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Like a particularly notorious child's tantrums, a mountaneous river's intemperance, a volcano's reckless carelessness and the dreamy eyes of a caged bird, imagination tries to fly unfettered. Hesitant as she takes those first steps, she sculpts those ambitious yet half baked earthen pots.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Meerabai


पायो जी म्हें तो राम रतन धन पायो।
वस्तु अमोलक दी म्हारे सतगुरू, किरपा कर अपनायो॥
जनम-जनम की पूँजी पाई, जग में सभी खोवायो।
खरच न खूटै चोर न लूटै, दिन-दिन बढ़त सवायो॥
सत की नाँव खेवटिया सतगुरू, भवसागर तर आयो।
'मीरा' के प्रभु गिरिधर नागर, हरख-हरख जस पायो॥

This is a very famous devotional song written by Meerabai. The song is in Avadhi and has a few touches of Rajasthani. I have never really understood the full import of the song(bhajan) but I love its rendition. Coupled with the knowledge that it expresses love in its purest form, its beautiful tune endears to the heart. You can listen to the song at:
http://www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/movie/HD000011.html

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2 Comments:

Blogger Vikram Mavalankar said...

thnx 4 tht link !!
:)

5:18 PM  
Blogger hello said...

Just a note to let you know you can read lots of MIrabai bhajans/poetry and their english translations at www.gitananda.org and http://www.gitananda.org/mirabai/mirabai.html.

8:37 AM  

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