tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28714615262794233382012-01-10T21:55:51.900+05:30<a href="http://www.shareguide.com/Uttal.html">Full spectrum</a> <a href="http://www.voices.no/mainissues/mi40005000186.html">healing</a>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.comBlogger971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-23315364129659906572010-12-25T11:38:00.001+05:302010-12-25T11:38:24.468+05:30<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DiXjbI3kRus?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DiXjbI3kRus?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-2331536412965990657?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-67798868198960747402007-06-21T11:59:00.000+05:302007-08-26T11:17:11.687+05:30<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2023/3250/1600/buddha.2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2023/3250/1600/buddha.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />अनेकजातिसंसारं, सन्धाविस्सं अनिब्बिसं।<br />गहकारकं गवेसन्तो, दुक्खा जाति पुनप्पुनं॥<br /><br />गहकारक दिट्ठोसि, पुन गेहं न काहसि।<br />सब्बा ते फासुका भग्गा, गहकूटं विसङ्खतं।<br />विसङ्खारगतं चित्तं, तण्हानं खयमज्झगा॥<br /><br />This is the Buddha's exclamation on attaining enlightenment, in Pali (written above in the Devanagari script), from <em><a href="http://www.zencomp.com/greatwisdom/ebud/dhp/1-index.htm"><strong>The Dhammapada</strong></a></em><strong>,</strong> Ch. 11, "Old Age", 153-54.<br /><br />Read about the life of the Buddha <em><strong><a href="http://home.swipnet.se/ratnashri/buddhalife.htm">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br /><em>Anekajatisamsaram</em> <em>sandhavissam anibbisam</em><br /><em>gahakarakam gavesanto</em> <em>dukkha jati punappunam.</em><br /><br /><em>Gahakaraka! Ditthosi, </em><em>puna geham na kahasi</em><br /><em>sabba te phasuka bhagga</em> <em>gahakutam visankhatam</em><br /><em>visankharagatam cittam</em> <em>tanhanam khayamajjhaga.</em><br /><br />Which means:<em> </em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I, who have been seeking the builder of this house, failing to attain Enlightenment which would enable me to find him, have wandered through innumerable births in <em>samsara</em>. To be born again and again is, indeed, <em>dukkha</em>!<br /><br />Oh house-builder! You are seen, you shall build no house again. All your rafters are broken, your roof-tree is destroyed. My mind has reached the unconditioned; the end of craving has been attained. </span><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/fc8bdd5f-1921-485c-bdf2-b0afede7d04e&amp;amp;theName=Enlightenment&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=fc8bdd5f-1921-485c-bdf2-b0afede7d04e">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/fc8bdd5f-1921-485c-bdf2-b0afede7d04e" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/fc8bdd5f-1921-485c-bdf2-b0afede7d04e/Enlightenment/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><strong>Hear / download a guide to singing the Pali verses <em><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/EAE0708FC2">here</a></em>.</strong><br /><br />Sir Edwin Arnold describes the Buddha's enlightenment in <em><a href="http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/books/lightasi/asia-6.htm">Light of Asia</a></em>:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">... Thus Life's thirst quenches itself<br />With draughts which double thirst, but who is wise<br />Tears from his soul this Trishna, feeds his sense<br />No longer on false shows, files his firm mind<br />To seek not, strive not, wrong not; bearing meek<br />All ills which flow from foregone wrongfulness,<br />And so constraining passions that they die<br />Famished; till all the sum of ended life -<br />The Karma - all that total of a soul<br />Which is the things it did, the thoughts it had,<br />The 'Self' it wove - with woof of viewless time,<br />Crossed on the warp invisible of acts -<br />The outcome of him on the Universe,<br />Grows pure and sinless; either never more<br />Needing to find a body and a place,<br />Or so informing what fresh frame it takes<br />In new existence that the new toils prove<br />Lighter and lighter not to be at all,<br />Thus "finishing the Path;" free from Earth's cheats;<br />Broken from ties - from Upâdânas - saved<br />From whirling on the wheel; aroused and sane<br />As is a man wakened from hateful dreams.<br />Until - greater than Kings, than Gods more glad! -<br />The aching craze to live ends, and life glides -<br />Lifeless - to nameless quiet, nameless joy,<br />Blessed NIRVANA - sinless, stirless rest -<br />That change which never changes!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: <em>Enlightenment Scene</em>, Temple painting in Bodhgaya, India, by </span><a href="http://www.dakiniunlimited.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Marianna Rydvald</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6779886819896074740?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-91243174697925668992007-06-21T11:58:00.000+05:302007-11-01T14:41:57.324+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rnou8cY95mI/AAAAAAAAAlw/aXOARlxtebo/s1600-h/SacredSongs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078423145761597026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rnou8cY95mI/AAAAAAAAAlw/aXOARlxtebo/s320/SacredSongs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Today 21 June (2007), the day of the summer solstice, is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fête_de_la_Musique">World Music Day</a> as well as <a href="http://wolakota.org/wppd.html">World Peace &amp; Prayer Day</a>.<br /><br />To commemorate this day, I have created this <strong>Sacred Songs</strong> site. I like to think that sacred chants and songs are the soil of which all melody and singing are formed.<br /><br />I have no musical training or knowledge. But from an early age, I have heard, loved and sung all kinds of songs. I started composing and singing devotional songs and chants in 1995, and as I was also studying sacred texts from different faiths, I also began setting to melody verses from sacred texts. All the songs from across the world, all the texts of different faiths, only harmonised in my consciousness. <br /><br />Sacred songs - was a very personal engagement for me, something deeply fulfilling, in itself. I felt I was essentially a minstrel. I had the opportunity to share my songs with small audiences in different places, and was encouraged by their appreciation. <br /><br />I wanted to share my small repertoire of songs through the internet, but with none of these having been properly recorded, and having been unable to find other musicians to help me make something of the songs - I shall try to present songs and chants in others' voices. <br /><br />The songs I put up - are limited by my own (aural) awareness, and what's availabile (or rather, what I was able to find) on the internet. This is a tiny, personal compilation. All kinds of sacred songs, chants and expressions, of different faiths and peoples, are absent here. So I hope this site will be a means for me to grow in every way.<br /><br />I hope singers and musicians would find this of interest. But more than that, I wish hearing these songs would enable ordinary people to feel roused, and sing. I have tried to accompany the various songs with some explanation, plus the lyrics, transcriptions and translations wherever possible. <br /><br />I wish families, and friends, will find particular songs that they like, and want to learn and sing / perform these together.<br /><br />This site's existence is entirely dependent on a vast web of resources, shared altruistically by so many organisations, enterprises and individuals. Hence I cannot but express my gratitude to all of them. I would be glad and grateful to get comments, suggestions and advice from visitors to this site.<br /><br /><em><strong>Sarvamangalam, mangalam!</strong></em><br /><br />May all living beings, everywhere, be well!<br /><br />Here's a prayer for Peace <em>(Shanti)</em>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/f03da5e4-d279-45b6-9ad5-a2192fda4c9f&amp;theName=Shanti&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; 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CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2023/3250/400/fatiha.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the first chapter of the Holy Koran, the <em><strong>Surah Al-Fatiha</strong></em>, which means "The Opening".<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم<br />الحمد لله رب العالمين<br />الرحمن الرحيم<br />ملك يوم الدين<br />اياك نعبد واياك نستعين<br />اهدنا الصرط المستقيم<br />صراط الذين انعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">آمين</span><br /><br /><em>Bismillah ar Rahman ar Rahim!