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Sunday, January 02, 2005  

Sufi Music - Rabbi Shergill and more
(This music is exceptional so will deviate from the blog theme :)

The new album by Rabbi Shergill, based on Sufi Music of 18th century is very soothing. Even though most of the people who have heard this album, dont understand the meaning, they find it uplifting. Here is a link to the song "Bulla ki jaana maen koun"

And here is the one of the "good" translations of the song. However, as we all know, any translation can achieve only so much. I find the original text to be much more intense and full with feelings

Not a believer inside the mosque,
am I Nor a pagan disciple of false rites
Not the pure amongst the impure
Neither Moses, nor the Pharoh
Bulleh! to me, I am not known
Not in the holy Vedas, am I
Nor in opium, neither in wine
Not in the drunkard`s craze
Niether awake, nor in a sleeping daze
Bulleh! to me, I am not known
In happiness nor in sorrow, am I
Neither clean, nor a filthy mire
Not from water, nor from earth
Neither fire, nor from air, is my birth
Bulleh! to me, I am not known
Not an Arab, nor Lahori
Neither Hindi, nor Nagauri
Hindu, Turk (Muslim), nor Peshawari
Nor do I live in Nadaun Bulleh! to me, I am not
known Secrets of religion, I have not known
From Adam and Eve, I am not born
I am not the name I assume
Not in stillness, nor on the move
Bulleh! to me, I am not known
I am the first, I am the last
None other, have I ever known
I am the wisest of them all
Bulleh! do I stand alone?Bulleh! to me, I am not known

posted by Ravi Trivedi | 1:47 PM |
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