Saturday, May 30, 2009

Kahat Kabir Suno bhai Sadho - Jhini Jhini

My personal Kabir project is nearing its end. And i have saved my earliest memories for the last. Jhini Jhini was the first Kabir song that i heard, this was the first song that got me fascinated. I dont think i grasped its full meaning back then and i dont think that i still do it completely but nevertheless, whatever i understand, its beautiful. I heard this song when it came in Indian Ocean's album Jhini. Kabir songs are by no means limited to classical music, Prahlad Sinh Tipaniya happily acknowledges that he is not a classical singer, And Pt. Kumar Gandharva is at the other end. Somewhere orthogonal to both is pop/fusion and Indian Ocean has done a great job as per my opinion. I am also giving you a rendition by Anup Jalota, i found his rendition today morning and liked it. Anup Jalota's voice has that charismatic simplicity that makes it quite melodious.











म्हारी सदा राम रस बिनी
चादर झीनी रंग झीनी

अष्ट कमल दल चरखा चले, पांच तत्व. गुण तीनी
कर्म की पूनी कान्तं बैठी, कुकरी सूरत महिनी
चादर झीनी रंग झीनी , झीनी झीनी झीनी

इंगला पिंगला ताना कीन्हों सुखमनिया भर दीनी
नौ दस मॉस बितान लागा, ठीक थक कर बीनी
चादर झीनी रंग झीनी, झीनी झीनी झीनी

या चादर धोबी के दीन्ही, शब्द ताल धर दीनी
सूरत शिला पर पकड़ पचाती, इस विध उजली किन्ही
चादर झीनी रंग झीनी, झीनी झीनी झीनी

या चादर रंगरेज़ के दीन्ही भांत भांत रंग दीन्ही
प्रेम पति का रंग चढाया, पिली पीताम्बर कीन्ही
चादर झीनी रंग झीनी, झीनी झीनी झीनी

या चादर सुर नर मुनि ओढी, ओढ़ के मैली कीन्ही
अर्जुन ओढ़ महरम नहीं जाना, मूरख मैली कीन्ही
चादर झीनी रंग झीनी, झीनी झीनी झीनी

ध्रुव ओढी, प्रहलाद ने ओढी, सुखदेव निर्मल कीन्ही
दास कबीर ने जुगत से ओढी, ज्यों की त्यों धर दीन्ही
चादर झीनी रंग झीनी, झीनी झीनी झीनी


Forever weaving with Ram's essence
Subtle cloth of subtle color

The spinning wheel turns 8 lotuses
5 elements, 3 qualities
Actions are the ball of cotton
woven into skeins of fine awareness


Right channel, left channel, warp and weft
Then they fill the middle channel
Nine or ten months go by
It was woven just right

The cloth went to washerman
He dipped it in the pool of Words
He beat it on the stone
of awareness and made it shine

The cloth went to the dyer
who dyed it many colors
He dyed it the color of love
And made it golden

Gods, humans, sages wore it
covered with spots and blots
Arjun wore it without insight
so that fool got it dirty too

Dhruv, Prahlad and Sukhdev wore it
and made it stainless
Kabir wore it with such care
He shed it as pure when he first got it.

3 comments:

Abha Chandra Mishra said...

Thank you so much providing its meaning. I loved it.

Abha Chandra Mishra said...

Thank you providing its meaning. I loved it.

Meer Singh said...

Thanks