<br /><br />Al Hamdu lil Laahe Rabbil Aalameen<br />Ar Rahmaan ar Rahim<br />Maaliki yaum id din<br />Ya quanah budo<br />Wahiya khanastaiin<br />Ih dinah as siraat al mustaquiim<br />Siraat al lazina<br />An amteh ilaihiim gaiiril madhdubi<br />Al aiihim waladdu aaleen<br /><br />Aameen!<br /></em><br /><br />Here's the English translation of the original Arabic:<br /><br />In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful!<br /><br />All praise belongs to God alone<br />Lord of all worlds,<br />The Compassionate, the Merciful,<br />Ruler of the Day of Judgement.<br />It is You that we worship<br />And to You we appeal for help.<br />Show us the straight way,<br />The way of those You have graced,<br />Not of those on whom is Your wrath,<br />Nor of those who wander astray.<br /><br />Amen<br /><br />Here is a recitation of the <em>Fatiha</em> by Maulana Shah Turabul Haq Qaderi.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/93f048bc-6da4-4324-8a8c-caa2a665f209&amp;theName=Surah Fatiha&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; 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FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&amp;objectid=0653bf60-35e3-42e6-a5d3-f43ced978d41">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/0653bf60-35e3-42e6-a5d3-f43ced978d41" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/0653bf60-35e3-42e6-a5d3-f43ced978d41/Fatiha/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Among followers of the Islamic faith, any good task, any auspicious occasion, is marked by the recitation of the <em><a href="http://sacred-songs.blogspot.com/2007/06/opening.html">Fatiha</a></em>. The <em>Fatiha</em> is considered the distilled essence of the whole Koran. When we inaugrated our office-community centre in PM Basti in early 1998, as we were amidst and working with a Muslim community, we organised a <em>Fatiha</em> recitation ceremony.<br /><br />After the Talimi Haq School was started in 1998 in Priya Manna Basti, Howrah, the teachers began the classes every afternoon with the students standing and reciting the <em>Surah Fatiha</em>, or the first chapter of the Koran, whose title means “the opening”.<br /><br />With the daily recitation of the <em>Fatiha</em>, the phonetic sounds were instilled in my mind. When I was in Jerusalem in late 1998, hearing Arabic spoken around me, I remembered the <em>Fatiha</em> and was eager to know what exactly this meant. When I visited my friend Prof Marwan Haddad in Nablus, he gave me a set of children’s Islamic education CDs for our Talimi Haq School.<br /><br />Back in India, I began listening to one CD in particular, which taught the correct pronunciation and recitation style of several verses from the Koran. I listened to the <em>Fatiha</em>, again and again and again, until I knew it thoroughly and had mastered it. I also referred to the English translation and internalised the meaning of each word, so that it could be expressed in a manner that conveyed the meaning and tone of this verse.<br /><br />Some years earlier, I had set to melody a traditional Hindu prayer (in Sanskrit) to Ganesa, the Lord of Obstacles. In Hindu custom, any good task, any auspicious occasion, is marked by the recitation of a prayer to Lord Ganesa. So after I had learnt the <em>Fatiha</em>, I sought to fit this to that same melody. I felt there was an underlying oneness in the conception, intent and meaning of the prayer to Ganesa and the <em>Fatiha</em>. I was soon able to render the <em>Fatiha</em> in this melody.<br /><br />Visiting Jerusalem again in early 2003, I met another friend, Omar Youssef, an architect-planner. Omar is also an accomplished player of the <em>oud</em>, a Middle Eastern string instrument. So Omar and I shared our music and songs. He also took me meet his friends at the Naqleh Esheber centre in Beit Hanina. This is a well-known organization involved in social communication with youth. Naqleh Eshaber is an animated character created by them for their programmes on social and environmental themes; he is thumb-sized, but with a heart as large as the heavens!<br /><br />As someone born in a Hindu family and now adhering to no particular faith, I was a bit wary about singing the <em>Fatiha</em> in front of practicing Muslims in the Middle East. But their response was very positive! I was overjoyed!<br /><br />Before I returned home, I visited the Naqleh Esheber centre again with Omar. This time there was also a group of teen boys and girls, and I shared my <em>Fatiha</em> composition with them; once again, with very positive response.<br /><br />Listening to Omar’s accompaniment on the <em>oud</em> – I got a completely new turn to my melody, and this was resonating in my head.<br /><br />When I returned to Calcutta – I learnt that a close friend, Dayan, had been killed in a car crash. I was devastated. Before I had left, Dayan had helped me to record some of my songs, including the <em>Fatiha</em>. We were supposed to do a final version. But that was not to be.<br /><br />Dayan had shared my <em>Fatiha</em> song with his parents (his father is Shia, mother Sunni). So when I went to visit them they asked me to sing this. After the new turn given by Omar’s <em>oud</em>, and now this tragic setting: my melody took a further new turn. The grief-stricken heart plaintively submits to the dictates of the Almighty.<br /><br />I sang the <em>Fatiha</em> at Dayan’s memorial gathering.<br /><br />In 2005, I sang the <em>Fatiha</em> for Imam Muhammad Ashafa, from Nigeria. He told me he was an examiner of students in Islamic seminaries, and said he would give me 88 out of 100 for my recitation! And after hearing me sing the <em>Fatiha</em> at the Talimi Haq School in February 2007, blogger <a href="http://mysticsaint.blogspot.com/">Sadiq</a> wrote: "... when you were reciting the <em>Fatiha</em>, I was crying. ... that's the best i have ever heard in my entire life."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3689289304107414958?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-10687133987446143462007-06-21T11:55:00.000+05:302007-08-26T11:20:09.065+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp8EPHBvKZI/AAAAAAAAAuc/umBbp9rgkkY/s1600-h/ganesa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088790761582832018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp8EPHBvKZI/AAAAAAAAAuc/umBbp9rgkkY/s200/ganesa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />maha ganapatim manasa smarami<br />maha ganapatim<br />vasishta vama devadi vandita<br /><br />maha deva sutam guruguha nutam<br />mara koti prakasham shantam<br />maha kavya naatakaadi priyam<br />mooshika vahana modhaka priyam<br /><br />A composition in Natai <em>raga</em> by the legendary eighteenth century composer, Muttuswami Dikshitar, this is a prayer in Sanskrit to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha">Ganesa</a>, Lord of Obstacles, seeking an auspicious beginning to any sincere and good task; any artistic performance is an offering to Him.<br /><br />Here's KJ Yesudas singing <em>Maha Ganapatim</em>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/d3666ea5-2211-4c19-b5dc-3d8f7ff7872c&amp;amp;theName=MAHA GANAPATHI&thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=d3666ea5-2211-4c19-b5dc-3d8f7ff7872c">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/d3666ea5-2211-4c19-b5dc-3d8f7ff7872c" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/d3666ea5-2211-4c19-b5dc-3d8f7ff7872c/MAHA-GANAPATHI/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I meditate on the supreme Ganapati who is worshipped by<br />sages like Vasishtha, Vamadeva and others.<br /><br />He, the son of Lord Mahadeva, is adored by Guruguha and<br />shines with the brilliance of millions of cupids. He is the tranquil<br />one and exults in poetry and drama.<br /><br />He is fond of Modaka (a kind of sweet), and has a mouse for a mount. </span><br /><br />Here's <a href="http://www.narada.com/SusheelaBio.htm">Sushila Raman's</a> rendition of <em>Maha Ganapatim</em>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/adba59ba-8d5b-4efd-b5b9-9e379c67c6f9&amp;theName=Susheela Raman - Ganapati&thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=adba59ba-8d5b-4efd-b5b9-9e379c67c6f9">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/adba59ba-8d5b-4efd-b5b9-9e379c67c6f9" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/adba59ba-8d5b-4efd-b5b9-9e379c67c6f9/Susheela-Raman---Ganapati/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1068713398744614346?