Dastoor – Mansi Multani x Gaurav Ogale

Mansi’s voice is sacred. When I first heard her rendition of Habib Jalib’s 𝐷𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑟, it moved me in ways I could not fathom. And I kept going back to it again and again. More so in recent times when I felt that discomfort within me, this piece helped me gather myself again. 

Close to three decades after Habib Jalib’s demise, his words are more relevant than ever before.

Deep jiska mahalaat hi main jale
Chand logon ki khushiyon ko lekar chale
Voh joh saaye mein har maslehat ke pale
Aise dastoor ko, subhe be-noor ko
Main nahin maanta, main nahin jaanta

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘸
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯
𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵

Main bhi khaif nahin takhtaedar se
Main bhi Mansoor hoon, keh do aghyar se
Kyun daraate ho zindaan ki deevar se
Zulm ki baat ko, jehl ki raat ko
Main nahin maanta,main nahin jaanta

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥
𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺
𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴?
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵.