Originally posted on 23/01/2011 :
Within a space of two days, we lost two men of substance. Why it hit me hard was that one of them was barely one year senior to me. Death, the natural culmination of life seemed perilously close, and I started looking for words to soothe myself.
In my shelf I found a CD of Shaikh Farid’s ‘baani’ sung by Jagjit Singh and Neelam Sahni. And then I discovered that this ‘shabad’ has also been put on the Internet. If you click on the link below, you will be able to get the complete ‘shabad’ in Punjabi, roman English and a translation of the ‘slokas’ in English. The opening line is
“Budhha hoya shaikh Farid, kamban lagi deh…”
I invite you to listen to it and read the words. They go deep into the soul and leave a very soothing touch. The language of this ‘baani’ is Punjabi, as it was spoken during those days.
Brother Surjit,
SUPERB, INDEED!! Thanks for sharing such a goldmine of shabadsand spiritual music.
Love,
KD
Enjoyed it
Thanks a lot. Very thoughtful of you.
THANK YOU SIR,
IT IS GREAT TO BE ON YOUR MAILING LIST.THIS PIECE TOUCHED MY HEART.
Not barely one year but a year and a half.
That is trivia.
You and I are cranes on the river bank playing joyfully,
not knowing when the Hawk shall strike.
Beautifully sung and so soul sterring.
For long time , all those who have followed ”SURJITIONICS ‘ , would agree with me that this piece is way off the earlier ones.
Baba Farid and Bulle Shah are relevent ,only to the extent of assuaging the confusion and sadness that may come with the realisation that time has advanced.
But remember Ghalib: Maut Ka ek Din Muayen Hai
Neend Raat Bhar Kyon NahiN Aati
And then, we do not go without enjoying a lot
Mere Maula Ki Azmat To Dekheye
Barhana Paida Huae , Malboos Dafnae Gaye
Omar Khayyam is more relevent now:
The Moving Finger Writes, And Having Writ Moves on,
Neither All Thy Piety , Nor Wit
Can Lure it
To Cancel Half A line Of
OR
Unborh Tomorrow And dead Yesterday,
Why Fret About Them
If Today Be Sweet
Please put on the famous Ghazal of Malika Pukhraj:
Abhi To meiN Jawan HooN
Yeh kali kali badliyaN
Ufk Pe Ho Gayi AayaN
Hai Ik Hajoome MaikashaN
Sue maikada RawaN
KahaN Chala Hai Sakiya
Idhar to dekh Idhar to Aa
Utha Saboo , saboo Utha
Saboo Utha Ke Pyala Bhar
Pyala bhar ke De Idhar……..
…………………………
Pilaye ja Pilaye Ja
Abhi To MaiN Jawan hooN……
…………………………….
Thanks.
Grateful for this.
Thanks for sharing that link…..I really liked it…..
Though I have been reading you mails….I am sorry for being irregular in replying to them.
Thanks,Surjit, for youe priceless fwds.
Baba Farid’s Shabads are so ‘touching’ and profound.
Show me a way to capture it on my Disc and play it as and when I wish. The Sikh Aarti you had sent earlier I possess-this one eludes. You know that I am a self-educated ‘dud’ in such matters-so send an Idiot’s guide.
On IESM- INDERJIT & SATBIR are at war again: Irreconcilable old Sardars! We exhausted our counsels; so my conscience is clear. ‘The world is what it is’ and only the deluded believe that they can recreate or change it.
Value your sentiments on RISKY’s passing on- sadly he has jumped the Q !
Bhai Sahib,
Thanks.
You can move all the mails which you wish to preserve to one of the labels and then retrieve them when you need. Or alternatively, you can create ‘shortcuts’ I think if you call some one from the CDM he will give you the steps.
I have found a man here in Punjab Infotech who comes to me once in a fortnight and ‘updates, me. I think it is good to take on a ‘guru’ it saves a lot of time, and one can get more out of the same system.
I have stopped worrying my little head on the quibbles in Delhi. The government has made a mess of the whole thing. And the ‘solution’ identified by our friends is impractical. This impasse is likely unlikely to be solved during my lifetime. Hence I have decided to turn to the likes of Ghalib, Sheikh Farid and Kabir. I like the couplet,
“Fikr-e-duniyaN meiN sar khapata hooN
MaiN kahaaN, aur yeh vabaal lahaaN! ”
(Please not that the capital N is silent, but adds a nasal sound. ‘vabaal’ means a complex societal issue )
I love Raj Kadyan. Satbir is related to me. Renjen is a dear friend. Col Inderjit is a well meaning soldier. But their problem is ego. They are egotistic to the point of being megalomaniacs. They believe they have the power to bring the government down to their knees and ‘negotiate’ with them.While wishing them all the very best, I have chosen to shift to Chandigarh, and live ‘far from the madding crowd’
With best wishes,
Surjit
Thanks It was lovely listening to Jagjit and Neelam
Our family had known Neelam and her parents It is pity that Neelam
had sad life and death
Thank you, Sir, for sharing this beautiful piece.
It is as appropriate as it is touching.
I have learnt so much from you and haven’t even met you yet. Please keep them coming
Thank you very much for the Kabir Saloks and so many other valuable material you keep sending. Appreciate and marvel at the immense Bhandar of knowledge you have.
how profound and how true!
I was looking for Farid’s poetry book yesterday at Pb Book Store but the print was quite bad and today I get this from you!
Thanks. Please keep on sending such soul touching words. They are so apt for people at our age.