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Tuesday, June 12, 2001

Music. Maati Baani. Dhaai Aaakhar Naam

This video from Maati Baani features Rida Gatphoh who wrote the Khasi lyrics to the song along with a rap by Lilly Singh, a.k.a. Superwoman. I have copied the lyrics below, and you can learn more about the song at the YouTube page. Plus, you can read some Khasi folktales at the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook!


Khasi Lyrics (written by Rida Gatphoh)

Lyer lyer wan jai jai (Wind, wind, come gently)
Ah to wan jai jai (Oh, come gently)
Ale wan beh shane (come now, blow this way)
Ale wan mynta (come right away)
Hoi hoi hoi Kiw!
Ale Ale wan noh shane (come now, come now this way)
Ale ale wan beh shane (come now, come blow this way)
Ahoi ahoi ahoi ahoi

Hindi Lyrics ( written by Manoj Yadav)
Dhaai aakhar naam hai mera (Two and a half letter word is my name)
Dhaai aakhar naam (Two and a half letter word)

Main har man basiya (I reside in every heart)
Har tan sajiya (I am the jewel on each body)
Har lab sadhiya (I am the greatest of all words)
Main saara jug ruchiya (I am the Creator of this world)
Main hi rang rasiya (I am the colour of life)
Kann Kann rangiya (I have coloured each and every atom)
Boli na bhaasha hoon (I am neither the speech nor the language)
Sabmein taraasha hoon (Still I am engraved in one and all!)
Pa ni pa ma pa ma ga ma ga re ga re sa

Dariya dariya behtaa hoon (Like the Ocean, I am the Infinite)
Kaliyaan Kaliyaan mehka hoon  I am the fragrance in every bud)
Suron mein dhaloon to geet hoon (If I manifest in notes, I become the song)
Logo mein ghoolun to meet hoon (I am the friendship of friends)
Khuli kitaab hun sabhi ne baanchi (I am an open book for everyone to read)
Dilon mein khiloon to preet hoon (If I bloom in hearts, I awaken)
Haare na kabhi wo jeet hun (I am the victory which never loses)
Main hi naav Mai hi mera maajhi (I am both the boat and the oarsman)

Rap ( written by Lilly Singh aka Superwoman)

How many worlds we in? ONE
How many loves we got? ONE
Twenty one questions and the answer is always ONE LOVE!
Headphones in my iPod,
Speakers in my ear,
And no matter the songs I got
Love is what you hear.
And to which God do you pray?
And how many times a day?
I'll hear you out but either way
I'll love you the same way
Coz skin colour, dismiss that
Equality, don't diss that
Brown girls shouldn't rap,
Huh I must've missed that!

Music: Maati Baani. Banjara.

Here Nirali and Kartik are performing with folksinger Mooralala Marwada. The words of the song are by the poet Kabir; the lyrics and English translation are from the YouTube page which also has more information about this lovely performance:


Chakki chal rahi, Kabira baitha royee
Dono pud ke beech me saajha na nikle koi
Chakki chal rahi Kabira baitha joyee
Khoonta pakdo nij naam ka
To sajha nikle jo soyee

Chhod ke mat jaao ekli re
Banjara re Banjara re
Door des ka hai maamla
Ab jaago pyaara re

Apna Saahebne mahal banayee ,banjara re
Gehri gehri haye been bajai, banjara ho

Apna Saahebne baag banayee, banjara re
Phool bhari layee chhab re, banjara ho

Kahat Kabira Dharmidas ko
Sant amrapur maalna, banjara re

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

The millstone of life goes on moving; Kabir weeps:
Between the layers of truth and untruth, no one is spared.
The millstone of life goes on moving; Kabir observes:
He who holds the anchor of His name will always remain unhurt!

Don't leave me now, O Breath; I am a wanderer!
Still have to travel faraway lands;
O the one who is asleep, awake!

Our Master has made this body like a palace,
And He played the instrument of breath within!

Our Master has made this body like a garden,
And how He's filled it with a bowl of flowers!

Says Kabir: he who follows the truth
Will attain the kingdom of immortality!

Music: Maati Baani. Baawariya.

This beautiful performance by Nirali and Kartik features the wonderful clarinetist Shankar Tucker. Here is what they say about the song at the YouTube page: "Baawariya was inspired by the most amazing love fables of Shiva and Sati. The beautiful goddess Sati realises that She is madly in love with Lord Shiva and it is only to unite with Him that She breathes and exists!"

You can read more about Shiva and about Sati at Wikipedia.