Dhanak OST: Dum A Dum Mast Qulandar


This week's Maitri Tune is a heartwarming fusion between an Sindhi sufi prayer and an English track, and it invites us to sing our heart's out with joyous abandon like the 8 year old boy featured in the video.

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Jyoti, a dear friend from the Service Space family shared this beautiful personal story a few months ago which goes with the spirit of this week's song. Hope the song and story inspire you to sing your heart's song too!

My neighbors and I share a common open green space where kids play, dogs come prancing behind their owners, some elderly folks come to sit on the benches and young people work on their tans as they linger over their conversations or books. This morning, an elderly Chinese man was standing tall by a bench, with his wife apparently doing some Tai-Chi exercises nearby. I had never seen them around before, so thought they must be visiting parents on a holiday. There was no one else around as it was a weekday morning after most people had left for work. He looked around and slipped his feet out of his shoes, standing barefoot, on his shoes.

He had beautiful posture and looked straight ahead and started to sing. He sang in a deep baritone voice, projecting his voice, as if he was in an amphitheater. It was a song in a language I did not understand. Yet music has a way of its own. I was mesmerized and so moved to just hear him sing out loud, clearly enjoying himself, and very accomplished too. The rich tone and the sweet melody filled the air with joyful life. It made me really happy to hear him sing. Another fellow walked by, and as he passed them, he clapped and seemed to offer a compliment. The song was done. I wanted him to keep singing but they both walked away.

Simply by singing his song he had, unknowingly, shared his gift with me. I enjoyed the moment and was inspired by it. The birds sing without inhibition. Why not humans? If we would all just be unafraid to sing the songs in our heart, literally and metaphorically, I suspect we will spread love out in the world. What made him happy, was a pleasure for me to watch and made my day happier too. I want to let what is in my heart out as simply and gracefully as he did. And I pray that everyone else can sing their heart out loud too. Maybe there will be no one to hear it, maybe there will be someone who hears it joyfully but does not come out to say so even after it inspired them, maybe someone will applaud in passing, and maybe there will be no response from the outer world, but my inner world would be happier from the sheer joy of expressing what my heart cherishes. Just do it.



Lyrics (in English and Sindhi):

Everybody’s talking about the peace in the world
All we get to see is the pain and the hurt
We don’t want no war,
We don’t want no fights
No guns no bombs, no fists with the knives
Hmm yeah
Everybody’s talking about the peace in the world
All we get to see is the pain and the hurt
We don’t want no war,
We don’t want no fights
No guns no bombs, no fists with the knives
All i’m saying let’s give love a chance
All i’m saying let’s give love a chance
Do you like the song?
Then sing it with me
And this is how it goes
1 2 3 and
All i’m saying let’s give love a chance
All i say let’s give love one.
All i’m saying
Let’s give love one chance
All i’m saying
All i’m saying
All i’m saying let’s give love one

Chaar charag tere balan hamesha
Laal mori laal mori rakhiyo bala jhullaalan
Laal mori
Chaar charag tere balan hamesha
Chaar charag tere balan hamesha
Panjwaa main baalan aai aan bala jhoole-lalan
Ho panjwan main baalan


We don’t want no war,
We don’t want no fights
No guns no bombs, no fists with the knives

Ho panjwaa main baalan aai aan bala jhoole-lalan
Sindhri da, sehwan da sakhi shabaaz qalandar
Duma dum mast qalandar, ali da pehla number
Duma dum mast qalandar, sakhi shabaaz qalandar
Duma dum mast qalandar, sakhi shabaaz qalandar
Dum-adum mast qalandar


All i’m saying let’s give love a chance

Jhanan jhanan teri nobat baajey
Jhanan jhanan teri nobat baajey
Naal baje ghadyal bala jhoole lalan
Ho naal baje…
Ho naal baje ghadiyal bala jhoole lalan
Oh sindhri da, sehwan da, sakhi shabaaz qalandar


All i’m saying let’s give love one chance
All i’m saying

Duma dum mast qalandar, sakhi shabaaz qalandar
Duma dum mast qalandar, ali da pehla number
Laal mori, laal mori
Rakhiyo bala jhoole laalan lal mori
Duma dum mast qalandar.



According to various sources on the internet, the Sindhi prayer "Duma dum mast qalandar" is sung in praise of the renowned Sufi Saint of the Chisti Order, Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar who preached religious tolerance among Muslims and Hindus. His mysticism attracted people from all religions. He was called Laal after his usual red attire, Shahbaz due to his noble and divine spirit, and Qalandar for his Sufi affiliation. Qalandars are wandering ascetic Sufi saints. Qalandar is also a title given to a unmarried saint who is at a very high level of spirituality. 


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