Nadaan Parindey Ghar Aaja...

I have been listening to this Sufiana rock song for the last few days and it has touched a chord on so many levels for me. One some level each of us is searching for home, and we look for it in our music, our art, in love, in friendships and in relationships. The elusive home where we are perfectly happy with who we are and at ease with ourselves, where we are at peace...

The search for the divine is one such search, where the soul yearns to be with the divine. This is the ethos behind sufi love where the divine is the home and the Sufi is on a journey to unite with the divine. I think this is the reason why sufi songs, music and ideas seem to be so loved today by everyone. Music has the ability to connect to our soul and since we are all on some level on a search for our home, we identify with such music that speaks the same language as our inner selves.

Ending with my favourite sufi lines, which were also used in this song...

Kaaga, Sab Tan Khaiyo, Sab Maans Chun Chun Kahiyo
Yeh Doh Naina Mat Khaiyo, Inme More Piya Milan Ki Aas...

(O crow, please eat all my flesh if you have to, but not my  eyes, for in them I harbour a desire to meet my lord)