Taj Mahal (Jorge Ben Cover) by Trails and Ways

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgShtme4v18

so much love/respect to jorge
j's original is a retelling of the classic indian love story that built the Taj Mahal, and we do a retelling of the retelling, rewriting the verses to english ones about the 16th c. queer love story of Sufi poet Shah Hussain and Madho Lal

to honor and help give voice to real present-day South Asian folks and their love stories, we’re asking anybody who digs the song to check out & donate a bit to Trikone, a group founded in the Bay Area that provides a space, advocacy and support for LGBTQ South Asian folks. http://www.trikone.org/index.php/about-us/donate

you told me clandestine history, a scripture from love made in verse
I could not believe you, I needed evidence first
of the love of principe shah hussain for the commoner madho lal
of the love of principe shah hussain for the commoner madho lal

taj mahal

there is a palace in heaven, where nothing ever happens
where some holy spectacle lies
like the love of principe shah hussain for the copper-eyed madho lal
like the love of principe shah hussain for the copper-eyed madho lal

taj mahalllll