Sanson Ki Mala Pe

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Sanson Ki Mala Pe (Urdu: سانسوں کی مالا پہ, lit. 'On the rosary of my breath') is a single by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It was first performed by Khan during his first visit to India in 1979, when Indian actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor invited him at the wedding of his son Rishi Kapoor. This is a Qawwali performed by the Pakistani singer-songwriter Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. When "Sanson Ki Mala Pe" appeared on Nusrat's early commercial releases, beginning with his 1982 album Supreme Collection, Vol. 12, the lyrics were credited simply as “Traditional." This attribution for the lyrics continued on the 1993 album Sanson Ki Mala Vol. 28, the 1994 master edition, and a subsequent release on December 21, 1995, which likewise listed the piece as “Written-By: Traditional.” The ghazal was also formally published in January 1995 in Tufail Hoshiarpuri’s poetry collection Soch Mala, where it appears under his name as "Sanson Ki Mala Pe (Urdu: سانسوں کی مالا پر, translit. sāñsoñ kī mālā par simrūñ nis-din...

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