes him realize his own Self.
Referring to the audience, Baba remarked, “All of you are not up to the mark, and so my nazar does not fall on you! … The Path is most difficult. You have to become like dust. Only then will you see Baba as he is within you. Only one, a rare one, sees Baba in this way! … The lover tells his Beloved Master how indifferent he is to him, for when he bows down to him, the Master kicks his head!”
Mentioning himself, Baba said, “I was a drop when Babajan kissed me, but then I swallowed the whole Ocean! If you are lucky and my glance of grace falls on you, then you will also become the Ocean! The main thing is that my glance should fall on you.”
Talking of the large number of bogus saints and sadhus, Baba commented, “Real satsang can be had only near me. That satsang alone is real that will convert the dust into a touchstone that transmutes iron into gold. Hafiz has said that the true lovers of God [Mard-e-Khuda] possess only one thing — love. Out of thousands of such true lovers only one gets Self-Realization, and only if the glance of grace from a Perfect Master falls on him.”
Habib Qawaal ended the singing at noon, and Baba was quite pleased with him.
. . . I am the Avatar of this Age. Next year [1963] is a very critical year. See that my daaman does not slip from your hands then. Hafiz says:
Do not try for Realization because even to try for it is sheer madness.
Have only one madness — to become as dust at the feet of the Perfect Master.
To become dust means to completely surrender your heart and mind so that you are, as it were, already dead. There is no shanti [peace of mind] on this Path. If you want peace of mind, then you can get it elsewhere, and in other ways. You can go for pleasant long walks in nature or listen to soothing music, or take sedatives, or go to saints or sadhus. But here is not the place to come for it, for if you come to me, remember that the spiritual path is full of hardships and sufferings. While at other places, you can get peace of mind, for they know nothing about the Path. Hafiz says:
He who does not surrender to a Perfect Master cannot attain God.
There is thus only one remedy — hold fast to the Perfect Master’s daaman
even if you feel that he is going to drop you into a pit!
Hafiz says, forego all prayer to God! Pray only to the Perfect Master! Hold fast to his daaman and you will realize God.
– Meher Baba (9 December 1962)
Shree Guru charana saroja raja nija manu mukuru sudhari
Baranaun Raghubara bimala jasu jo daayaku phala chaari
Having polished the mirror of my heart with the dust of my Guru’s lotus feet
I sing the pure fame of the best of Raghus, which bestows the four fruits of life.
– Tulsi Das
https://www.krishnadas.com/lyrics/hanuman-chaleesa/
What a wondrous miracle it is to be the slave of the Master!
I became the dust [of his feet], and he raised me to the Highest!
The Master raised me to the state of Eternity —
He verily gave me Eternal Life.
– Hafiz
6 November 1952,
In the afternoon at 1:30 the Arangaon bhajan group sang before Baba. At 2:55 P.M. a qawaali program began by Habib Nizami Qawaal of Ahmednagar. His performance was so touching that Padri, Bal Natu, Minoo Kharas, Meherjee and others started weeping. Aloba became so overwrought with emotion, he banged his head against the wall and had to be physically restrained.
Baba commented: “Tears that stream down the cheeks without your being aware of them are very difficult to control. But if restrained, they give more happiness. You will find greater joy in the inner companionship with your Beloved.
“This Path is closely connected with feelings. Some who possess a pure and sensitive heart feel that they should go on shedding tears for years and years in memory of their Beloved [God]. In some cases, the individual becomes unconscious of his outer surroundings. Some stand at a place for years; some stand raising one hand upward [the state of mukam-e-hairat, enchantment of the planes]. Although such types of experiences are beyond control, yet they are temporary. Only those who experience this behoshi [unconsciousness] consciously are safe.
“However, if you can experience within your heart a continuous and deep longing for the Beloved without any external sign, so much the better. Weep within continuously; outwardly remain normal and cheerful.”
The music program ended at five that afternoon. Baba asked all to wash their faces and hands again, and the names of God from the four different religions were repeated. As Baba got down from his gaadi, he turned to Nana Kher and asked, “Why are you growing a beard?”
Nana answered, “My beard is so tough, letting it grow is easier than shaving.”
Baba teased him, “It is good that you did not get married, because your wife might not have liked the sight of a bearded husband.”
While leaving the hall, Baba urged all to have a good rest and keep well for the coming three days.
If you love Me, let that love not be wasted by escaping through your lips in words. It is an insult to real love if and when such love happens to be deliberately exhibited.
