P.S. I learned Bengali as a third language due to my schooling in bengal.
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You may be thinking of sharab (wine) and saki (the lady pourer of wine) that are used in Sufi music immortalized by Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the qawwali format. I’m an unabashed fan. He’s among the best ever as a musician in the expert opinion. I fully agree. But, one has to understand urdu well to really enjoy it. Alas, I don’t to the level that is needed.PKBasu wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:17 pm Urdu is a beautiful language, no doubt, as the shairis and ghazals that emerge in that language attest. My impression is that a lot of ghazals use "dariya" (river) to denote wine/booze, and intoxication as a way of expressing romantic thoughts more freely. As a teetotaler, some of this is lost on me...and presumably on many observant Muslims as well![]()
Agree with this, not everything Islamic is barbaric.