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-34681066754040965342007-06-21T11:54:00.000+05:302007-08-26T11:20:55.950+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp8N13BvKaI/AAAAAAAAAuk/-68wuaTba8w/s1600-h/ganesa2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088801322907412898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp8N13BvKaI/AAAAAAAAAuk/-68wuaTba8w/s200/ganesa2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another prayer in Sanskrit to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha">Ganesa</a>, composed by Muttuswami Dikshitar, set in Hamsadhwani <em>raga</em>.<br /><br />vaataapi gaNapatim bajEham<br />vaaraNaasyam varapradam shree<br /><br />bootaadi sam sEvita caraNam<br />boota bowdika prapanca baraNam<br />veetaraagiNam vinata yOginam<br />vishva kaaraNam vigna vaaraNam<br /><br />puraa kumba sambhava munivara prapoojitam<br />trikONa madya gatam<br />muraari pramukaat yupaasitam<br />moolaadhaara kshEtraa stitam<br />paraadi sattvaari vaakaatmagam<br /><br />praNava svaroopa vakratunDam<br />nirandaram niDala candra kaNDam<br />nija vaamakara vidrutEkshutanDam<br />karaambuja paaSa beejaapooram<br />kaloosha vidhooram bootaahaaram<br />haraadi guruguha tOshita bimbam<br />hamsadhwani booshita hErambam<br /><br />Here's MS Subbulakshmi singing <em>Vatapi Ganapatim</em>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/21ef5541-a7a5-4426-9896-cff5bdbf5a1b&amp;theName=vatapi-hamsadhwani-ms-subbulakshmi&thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=21ef5541-a7a5-4426-9896-cff5bdbf5a1b">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/21ef5541-a7a5-4426-9896-cff5bdbf5a1b" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/21ef5541-a7a5-4426-9896-cff5bdbf5a1b/vatapi-hamsadhwani-ms-subbulakshmi/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here's the acclaimed poem "I Would Know You Anywhere" by <a href="http://mutantk.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!384D5D2A14DB777!219.entry">Revathy Gopal</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I would know you anywhere<br />even as a line drawing,<br />with just a suggestion<br />of broken tusk.<br /><br />A mischievous arc<br />of belly and trunk,<br />minimalist.<br /><br />I know you in stone<br />and wood. Terracotta<br />is fine; once in someone’s<br />living room, I saw you<br />made in jade<br />with the light trapped inside.<br /><br />In shops sometimes,<br />they seal you<br />in plastic.<br /><br />Even on a crowded, noisy street<br />you make<br />an area of stillness<br />around you.<br />I stand in a trance<br />watching the dance.<br /><br />One leg hefted high,<br />or in the indolence<br />after sleep,<br />balancing your elephantine<br />head in your hand.<br /><br />Renegade, clown, purveyor of dreams,<br />dispeller of darkness, arbiter of destinies,<br />you stand just beyond<br />my angle of vision,<br />untamed, unclaimed.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3468106675404096534?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-19012234186952292712007-06-21T11:53:00.001+05:302007-08-01T18:05:33.846+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqXC4kDSjkI/AAAAAAAAAxE/xjZ4cmquCL8/s1600-h/calling.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090689230818152002" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqXC4kDSjkI/AAAAAAAAAxE/xjZ4cmquCL8/s320/calling.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bilal ibn Rabah was an Ethiopian born in Mecca in the late 6th century. He was known for his beautiful voice. Prophet Muhammad chose Bilal as his <em>muezzin</em>, i.e. the one who called the people to their prayers.<br /><br />The <em>Adhaan</em> (or <em>azaan</em>) is the call to prayer.<br /><br />Here is the <em>Adhaan</em> from the <a href="http://travel.u.nu/photo-il_761.php">Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem</a>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/cf53c00a-6a02-46e9-8951-50ea75a95954&theName=Adhaan Al Aqsa&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=cf53c00a-6a02-46e9-8951-50ea75a95954">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/cf53c00a-6a02-46e9-8951-50ea75a95954" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/cf53c00a-6a02-46e9-8951-50ea75a95954/Adhaan-Al-Aqsa/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">الله اكبر</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Allah Hu Akbar</em><br />God is Great<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">اشهد ان لا اله الا الله</span><br /><em>Ash Hadu An La Ilaha Ill Lal Lah</em><br />I bear witness that there is no God but Allah<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">اشهد ان محمدا رسول الله</span><br /><em>Ash Hadu An Na Muhammad Ar Rasoolul Lah</em><br />I bear witness that Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">حي على الصلاة</span><br /><em>Hayya Al Las Salah </em><br />Hasten towards prayer<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">حي على الفلاح</span><br /><em>Hayya Al Lal Falah </em><br />Hasten towards well-being<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">الصلاة خير من النوم</span><br /><em>Hayya Ala Khairil Amal </em><br />Hasten towards the best of action<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">الله اكبر</span><br /><em>Allah Hu Akbar </em><br />Allah is Great<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">لا اله الا الله</span><br /><em>La Ilaha Ill Lal Lah </em><br />There is no God except Allah</span><br /><br />Hear / download <em>Adhaans</em> from various parts of the world <a href="http://audioquraan.com/adhan.asp"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a>.<br /><br />Here is the <em>Adhaan</em> by Hafiz Mustafa Özcan of Turkey.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PgHO4lijzrs" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1901223418695229271?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-61765195062687891292007-06-21T11:52:00.000+05:302007-08-26T11:21:33.210+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn456MY951I/AAAAAAAAAnk/3whd991XXM0/s1600-h/Tree.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079561101641639762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn456MY951I/AAAAAAAAAnk/3whd991XXM0/s200/Tree.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">והיה כעץ שתול על פלגי מים אשר פריו יתן בעתו ועלהו לא יבול וכל אשר יעשה יצליח׃</span></strong><br /><br />This is the third verse of the first psalm of the Book of Psalms, in the modern Hebrew script.<br /><br /><em>ve.ha.ya ke.ets sha.tul al-pal.gei ma.yim<br />a.sher pir.yo yi.ten be.i.to<br />ve.a.le.hu lo yi.bol<br />ve.khol a.sher-ya.a.se yats.li.akh:<br /></em><br />Which means:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,<br />that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;<br />his leaf also shall not wither;<br />and all that he doeth shall prosper.<br /></span><br />This is traditionally recited on Saturdays (the Jewish <em>Shabath</em>) and High Holidays. It speaks of the characteristics of those who follow the ways of God.<br /><br /><strong>Hear / download a singing guide to this verse <em><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/3799D65535">here</a></em>.</strong><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/6cbb2122-cce2-4317-97fc-d79399db9442&amp;amp;theName=Like a tree&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=6cbb2122-cce2-4317-97fc-d79399db9442">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/6cbb2122-cce2-4317-97fc-d79399db9442" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/6cbb2122-cce2-4317-97fc-d79399db9442/Like-a-tree/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This is very similar to Jeremiah, 17:7-8:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6176519506268789129?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-10526086709767686112007-06-21T11:51:00.001+05:302009-02-04T16:24:48.408+05:30<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2023/3250/1600/Saraswati.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2023/3250/200/Saraswati.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Saraswati literally means “one who gives the essence (sara) of our own Self (swa).” She sits on a swan, and carries a <em>veena</em> (a string instrument).<br /><br />"Puja" means worship, with flower offerings.<br /><br />Devi Saraswati is the Mother of Learning.<br /><br />Music is the highest art, the distilled essence of all knowledge, which is self-knowledge. Self-effacing devotion, expressed in heart's melody, in a prayer to Devi Saraswati, is accompanied by Divine vision.<br /><br />In Carnatic music (i.e. the south Indian classical tradition), one of the first songs learnt is “Varaveena”, a prayer, in Sanskrit, a song of adoration to Saraswati, compsed by Appaya Dikshitar (1554-1626), a scholar, sage and saint.