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.