Khawaja Mere Khawaja - Correct Lyrics - English and Urdu with meaning

Here are the CORRECT lyrics to Khawaja Mere Khawaja from Jodhaa Akbar.

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Most of the lyrics available online for Khawaja Mere Khawaja are wrong. Atleast that's what I feel. Without talking more about them I present what I think are the correct lyrics in Urdu, transliterated English along with the basic meaning. I have also given the basic meaning of certain Sufi terms used in this song.

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Transliterated English (with meaning of Khawaja Mere Khawaja)

Khawaja Ji - exalted Khawaja

Khawaja Ji x 2

Ya Ghareeb Nawaz - O benefactor of the Poor (also the most popular epitaph of Hzrt Mo'een Ud Deen Chisti)

Ya Ghareeb Nawaz x 2

Ya Mo'een Ud Deen x 2

Ya Khawaja Ji x 4

Khawaja Mere Khawaja - Oh my khwaja

Dil Mein Sama Ja - reside in my heart

Shahon Ka Shah Tu - you are the king of kings

Ali ka Dulara - dearest of Ali

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Dil Mein Sama Ja

Shahon Ka Shah Tu

Ali ka Dulara

Khawaja Mere Khawaja, Dil Mein Sama Ja x 2

Beqason Ki Taqdeer- the fate of the unfortunate

Tune Hai Sawaaree - has been restored by you

Beqason Ki Taqdeer, Tune Hai Sawaaree

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Tere Darbar Mein Khawaja- in your court O Khawaja

Noor To Hai Dekhaa - shines the eternal light

Tere Darbar Mein Khawaja - in your court O Khawaja

Sar Jhukatein Hain Auliya - even the nearest to God bow down

Tu Hain Himal* Wali Khawaja - you are the carrier of those nearest to God

Rutaba Hai Pyaraa - your rank is most craved

Chaahane Se Tujhe Ko Khawaja Ji - desiring you is the path

Mustafa Ko Paya - to attaining perfect humanity (Prophet Muhammad)

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Dil Mein Sama Ja

Shahon Ka Shah Tu

Ali ka Dulara

Mere Pir Ka Sadaqa x 2 - my master's charity

Hai Mere Pir Ka Sadaqa- it is my master's charity

Tera Daaman Hai Thama - i clutch the hem of your robe

Khawaja Ji Talee Har Bala Humaree- our miseries have disappeared

Chhayaa Hai Kumaar Tera - your beneficence wraps all

Jitna Bhi Rashk Karen Be Shak To Kam Hai Mere Khawja - no matter how much jealously your blessings on me may create in others it does not matter

Tere Qadamon Ko Mere Rehnuma Nahin Chhodna Gavara – i cannot fathom abandoning your presence

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Dil Mein Sama Ja

Shahon Ka Shah Tu

Ali ka Dulara

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Dil Mein Sama Ja

Shahon Ka Shah Tu

Ali ka Dulara

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Dil Mein Sama Ja

Khawaja Mere Khawaja Dil Mein Sama Ja

Beqason Ki Taqdeer, Tune Hai Sawaaree x 2

Khawaja Mere Khawaja

Dil Mein Sama Ja

Shahon Ka Shah Tu

Ali ka Dulara Khawaja Ji …

*Himal– this word maybe “Unal” or maybe “Himal” or maybe "Hinal" or maybe even something else. It is difficult to ascertain right now.

The following terms / concepts have special import in the Sufi lexicon (Tasawwuf). Please keep in mind that these are very basic, and in some sense simplistic, definitions.

1. Khawaja – A special exalted Sufi master who has attained a very high level in the Sufi heirarchy. Usually a term associated with the founder of a Sufi order and his nominated successors. Eg- Khawaja Mo’een Ud Deen Chisti Ghareeb Nawaz, Khawaja Nizam Ud Deen Auliya Mehboob Illahi, Khawaja Salim Chisti.

2. Sama – Although here “Sama” is the imperative form of the Hindi / Urdu verb “Sama Jana” which means to occupy or reside in something, there is another association which I can establish with the inclusion of this word in the lyrics. Sama is also the word for the mystic trance sessions which Sufis all through the world partake in as a means of coming closer to God. It comes from the Arabic word Sama’ which means sound and these Sama sessions always have music and songs such as Manqabats and Qawalis in them. The lyricist for Khawaja Mere Khawaja may or may not have worked on this line of thought but I do construe a secondary meaning to “Sama” in the song.

3. Ali – Cousin and Son in Law of Prophet Muhammad. Almost all the Sufi Khawajas trace their roots back to Ali and through him to Prophet Muhammad. Khawaja Hazrat Mo’een Ud Deen Chisti has a double relationship with Ali, through two of Ali’s sons: Hasan and Husain.

4. Noor – This is a very important Sufi term. It goes much beyond the concept of physical ‘light’. This is more akin to spiritual light passed on from God to Muhammad to Ali and thence to the various Khawajas who trace their lineage back to Ali.

5. Auliya – Auliya is short for Wali Allah ie Friend of God, a higher Sufi rank.

6. Mustafa – This is another name for Prophet Muhammad and can often be found in Sufi and Islamic devotional poetry.

7. Pir - An exalted Sufi, dervish, mystic, saint, babaji generally.

I could be wrong about many things and I would like to know if I am.

Just a little something I would like to add about this song. I think it's a type of Manqabat i Khawaja. Traditionally Sufi Sama' and Qawwali programs have had a sort of warrant of precedence which starts with a Hamad (praise to God), then Na't (praise for the Prophet Muhammad), then Manqabat (praise for Ali) and then Manqabat i Khwaja (praise for the founder of the concerned sufi order). In this case the founder of the Chistiya order in Hindustan being Hazrat Khawaja Mo'een Ud Deen Chisti, the Manqabat is for him and one can hear him being addressed as "Ghareeb Nawaz" (a very very popular epitaph of Hazrat Khawaja Mo'een Ud Deen Chisti). Another very popular epitaph is "Mehbob i Illahi" for Hazart Nizam Ud Deen Auliya one of the greatest Pirs of the Chistiya order.

Here are the lyrics of Khawaja Mere Khawaja in Urdu:

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To know more about Sufism and the Sufi Lexicon:

1. Wikipedia
2. Inayat Khan's views on Sufism
3. University of Gerogian - lots of explanations and definations

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