<br /><br /><em>Varaveena mrudu paani </em><br /><em>Vanaruha lochana raani<br />Suruchira bambhara veni </em><br /><em>Suranutha kalyaani<br />Nirupama shubha guna lola </em><br /><em>Nirathi jaya</em><em> prada sheela<br />Varadaapriya ranganaayaki </em><br /><em>Vaanchita phala daayaki<br />Saraseejaasana janani<br />Jaya jaya jaya<br /></em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">You hold the divine veena in your soft hands.<br />You are the queen of the omniscient. Your eyes are like the lotus petals.<br />Your curly tresses resemble the bees.<br /><em>Devas</em> worship your auspicious form.<br />You have unequalled virtuous qualities.<br />You give endless victory.<br />You are the munificent consort of the Beautiful Lord.<br />You grant boons to the deprived.<br />O Mother of lotus-seated Creator!<br />Victory to you!</span><br /><br />This song is set in Mohanam <em>raga</em>, which is Bhopali <em>raga</em> in the Hindusthani or north Indian classical system.<br /><br />Shivkumar Kalyanaraman is a professor of computer science in the USA. His <a href="http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/">website</a> is also a treasure trove of resources on Carnatic music. He has provided the <a href="http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/varnams/varaveena-geetham.htm">musical notations</a> for this song, as well as an <a href="http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/varnams/varaveena-geetham.mp3"><strong>MP3 recording</strong></a> of a teaching of this song.<br /><br />Thank you Shivkumar, and may Mother Saraswati’s blessings be always with you.<br /><br />Another prayer in Sanskrit to Saraswati is <em>Yakundendu Tushara</em>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/bb7ae4ed-6419-4f31-9e7e-e38a1c78eb7a&amp;theName=Yakundendu tushar&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tbody><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&amp;objectid=bb7ae4ed-6419-4f31-9e7e-e38a1c78eb7a"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/bb7ae4ed-6419-4f31-9e7e-e38a1c78eb7a"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/bb7ae4ed-6419-4f31-9e7e-e38a1c78eb7a/Yakundendu-tushar/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Yaakundendu tushara haara dhavaLa<br />Yaa shubhra vastraanvitaa<br />Yaa veeNa vara danda mandita karaa<br />Yaa shevta padmaasana;<br />Yaa brahma achyuta shankara prabhritibhir;<br />Devai sadaa vandita<br />Saamaam paatuh Saraswati bhagavati<br />nishsheshha jaaDyaapahaa<br /><br />Goddess Saraswati is 'all white'; Wearing a garland of <em>kunda</em> flowers, one who is as white as the moon snow, who is clad in white attire and is seated on a white lotus; two of her hands adorn the veena, while other two are poised to bless and set right accordingly; one who is always worshiped by the Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh) and other Gods; I pay my obeisance to goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of learning, I pray to thee, bless me with knowledge, seize my lethargy, ignorance and inertia.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1052608670976768611?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-7793747358402809912007-06-21T11:49:00.000+05:302007-07-31T21:22:42.868+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rnoy8sY95oI/AAAAAAAAAl8/gTFftJ8VsqA/s1600-h/bodhi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078427548103075458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rnoy8sY95oI/AAAAAAAAAl8/gTFftJ8VsqA/s320/bodhi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A Bodhisattva is a human being whose life is dedicated to bringing enlightenment and liberation to all living beings from the endless cycle of births and deaths. These are the <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/four-vows.html">Four Great Vows of a Bodhisattva</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The many beings are numberless - I vow to save them.<br />Greed, hatred and folly rise endlessly - I vow to uproot them.<br />Dharma gates are countless - I vow to wake to them.<br />Buddha's way is unsurpassable - I vow to embody it fully.</span><br /><br />In Chinese:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>四弘誓願</strong><br /><br />眾生無邊誓願度<br />煩惱無盡誓願斷<br />法門無量誓願學<br />佛道無上誓願成<br /></span><br /><strong>Sì hóng shì yuàn</strong><br /><br />Zhòng shēng wúbiān shì yuàn dù<br />Fánnăo wújìn shì yuàn duàn<br />Fă mén wúliàng shì yuàn xué<br />Fó dào wúshàng shì yuàn chéng<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/9b2ece27-e860-4a6b-bde0-0bb287c4114d&theName=Four Great Vows&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; 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FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=69c6b1db-eaee-40d2-a1a1-f34489db272a">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/69c6b1db-eaee-40d2-a1a1-f34489db272a" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/69c6b1db-eaee-40d2-a1a1-f34489db272a/Sogange/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><strong>Hear / download the chant in Japanese <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/95129585CA">here</a></strong></em>.</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-779374735840280991?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-53160476107291108552007-06-21T11:47:00.003+05:302010-10-19T12:24:53.003+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnpBZ8Y95qI/AAAAAAAAAmM/SF7NirwPlpc/s1600-h/window.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078443443777037986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnpBZ8Y95qI/AAAAAAAAAmM/SF7NirwPlpc/s320/window.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The <a href="http://cuckooscall.blogspot.com/2006/10/canticle-of-brother-sun.html">Canticle of the Sun</a> (or The Canticle of the Creatures) was composed by St. Francis of Assisi.<br /><br />The legend goes that when St. Francis was recovering from an illness in a hut outside the convent of St. Clare, the nuns heard from his lips this rapturous new song. The informality, even casualness, of its composition and its rambling rhythms and rhymes make it as simple and unaffected in its form as the Umbrian dialect in which it is written.<br /><br />Altissimu, onnipotente, bon Signore,<br />tue so' le laude, la gloria e l'honore et onne benedictione.<br />Ad te solo, Altissimo, se konfano,<br />et nullu homo ène dignu te mentovare.<br /><br />Laudato sie, mi' Signore, cum tucte le tue creature,<br />spetialmente messor lo frate sole,<br />lo qual'è iorno, et allumini noi per lui.<br />Et ellu è bellu e radiante cum grande splendore:<br />de te, Altissimo, porta significatione.<br /><br />Laudato si', mi' Signore, per sora luna e le stelle:<br />in celu l'ài formate clarite et pretiose et belle.<br /><br />Laudato si', mi' Signore, per frate vento<br />et per aere et nubilo et sereno et onne tempo,<br />per lo quale a le tue creature dài sustentamento.<br /><br />Laudato si', mi' Signore, per sor'aqua,<br />la quale è multo utile et humile et pretiosa et casta.<br /><br />Laudato si', mi' Signore, per frate focu,<br />per lo quale ennallumini la nocte:<br />ed ello è bello et iocundo et robustoso et forte.<br /><br />Laudato si', mi' Signore, per sora nostra matre terra,<br />la quale ne sustenta et governa,<br />et produce diversi fructi con coloriti flori et herba.<br /><br />Laudato si', mi' Signore, per quelli ke perdonano per lo tuo amore<br />et sostengo infirmitate et tribulatione.<br />Beati quelli ke 'l sosterrano in pace,<br />ka da te, Altissimo, sirano incoronati.<br /><br />Laudato si', mi' Signore, per sora nostra morte corporale,<br />da la quale nullu homo vivente pò skappare:<br />guai a quelli ke morrano ne le peccata mortali;<br />beati quelli ke trovarà ne le tue sanctissime voluntati,<br />ka la morte secunda no 'l farrà male.<br /><br />Laudate e benedicete mi' Signore et rengratiate<br />e serviateli cum grande humilitate.<br /><br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br />Most High, all-powerful, good Lord,<br />Yours are the praises, the glory, the honor, and all blessing.<br />To You alone, Most High, do they belong,<br />and no man is worthy to mention Your name.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, with all your creatures,<br />especially Sir Brother Sun,<br />Who is the day and through whom You give us light.<br />And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendor;<br />and bears a likeness of You, Most High One.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,<br />in heaven You formed them clear and precious and beautiful.