About Qawwali

Qawwali grew out of what are generally considered to be the efforts of one man, Amir Khusrau.The blog features the well known qawwals of all times with an English translation of the Urdu and Persian poetry alongwith available audios and visuals.Over the years several qawwalis have been featured in films across the Urdu-Persian known nations.Qawwali speaks on life, love and divinity.Speaking of the Wedding day, of ishq, and rather famously, of intoxication, the narration is in a style which is characteristically the domain of the sufi. The poetry is saturated with rustic and earthy symbols tied together in a language that is effortlessly simple.