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Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Dancers - Xxiii
Unquotabe quotes: Dancers - XXIII

Dance like Cassius Clay, Sting like Muhammad Ali.
The dancing Dervish’s ethereal trip makes the Sufi’s Qawwali breathlessness sound like the radio-astral waves dashing on the beaches of their consciousness.
The only unlicensed...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: qawwali, body, dance, joy, music, senses, sensual, uplifting,
Form: Epigram



Premium Member Nakuja Kwa Wito Ninaendelea I Come I Praise--
Nakuja
Kwa wito, NINAENDELEA – I COME I PRAISE--

I come
To the calling
I stand at this gathering
I stand
At my calling
With lifted hands—praising
I praise to the All Father
My Father-God
I come to the calling
To the calling of my Lord
I...

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Categories: caregiving, dedication, devotion, god, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Qawwali
Lament For Shams
1.	Shall I narrate you a tale or may be a thousand stories,
Of a lost love and fervent devotion?
Or chronicles of longing and separation? 
Mayhap I, relate both as you wish, open your eyes and give...

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Categories: best friend, blessing, care, heartbroken, i love
Form: Qawwali
Premium Member Why- Am I Here Do You Need Me Lord Oh God--
Why Am I here do you Need me Lord
The reason why we are here,
Worship
The reason why, we’re here,
To give praise
The reason why we’re here
God DOESN’T need us
Why Am I here do you Need me Lord
Yet,...

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Categories: analogy, appreciation, celebration, dedication, devotion, engagement, god,
Form: Qawwali
Why Am I Here
Spelunking inside her mind,
searching for the answer she cannot find.
She keeps looking, draped in fear
as she asks, why am I here? 
No one is guiding her path
she only exists as an aftermath
of two drifting, lost...

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Categories: heartbroken,
Form: Qawwali



Dancing With the Devil
Dancing with the Devil
Hand we hand we danced the night away.
For I was your queen... or so you had made it seem.
But I knew the truth 
You had another lover.
You gazed upon my body but...

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Categories: boyfriend, conflict, confusion, cry, heart, heartbreak, love
Form: Qawwali
Premium Member Mayhem Poetry Form
I do not know the different forms of poetry
To be honest I have no desire to ascertain
So many forms and so complicated
To much confusion for my lazy brain!

I just like to write my thoughts down
A...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: qawwali, humor, poetry, poets, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poetry Form Mayhem
I do not know the different forms of poetry
To be honest I have no desire to ascertain
So many forms and so complicated
To much confusion for my lazy brain!

I just like to write my thoughts down
A...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: qawwali, confusion, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Love of Music
Pyar Nahin Hai Sursey Jishko
A Qawwali by Ustad Bade Amanat Ali Khan
Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore 

Translated by Snehendu Kar

If one does not love music,
That fool is not fully human.
If there were no music,
There would be...

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Categories: qawwali, music,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Admiration of Praises of Him--
Express I warm approval or admiration of, HIM
We can’t praise HIM enough, burning is my emotions for HIM
My body moves in HIS breath
Admiration I applaud pay tribute to HIM
Speaking to the surroundings, toward the skies...

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Categories: analogy, appreciation, dedication, deep, devotion, god, jesus,
Form: Qawwali

Book: Reflection on the Important Things