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind,<br />and through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather<br />through which You give sustenance to Your creatures.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water,<br />which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire,<br />through whom You light the night<br />and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth,<br />who sustains and governs us,<br />and who produces varied fruits with colored flowers and herbs.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through those who give pardon for Your love<br />and bear infirmity and tribulation.<br />Blessed are those who endure in peace<br />for by You, Most High, they shall be crowned.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death,<br />from whom no living man can escape.<br />Woe to those who die in mortal sin.<br />Blessed are those whom death will find in Your most holy will,<br />for the second death shall do them no harm.<br /><br />Praise and bless my Lord and give Him thanks<br />and serve Him with great humility.<br /><br /><strong>Hear / download the original Italian (Umbrian) version of the Canticle <em><strong><a href="http://www.ilnarratore.com/show.php">here</a></strong></em>.</strong><br /><br /><em>Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna</em>, the Italian version of the film <em><a href="http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/article-brothersun.html">Brother Sun, Sister Moon</a></em>, directed by Franco Zefferelli (1972), has a song based on the Canticle. This was composed by Riz Ortolani and was sung by Claudio Baglioni. Here's a video clip of this song.<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXoduMeFRRY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXoduMeFRRY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Finally, here's a video clip of the English version of the same song, sung by Donovan.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9wfXR_ct0jc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9wfXR_ct0jc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: Stained glass window, St. Francis Chapel, by </span><a href="http://www.kesslerstudios.com/pages/sg066.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kessler Studios</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-5316047610729110855?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-85809516379516091192007-06-21T11:47:00.002+05:302007-08-31T15:09:50.631+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RojRW0z3UpI/AAAAAAAAArY/1Ffkw708Q1k/s1600-h/praise.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RojRW0z3UpI/AAAAAAAAArY/1Ffkw708Q1k/s200/praise.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082542369551110802" /></a><br /><br />Kandisa means "praise" in Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus Christ.<br /><br />In 2000, the <a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=20035">acclaimed</a> music band <a href="http://www.indianoceanmusic.com/">Indian Ocean</a> released their album titled <em><a href="http://www.indianoceanmusic.com/kandisa.htm">Kandisa</a></em>. <br /><br />The title track is an ancient prayer in Aramaic, from the south of India - where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle">St Thomas</a> is believed to have brought the new Christian faith in the 1st century AD. <br /><br />Aalam Balam Aalam, Aamenu Aamen <br />Sliha Mar Yose, Almaduba Kudisa <br />Aangen Dhanusa, Nehave Dukharana <br />Kandisa Alaha, Kandisa Esana, Kandisa La Ma Yosa Isaraha Malem <br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/4c706bc3-b845-4380-8835-de4e3523ade8&amp;theName=Kandisa&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=4c706bc3-b845-4380-8835-de4e3523ade8"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/4c706bc3-b845-4380-8835-de4e3523ade8"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/4c706bc3-b845-4380-8835-de4e3523ade8/Kandisa/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />Download <em>Kandisa</em> <em><strong><a href="http://www.indianoceanmusic.com/mp3/kandisa2.mp3">here</a></strong></em> and <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/E774248BA7">here</a></strong></em>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-8580951637951609119?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-55940544092403469852007-06-21T11:47:00.001+05:302008-01-16T11:10:12.657+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoTmP0z3UbI/AAAAAAAAApo/a2SUFncItc4/s1600-h/morning.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoTmP0z3UbI/AAAAAAAAApo/a2SUFncItc4/s320/morning.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081439439129366962" /></a><br /><br />Morning has broken, like the first morning<br />Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird<br />Praise for the singing, praise for the morning<br />Praise for the springing fresh from the world<br /><br />Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven<br />Like the first dewfall, on the first grass<br />Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden<br />Sprung in completeness where his feet pass<br /><br />Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning<br />Born of the one light, Eden saw play<br />Praise with elation, praise every morning<br />God's recreation of the new day<br /><br />Morning has broken, like the first morning<br />Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird<br />Praise for the singing, praise for the morning<br />Praise for the springing fresh from the world<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-3ozwEEHig&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-3ozwEEHig&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />Cat Stevens (now <a href="http://yusufislam.com">Yusuf Islam</a>) popularised this beautiful song. Watch a YouTube clip of Cat Stevens singing this song <em><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWd3skb-Rw">here</a></strong></em> (open the link in a new window).<br /><br />Download / hear the song <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/A45EC24039">here</a></strong></em> (open in a new window).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-5594054409240346985?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-51102500740976925342007-06-21T11:45:00.000+05:302007-08-03T15:29:35.969+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnpK58Y95rI/AAAAAAAAAmU/q1gBsOAllXU/s1600-h/Iran.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078453889137501874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnpK58Y95rI/AAAAAAAAAmU/q1gBsOAllXU/s320/Iran.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This poem opened the <em><strong>Masnavi</strong></em>, the great Persian poet and Sufi mystic, Jalaluddin Rumi's monumental compendium of rhyming couplets that explored issues of Sufi theology and the spiritual journey.<br /><br />In the song of the reed, Rumi reflects on the human spirit through the metaphor of the ancient reed flute or <em>ney</em> that is popular in middle-eastern music.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnpLSMY95sI/AAAAAAAAAmc/ASgz0NOEtYI/s1600-h/Persian.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078454305749329602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnpLSMY95sI/AAAAAAAAAmc/ASgz0NOEtYI/s400/Persian.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Hear / download the "Song of the Reed" recited in Farsi <strong><em><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/AD7947ADDF">here</a></em></strong>.</strong><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/4cef852f-33eb-4386-8098-a5645f3db29c&amp;amp;theName=Reed&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; 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So farewell! </span><br /><br /><em>Listen to the Ney in this video.</em><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2jhJVMNN97Q"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2jhJVMNN97Q" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-5110250074097692534?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-20036792290676146162007-06-21T11:44:00.001+05:302011-06-22T12:43:29.530+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn5MgMY955I/AAAAAAAAAoE/qEJUW8Y7ut0/s1600-h/prajna.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn5MgMY955I/AAAAAAAAAoE/qEJUW8Y7ut0/s320/prajna.