– Meher Baba
LOVE ME SILENTLY
If you love Me, let that love not be wasted by escaping through your lips in words. It is an insult to real love if and when such love happens to be deliberately exhibited.
You have to be very particular about the purity of heart, you talk of love but it is not easy to love. You should love God in such a way that apart from others not knowing about it, you yourself are not aware of it.
For you to bow down to Me, to perform My Arti to Worship Me is not what I have come for amongst you. I expect much from you. I have come to receive your love from you and to bestow My Love on you. Love others as you would love your self and all that is yours.
If you feel for others in the same way as you feel for your dear ones, you love God.
– Meher Baba
Meher Baba Calling, page 48
https://avatarmeherbabatrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/700734.pdf
. . . When milk is being heated, it overflows the vessel when boiling. But when you begin boiling in my love, you should boil within and not overflow like milk for outward show. Love is not a thing to be told or expressed to anyone. It is a secret to be kept.
– Meher Baba (30 September 1954)
http://lordmeher.org/rev/index.jsp?pageBase=page.jsp&nextPage=3832
मुहब्बत की झूठी कहानी पे रोये
बड़ी चोट खाई जवानी पे रोये
न सोचा न समझा, न देखा न भाला
तेरी आरज़ू ने, हमें मार डाला
तेरे प्यार की मेहरबानी पे रोये, रोये
मुहब्बत की झूठी कहानी पे रोये
खबर क्या थी होंठों को सीना पड़ेगा
मुहब्बत छुपा के भी, जीना पड़ेगा
जिये तो मगर ज़िन्दगानी पे रोये, रोये
मुहब्बत की झूठी कहानी पे रोये
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: Naushad
Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni
https://youtu.be/dloxBZgcAKs
ऐ इश्क़ ये सब दुनिया वाले बे-कार की बातें करते हैं
पायल के ग़मों का इल्म नहीं झंकार की बातें करते हैं
हर दिल में छुपा है तीर कोई हर पाँव में है ज़ंजीर कोई
पूछे कोई उनसे ग़म के मज़े जो प्यार की बातें करते हैं
उल्फ़त के नए दीवानों को किस तरह से कोई समझाए
नज़रों पे लगी है पाबंदी दीदार की बातें करते हैं
भँवरे हैं अगर मदहोश तो क्या परवाने भी हैं ख़ामोश तो क्या
सब प्यार के नग़्मे गाते हैं सब यार की बातें करते हैं
ऐ इश्क़ ये सब दुनिया वाले बे-कार की बातें करते हैं
ऐ इश्क़ ये सब दुनिया वाले . . .
– शकील बदायुनी
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: Naushad
Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni
https://youtu.be/cJzwapdk2Cs
तेरे हुस्न की क्या तारीफ़ करूँ
कुछ कहते हुए भी डरता हूँ
कहीं भूल से तू ना समझ बैठे
की मैं तुझसे मोहब्बत करता हूँ
मेरे दिल में कसक सी होती है
तेरे राह से जब मैं गुज़रती हूँ
इस बात से ये ना समझ लेना
की मैं तुझसे मोहब्बत करती हूँ
तेरी बात में गीतों की सरगम
तेरी चाल में पायल की छम छम
कोई देख ले तुझको एक नजर
मर जाए तेरी आँखों कसम
मैं भी हूँ अजब इक दीवाना
मरता हूँ ना आहें भरता हूँ
कहीं भूल से तू ना समझ बैठे
की मैं तुझसे मोहब्बत करता हूँ
मेरे सामने जब तू आता है
जी धक से मेरा हो जाता है
लेती है तमन्ना अंगड़ायी
दिल जाने कहाँ खो जाता है
महसूस ये होता है मुझको
जैसे मैं तेरा दम भरती हूँ
इस बात से ये ना समझ लेना
की मैं तुझसे मोहब्बत करती हूँ
तेरे हुस्न की क्या तारीफ़ करूं
कुछ कहते हुए भी डरता हूँ
कहीं भूल से तू ना समझ बैठे
की मैं तुझसे मोहब्बत करता हूँ
Artist: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: Naushad
Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni
https://youtu.be/l9gbU0Qd3bI
Songs Of Naushad, Shakeel And Rafi
https://youtu.be/qhFPe_qbYt8
https://youtu.be/lpL_cqlCAU8
https://youtu.be/D1-HENJ4jv4
Meher Songs 