Seven Stages of Love

Arabic literature and sufi traditions describes seven stages of love 

Seven Stages of Love

1. Attraction: The first stage of love where eyes meet,spark is initiated and the journey of love begins.
2. Attachment : The second stage starts with fondness where a feeling of strong connection comes.
3. Love: The most blissful of all stages. Here you started feeling at top of the world unaware of other things in life just lost in thoughts of your beloved.
4. Trust/Reverence : This stage initiates the process in love which ultimately leads to death. Here one started trusting someone more than anything and anyone. After this there is no turning back in love.
5. Worship : In this stage love reaches at the extend of worshipping the beloved where nothing can be wrong with the object of worship.Here love not ends even after a denial by the beloved instead leads to the next stage of love.
6. Madness : In this stage one finds his own identity incomplete without beloved thus his urge to have love reaches to the level of obsession and madness. 
7. Death : The final stage of love now the self identity is completely lost. Here the existence of lover depends on the existence of beloved.

We can link all this stages of love with a person's quest to find god. One's mere attraction towards god leads him to the level of love where is own identity becomes the identity of his loved god. This attaches this concept of love to sufi traditions.

Courtesy (Copied as is from): http://cifarshayar.blogspot.in/2014/02/the-seven-stages-of-love.html

Khwaja Mere Khwaja - English Translation

Hazrat Khwaja Ghareeb-un-Nawaz (Aka. KGN Ajmer Sharif) was born in Iran and later migrated to India (Ajmer, Rajasthan). He was the supporter of the weak, helper of the poor and gained much love and respect from all people. He is a descendant of Hazrat Ali, who was the son-in-law of Hazrat prophet Mohammed.

He, interpreted religion in terms of human service and exhorted his disciples "to develop river-like generosity, sun-like affection and earth-like hospitality." The highest form of devotion, according to him, was "to redress the misery of those in distress – to fulfill the needs of the helpless and to feed the hungry."  ~courtesy : Wikipedia

 

'Khwaja Mere Khwaja' is an absolutely magical soundtrack. A pure qawwali in the traditional sense opens with harmonium superimposed by A R Rahman's explicit vocals which reaches out to your soul!

#Translation

Khwaja Ji.. Khwaja
Khwaja Ji.. Khwaja Ji..
Khwaja O.. Khwaja
Khwaja O.. Khwaja

Ya Gareeb-un-Nawaaz (x3)
O Supporter Of The Poor (x3)

Ya Moin-un-Din (x2)
O Helper/ Assistant Of The Faith (x2)

Ya Khwaja Ji.. Ya Khwaja Ji
Ya Khwaja Ji.. Ya Khwaja Ji..

Khwaja Mere Khwaja.. Dil Me Sama Jaa..
Shahoun Ka Shah Tu.. Ali Ka Dulara.. (x2)
Khwaja O Khwaja.. Reside In My Heart..
You Are The Kings Of Kings.. You Are Beloved Of Ali.. (x2)

Khwaja Mere Khwaja.. Dil Me Sama Jaa.. (x2)
Khwaja O Khwaja.. Reside In My Heart.. (x2)
Bekassoun Ki Taqhdeer, Tune Hai Sawaari (x2)
The Fate Of Helpless, You Have Changed (x2)

Khwaja Mere Khwaja..
Khwaja O My Khwaja

Tere Darbar Me Khwaja, Noor Ko Hai Dekha
Tere Darbar Me Khwaja, Sarr Jhukaate Hai Auliya
In Your Court Khwaja, We Have Seen The Spiritual Light (Aura)
In Your Court Khwaja You Are Held High By All Other Valiees (Mystics)

Tu Hai Mutawwalli Khwaja, Rutba Hai Pyara
Chaahne Se Tujhko Khwaja Ji, Mustafa Ko Paya
You Are The Care Taker Khwaja, You Have A Beautiful Title
If We Love You (Also) , We May Get The Love Of Mustafa


Khwaja Mere Khwaja.. Dil Me Sama Jaa..
Shahoun Ka Shah Tu.. Ali Ka Dulara.. (x2)
Khwaja O Khwaja.. Reside In My Heart..
You Are The Kings Of Kings.. You Are Beloved Of Ali.. (x2)

Mere Peer Ka Sadqa (x2)
Hai Mere Peer Ka Sadqa, Tera Daaman Hai Thaama
Thanks To My Peer/Saint (x2)
Thanks To My Peer Saint, Through Whom, I Have Come To Know About You

Khwaja Ji
Tali Har Bala Humari, Chhaaya Hai Khumaar Tera
Jitna Bhi Rashque Kare Beshak, Toh Kam Hai Aye Mere Khwaja
Tere Kadmon Ko Mere Rehnuma, Nahin Chodhna Ganwara

O Khwaja
All Our Worries/ Bad Omens Are Gone, We Are Under Your Euphoria
No Matter How Much We Envy You, It Will Be Little
It Doesn't feel Right To Leave Your Side, You Are Our Guide