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079581545685968786" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn5FBMY952I/AAAAAAAAAns/hEXF1EUP0YI/s1600-h/hriday1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079573316528629602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn5FBMY952I/AAAAAAAAAns/hEXF1EUP0YI/s320/hriday1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These are the concluding lines, in Sanskrit, from the <em><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/heartstr.htm">Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra</a></em> (Heart of Perfect Wisdom) , one of the most important texts of Mahayana Buddhism. It extolls the significance of the great <em>Prajnaparamita Mantra</em>:<br /><br /><strong>gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha!</strong><br /><br />In translation:<br /><br />Gone, gone to the other shore<br />All gone to the other shore<br />Hail Enlightenment!<br /><br /><strong>Hear / download a guide to singing the <em>Prajnaparamita Mantra</em> <a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/12621C53EA">here</a>.<br /></strong><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/c315e6bb-7328-4643-801f-4699fa32691e&amp;theName=Heart Sutra&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=c315e6bb-7328-4643-801f-4699fa32691e"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/c315e6bb-7328-4643-801f-4699fa32691e"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/c315e6bb-7328-4643-801f-4699fa32691e/Heart-Sutra/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><a href="http://www.serve.com/cmtan/buddhism/Misc/boat.html">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> recommends study and chanting of the <em>Heart Sutra</em> as a means of understanding how everything can be empty of separate self, while at the same time being full of everything else in the cosmos. In this dharma realm, he says, "Birth, death, being and non-being do not truly exist." They are simply notions, he observes, and the practice of the Heart Sutra is the practice of removing all ideas.<br /><br />"Go, go, go perfectly and completely to build the path for enlightenment."<br /><br />The exclamation is suffused by joy. "This happiness arises when we become free of incessant worrying and preoccupation, and from the fact that the body and mind are at ease".<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn5JZMY953I/AAAAAAAAAn0/mpjGFXC9Yv8/s1600-h/kenji.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079578126892001138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn5JZMY953I/AAAAAAAAAn0/mpjGFXC9Yv8/s320/kenji.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the <em>Mantra</em> in Japanese, which reads:<br /><br /><em>gyatei gyatei haragyatei harasôgyatei boji sowaka</em><br /><br />Here is a YouTube clip of the <em>Heart Sutra</em> recited by Imee Ooi, in Chinese (Mandarin).<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ciYO7mWq3Og"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ciYO7mWq3Og" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />And here is Vidya Rao singing the Prajnaparamita Mantra.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AIt2VHAC2Vk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-2003679229067614616?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-87966573260640478172007-06-21T11:43:00.000+05:302007-07-17T12:24:20.745+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnqCcMY95tI/AAAAAAAAAmk/hbGDDn5sJ1I/s1600-h/AveMaria.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078514950687549138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnqCcMY95tI/AAAAAAAAAmk/hbGDDn5sJ1I/s320/AveMaria.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>by Franz Schubert</strong></em><br /><br />Ave Maria<br />Gratia plena<br />Maria, gratia plena<br />Maria, gratia plena<br />Ave, ave dominus<br />Dominus tecum<br />Benedicta tu in mulieribus<br />Et benedictus<br />Et benedictus fructus ventris<br />Ventris tuae, Jesus.<br />Ave Maria<br /><br /><em>Here's the Ave Maria sung by soprano <a href="http://www.webalice.it/m_zampetti/audio.htm"><strong>Maurizio Zampetti</strong></a>.</em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/96e1d4f4-ccea-4fcf-be98-b81ab739c230&amp;theName=Ave Maria&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=96e1d4f4-ccea-4fcf-be98-b81ab739c230"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/96e1d4f4-ccea-4fcf-be98-b81ab739c230"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/96e1d4f4-ccea-4fcf-be98-b81ab739c230/Ave-Maria/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />The English translation of the original Latin:<br /><br />Hail Mary<br />Full of grace<br />Mary, full of grace<br />Mary, full of grace<br />Hail, hail the Lord<br />The Lord is with thee.<br />Blessed art thou amongst women<br />And blessed,<br />and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,<br />of thy womb, Jesus.<br />Hail Mary<br /><br />Here's a clip of Luciano Pavarotti singing "Ave Maria".<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2uYrmYXsujI" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: Ave Maria, by </span><a href="http://www.ardies.com/acervo.htm"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ernane Cortat</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-8796657326064047817?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-87570194451932771072007-06-21T11:42:00.001+05:302007-12-29T17:53:11.975+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RodP_Ez3UeI/AAAAAAAAAqA/bbyx8EFQXRI/s1600-h/Kali1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082118649552523746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RodP_Ez3UeI/AAAAAAAAAqA/bbyx8EFQXRI/s320/Kali1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong><a href="http://grandpoohbah.blogspot.com/2006/10/shyama-sangeet.html">Shyama sangeet</a></strong></em>, or <a href="http://spiritualemergency.blogspot.com/2006/01/kali-divine-mother.html">Kali</a> songs, express tender Bengali Hindu folk devotion to the Divine Mother. They are also a genre of refined mystic poetry.<br /><br />The lyrics are always in a colloquial vernacular, and this has made them widely accessible and popular. The songs provide a window to understanding the mien of the common folk of the soil of Bengal.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Ramakrishna">Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa</a> was a worshipper of <a href="http://www.sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_goddesses/kali.htm">Kali</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Aami mantra-tantra kichhui janinay maa</strong><br /><br />Hear Pannalal Bhattacharya sing this song <a href="http://www.bhaktisangeet.com/bhajan/bengali/bengali1.html">here</a> (click and open in a new window, and select song no.3).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">aami mantra tantra kichhui janinay maa<br />shudhu jaa jenaychhi shetuk holo ay-e<br />toray daakaar mataw daaktay jadii paarii<br />tawbay aasbinay tore emawn shadhya nei<br /><br />jadi tor o mandirer dwaray<br />tomaar laagi kaadi awjhore dhaaray<br />jadee nayan hotey luupta bhuban hoy shei shay ashrutay<br />tawbu aamaar kaachey aashbinay tore emaan saadhya nei<br />o maa tore eman sadhya nei<br /><br />jaani aamaar onek aachay dosh<br />tawboo maagow towmaei bhaloo baashii<br />aami nayan mudeyo dekhtey shadai paai<br />tomaaree oyi bhuban mohan haashii<br />aami jaa koree maa shabee tomaar kaaj<br />aamaar aamaar koitey laagey laaj<br />jawdi shakal chede thaii<br />chay-aychhi charan tawlaatay<br />tawbey chirajiban roybey duuree eman shadhya nei<br />o maa tore eman shadhya nei</span><br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Scripture and ritual I know not Mother,<br />the little I know is this:<br />If I can call for you in the way I should<br />Then you have not the power to stay away.<br /><br />If at the door of your temple,<br />I shed tears in unending streams<br />so the world vanishes from my eyes,<br />then you would not have the power to stay away.<br />Oh Mother you do not have that power.<br /><br />I know I have many flaws but still, I do adore you.<br />With eyes closed, I always see your world enticing smile.<br />All that I do is your work, it shames me to call them mine,<br />If I leave everything to seek refuge at your feet<br />Then you cannot keep away for the rest of my life<br />You do not have the power to do that. </span><br /><br /><em>Here's another rendition of the same song.