Ghulam Mohammad Mir is from Pugal in Bikaner, who has learnt classical music as well for eight years in
“…this is the area of Sufiyayna qalam...this region has been blessed by one of the mort important Sufis, Khwaja Ghulam Farid who has spent considerable time of his life here and composed in the praise of the desert…our singing is different from the Sindh region…it has similarities with the Patiala and Sham Chaurasi Gharana of Punjab, exponents of which have sung immortal sufi qalam. In our tradition the most common ragas are Bhimpalasi, Malkauns and Multani Kafi…”
Expounding further on the tradition the regal old man tells that Ishq (love) was the first thing to be made by Allah when he created Muhammad. He then sang in his sonorous voice the ibtadayi baat (tale of the beginning) as is expressed in a qalam by Ali Haider. It talks of the primordial relationship between Ishq and gana (song) at a time when there was nothing else:
“Jadon Ishq wali bang mele saiya puchan laga kaun imam ha
Na nau kalam na kurshi arash
na zamin te na asmana
na macca mojij te na ganga tirath
na kufr te na Islam ha
Ali Haider mian
Jadon Ishq de hath wich gana jad Ishq he Ishq da Imam ha"
"when I heard the call of love
the beloved asked: what sort of Imam are you!
I said: neither of the earth nor the sky
nor from miraculous places like macca or sacred pilgrimages like ganga
Neither the Kafir, nor the Islam
Ali haider, Oh dear when love sings
I am the Imam of love and love alone"
Hear Ghulam Mohammad recounting a tale
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