Wehdat-e-Insaani - Josh Malihabadi (1974)

Josh Malihabadi reciting his marsiya Wehdat-e-Insaani on PTV in 1974. According to Hilal Naqvi sahib, Josh first wrote this marsiya in 1960 and recited it at Dr. Yawar Abbas's residence. The matla was first published in Ayaat o Naghmaat (1941) and again, with minor changes, in Sunbul o Salasil (1945). An iteration of the marsiya appeared as a nazm in Ilhaam o Afkaar (1966). The iteration of the marsiya Hilal sahib published in his compiled Kulliyat-e-Josh is from a manuscript bearing the year 1976. This recording is therefore an iteration prepared between the Ilhaam o Afkaar and manuscript versions. Preserved by Ali Ghazanfar Jaffery (Badshah Ali)