</em><br /><em></em><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/61515239-00dd-4742-983f-8900611aa070&amp;amp;theName=Aami Montro Tontro&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&amp;objectid=61515239-00dd-4742-983f-8900611aa070">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/61515239-00dd-4742-983f-8900611aa070" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/61515239-00dd-4742-983f-8900611aa070/Aami-Montro-Tontro/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Several songs in the Shyama Sangeet genre have the same tune, though the lyrics may be different, and written by different devotees. But the sweetness and entrancing quality of the melody never fail to blend seamlessly with the simple lyrics, full of innocence, humility and self-surrender. One such song is <em><strong>Ebar Torey Chinechhi Ma</strong></em>, by the 18th century Kali devotee <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramprasad_Sen">Ramprasad</a>. (This song shares the tune with e.g. the song <em>Maiy Amar Uni Bichar Bataen</em>, "My Mother Grants Justice").<br /><br />Here's the song <em>Ebar Torey Chinechhi Ma</em>, from the classic film <em>Devi</em> by Satyajit Ray. (It appears at 3 min 10 secs of the clip on this YouTube video and runs till 6 mins 58 secs.)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N07OkjksSe8&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N07OkjksSe8&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><em><strong>"Now I Recognise You Mother..."</strong></em><br /><br />Here's another song in the <em>Shyama Sangeet</em> genre by Pannalal Bhattacharya, <em>Mayer Payer Joba Hoye</em>.<br /><br /><em><strong>"I shall be a hibiscus at Mother's feet."</strong></em><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/f7f9f2b8-8ffe-4fa4-8163-c4b6264b721c&amp;amp;theName=MAYER PAYER JABA HOYE&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; 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cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rn5rhsY958I/AAAAAAAAAoY/idfAzmiqCg4/s320/Mirabai.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079615656316233666" /></a><br /><br />Meerabai was a 16th century saint in Rajasthan, India, and an important figure in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakti_movement">Bhakti movement</a> of India She poured out her heart in <a href="http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/mira.html">songs of love</a> for her Lord Krishna, whom she referred to in many names.<br /><br />Here is a video clip from the film <em><a href="http://hindi-films-songs.com/realmeera47.html">Meera</a></em> of the incomparable, divine-voiced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.S._Subbulakshmi">MS Subbulakshmi</a> singing one of Meerabai’s songs, adoring the infant Krishna, or Gopala. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D3qD9EwvYEI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D3qD9EwvYEI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />giridhara gopaalaa baalaa<br />giridhara gopaalaa baalaa<br />giridhara gopaalaa<br /><br />shyaamala sharira kaustubha haara <br />shyaamala sharira kaustubha haara <br />pitaambara-dhara prabho muraare<br />pitaambara-dhara prabho muraare<br /><br />giridhara gopaalaa <br /><br />nanda sukumaara mana-mohanaa-kaara <br />nanda sukumaara mana-mohanaa-kaara <br />brindaavana-cara tulasi-haara<br />brindaavana-cara tulasi-haara<br />giridhara gopaalaa baalaa<br />giridhara gopaalaa<br /><br />giridhara gopaalaa<br />giridhara gopaalaa<br />kamsa vidaara <br />giridhara gopaalaa<br />kamsa vidara <br />miraa maanasa saro-vihaara<br />miraa maanasa saro-vihaara<br /><br />giridhara gopaalaa baalaa<br />giridhara gopaalaa<br />baalaa<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6606158832724274469?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-22460087749707010432007-06-21T11:41:00.005+05:302007-09-14T17:27:28.228+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roik3kz3UkI/AAAAAAAAAqw/L7oQvk_8E4E/s1600-h/meerabai.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082493454168576578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roik3kz3UkI/AAAAAAAAAqw/L7oQvk_8E4E/s200/meerabai.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another immortal composition of Meera, in Hindi, in praise of her beloved Hari or Vishnu. The song has been given unforgettable voice by MS Subbulakshmi.<br /><br /><strong>Hari Tum Haro</strong><br /><br />hari tum harO jan ki peed<br />draupadIki lAj rAkhi tum baDhayO cheer<br />bhakat kArana rUp narahari dharyO Ap sharir<br />hiraNya kashyapa mAr lInhO dharyO nAdina dhIr<br />bUDhatE gaja rAja rAkhyO kiYO bAhar nIr<br />dAsi meerA lAl giradhar dukh jahAn tahAn peed<br /><br />Hear <strong>MS Subbulakshmi</strong> sing the song <em><strong><a href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/a03e0571-3a7f-4c2d-9fe4-71db683122ff/Hari-Tum-Haro---M-S-SUBBULAKSHMI">here</a></strong></em> (open in a new window).<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roiq9Uz3UlI/AAAAAAAAAq4/couYLlggqEA/s1600-h/giridhara.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082500150022591058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roiq9Uz3UlI/AAAAAAAAAq4/couYLlggqEA/s320/giridhara.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br />O Hari, do relieve the people' suffering.<br />Without any delay, you helped to protect <a href="http://www.boloji.com/hinduism/094.htm">Draupadi's honour</a><br />You took the bodily form of <a href="http://webonautics.com/mythology/avataar_narasimha.html">Narasimha</a> to save Bhakta Prahlad<br />and slayed Hiranyakashipu without fail.<br />You saved (the crocodile-attacked king elephant) <a href="http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/kerala/people-culture-and-festivals/devotee-elephants.html">Gajaraja</a> from the waters<br />Meera, slave to the beloved bearer of the <a href="http://personal.carthage.edu/jlochtefeld/picturepages/krishna.html">Mountain</a>, is ever in distress<br /><br />This song was a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi. He once expressed the wish to hear <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2126/stories/20041231006400900.htm">MS Subbulakshmi</a> sing the song. Subbulakshmi answered that she had not practiced the song. Gandhi replied that he would rather hear her speak the words than hear someone else sing it. So Subbulaksmi recorded the song, and had the record delivered to Gandhi on his 78th birthday (2 October 1947). After Gandhi's assassination (on 30 January 1948), radio stations played Subbulakshmi's recording of <em>Hari Tum Haro</em> repeatedly after announcing the death of Gandhi.<br /><br />MS Subbulakshmi sings this song in <a href="http://www.karnatik.com/c3156.shtml">Carnatic</a> style, in <em>Raga</em> Darbaari Kanada, set to Aadi <em>talam</em>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCzxL5RMjUA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCzxL5RMjUA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-2246008774970701043?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-55000631466553898952007-06-21T11:41:00.004+05:302007-07-17T13:26:24.398+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RofLdEz3UhI/AAAAAAAAAqY/9ZJbf3Bwp2Q/s1600-h/Krishna1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082254404878815762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RofLdEz3UhI/AAAAAAAAAqY/9ZJbf3Bwp2Q/s320/Krishna1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Composed by <a href="http://www.karnatik.com/co1083.shtml">Vyaasaraaya</a>, in Kannada</strong><br /><br />krishna nee bEganE baarO<br />bEganE baarO mukavannu tOrO<br />krishna nee bEganE baarO<br /><br />kaalaalandhigE gejje niladhabaavuli<br />nilavarNane naaTya maaduta baarO<br />krishna nee bEganE baarO<br /><br />Odiyalli odigejje beraLalli ongura<br />koraLalli haakita vajayantimaalE<br />krishna nee bEganE baarO<br /><br />kaasi peeTambara kaiyalli koLalu<br />pushita shreegandha mayallOLagamma<br />krishna nee bEganE baarO<br /><br />taayige baayalli jagavannu torita<br />jagadhOdhaaraka namma uDupi shree krishna<br />krishna nee bEganE baarO<br /><br />Here's P Unnikrishnan singing the song.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/0b0ad05e-bfe6-4882-a2ad-fc27c7de16fe&amp;theName=KRISHNA NEE BEGANE BAARO&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=0b0ad05e-bfe6-4882-a2ad-fc27c7de16fe"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/0b0ad05e-bfe6-4882-a2ad-fc27c7de16fe"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/0b0ad05e-bfe6-4882-a2ad-fc27c7de16fe/KRISHNA-NEE-BEGANE-BAARO/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/ealing/web/EGFL1/teaching_learning/subjects/REandSACRE/RE_spotlight/Festivals/Sept/Krishna/Sept_Krishna.htm">Krishna!</a> Just come here!<br />Just come here! Show me your face!<br /><br />Beautiful anklets adorn your feet! Sapphire bracelets on your arms!<br />Oh Blue coloured one! Just come here dancing!<br /><br />Waistband with bells adorns you! Rings on your fingers!<br />The divine Vaijayanthi necklace garlands your neck!<br /><br />Sacred saffron cloth from Kashi covers you! A flute in your hands!<br />Oh dear! Your body is anointed with sandal paste!<br /><br />The one who showed his mother the universe in his mouth!<br />That Benefactor of the world Is our <a href="http://www.karnatakatourism.com/coastal/udupi/udupi.htm">Udupi Shri Krishna</a>!<br /><br />To hear <a href="http://mumbaigirl.net/2005/11/28/krishna-nee-begane-baro">several versions</a> of <a href="http://www.karnatik.com/c1298.shtml">this song</a>, click <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/carnatic_vocal/s/composer.97">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Also <em><strong><a href="http://esnips.com/_t_/krishna+nee+bEganE+baarO">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Hear <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_B_Higgins">Jon Higgins</a> sing <em>krishna nee bEganE baarO</em> <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/3UQ2hH5xtS.As1NMvHdW/">here</a></strong></em>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-5500063146655389895?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-82025953790295411062007-06-21T11:41:00.003+05:302007-07-02T14:44:05.558+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roi9TEz3UmI/AAAAAAAAArA/Nmr9F7o92FM/s1600-h/Murugan1.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roi9TEz3UmI/AAAAAAAAArA/Nmr9F7o92FM/s200/Murugan1.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082520314894045794" /></a><br /><br />Another song the late <a href="http://dpnelson.web.wesleyan.edu/higgins.html">Jon Higgins</a> is remembered for is <em><a href="http://www.karnatik.com/c1124.shtml">Kaa Vaa Vaa</a></em>. <br /><br />kaa vaa vaa kandaa vaa vaa<br />ennai ka vaa vElavaa<br />shhanmugaa vaa vaa<br />pazhani malai urayum muruga vaa vaa<br /><br />dEvaadi dEvan maganE vaa <br />dEvi maDiyil amarum guhanE vaa <br />deyvayAnE manavALa vaa<br />sharavanabhava paramatha yaala <br />shhanmuga vaa vaa <br /><br />aabataruLara aruL oli tarum pannai<br />annalay eeyya vaa<br /><br />paaba tiral tarum pabam-agala varum<br />pazhanivalar karuNai mazhaiyE vaa<br /><br />tabatraya veyilara nizharal tarum<br />vandaruvE en kula guruvE vaa<br /><br />shree padmanaabha marugaa vaa<br />sharavanabhava muttayyaa vaa <br />kaa vaa vaa ...<br /><br />This is a composition in Tamil of <a href="http://www.karnatik.com/co1008.shtml">Paapanaasam Shivan</a> in <em>Raga</em> Varaali, set to Adi <em>talam</em>. The <a href="http://www.murugan.org/">devotee</a> pours his heart out, calling to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murugan">Lord Muruga</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roi9ikz3UnI/AAAAAAAAArI/o-HdcC5Muzo/s1600-h/Higgins.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roi9ikz3UnI/AAAAAAAAArI/o-HdcC5Muzo/s200/Higgins.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082520581182018162" /></a><br /><br />To hear Jon Higgins sing <em>Kaa Vaa Vaa</em>, click <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/qUf2a-lumS.As1NMvHdW/">here</a></strong></em> (open the link in a new window).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-8202595379029541106?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-48476271783604191142007-06-21T11:41:00.000+05:302007-08-31T15:11:41.307+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnqGJ8Y95uI/AAAAAAAAAms/pt5ZlSM3MiU/s1600-h/ice-cream.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnqGJ8Y95uI/AAAAAAAAAms/pt5ZlSM3MiU/s320/ice-cream.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078519035201447650" /></a><br /><br />In the film <em>Three Colours: Blue</em>, by Krzysztof Kieslowski, the finale of the film features the <em><strong>Song for the Unification of Europe</strong></em>. Composed by Zbigniew Preisner and sung in Greek, this is an abridged version of <a href="http://cuckooscall.blogspot.com/2007/05/greatest-is-love.html">1 Corinthians:13</a> . The music is performed by the Sinfonia Varsovia, conducted by Wojciech Michniewski, with Elzbieta Towarnicka, soprano, and The Silesia Philharmonic Choir.<br /><br />Here are the lyrics, in Greek.<br /><br />Εάν ταις γλώσσαις των ανθρώπων λαλώ και των αγγέλων<br />αγάπην δε μη έχω, γέγονα χαλκός ηχών ή κύμβαλον αλαλάζον.<br />Και εάν έχω προφητείαν και ειδώ τα μυστήρια πάντα<br />ώστε όρη μεθιστάνειν, αγάπην δε μη έχω<br />ουδέν είμι.<br />Η αγάπη μακροθυμεί, χρηστεύεται,<br />η αγάπη ου ζηλοί, η αγάπη ου περπερεύεται, ου φυσιούται.<br />Πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ελπίζει, πάντα υπομένει,<br />η αγάπη ουδέποτε εκπίπτει<br />είτε δε προφητείαι καταργηθήσονται<br />είτε γλώσσαι παύσονται<br />είτε γνώσις καταργηθήσεται<br />Νυνί δε μένει, πίστις, ελπίς, αγάπη,<br />τα τρία ταύτα,<br />μείζων δε τούτων η αγάπη.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/a704b4ed-8b4e-44c4-9a49-a9c0dc6a0995&amp;theName=Song for the Unification of Europe&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=a704b4ed-8b4e-44c4-9a49-a9c0dc6a0995"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/a704b4ed-8b4e-44c4-9a49-a9c0dc6a0995"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/a704b4ed-8b4e-44c4-9a49-a9c0dc6a0995/Song-for-the-Unification-of-Europe/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />Download the song <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/F876D3ADB6">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />In transcription:<br /><br /><em>Ean tais glosais toon antropoon lalo<br />kai toon angeloon,<br />agapen de me echo,<br />gegona chalcos echoon e kumbalon alaladzon</em><br /><br /><em>Kai ean echo profeteian,<br />kai eido ta mysteria panta,<br />pistin ore metistanai,<br />agapen de me echo, outen eimi</em><br /><br /><em>He agape makrotumai, chresteuetai<br />he agape ou dzelloi, ou perpereumai, ou fysioutai.</em><br /><br /><em>panta stegei, panta pisteuei, panta elpizei, panta upomenei.</em><br /><br /><em>He agape oudepotte piptei<br />eite de profeteiai, katargetezontai,<br />eite glosai, pausontai,<br />eite gnossis katargetesetai</em><br /><br /><em>Nuni de menei, pistis, elpis, agape,<br />ta tria tauta, meidzoon de toutoon, he agape.</em><br /><br />In translation:<br /><br />Though I speak with the tongues of angels<br />If have not love, my worlds would echo like a gong, and a clanging cymbal.<br />And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries<br />And though I have all faith so that I could move mountains<br />If I have not love I am nothing.<br />Love is patient, full of goodness,<br />Love tolerates all things, aspires to all things<br />Love never dies.<br />While the prophecies shall cease<br />Tongues shall be silenced<br />Knowledge shall fade<br />Thus then shall remain only<br />Faith, hope and love<br />But the greatest of these is love.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jmQ88PWzvR0" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: </span><a href="http://www.claude-renault.fr/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Claude Renault</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /></span><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-4847627178360419114?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-12427213418024806422007-06-21T11:40:00.000+05:302007-08-07T14:24:01.837+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RocsGUz3UdI/AAAAAAAAAp4/x2Yv06AyiII/s1600-h/Tagore.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082079191687975378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RocsGUz3UdI/AAAAAAAAAp4/x2Yv06AyiII/s320/Tagore.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a></strong></em><br /><br /><strong>Anondo lokey</strong> (in Bangla, or Bengali)<br /><br /><em><strong>May Truth-Beauty reign in the world of bliss and well-being ...</strong></em><br /><br />For the Bangla text, click <a href="http://www.rabindrasangeet.org/puja/aa_pujai.html"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a> (and then click on no.476, under the letter 'আ').<br /><br />Here is the song sung by Rezwana Chowdhury Banya and Sadi Mohammad of Bangladesh.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/67c7fa89-ec36-46c7-878e-4fbe970e6e26&theName=anondo_loke_mongolaloke___bonna.sadi&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=67c7fa89-ec36-46c7-878e-4fbe970e6e26">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/67c7fa89-ec36-46c7-878e-4fbe970e6e26" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/67c7fa89-ec36-46c7-878e-4fbe970e6e26/anondo_loke_mongolaloke___bonna.sadi/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Anando lokey mongola-lokey birajo shotyoshundoro.<br />Anando lokey mongola-lokey birajo shotyoshundoro.<br /><br />Mohima tobo udbhashito mohagogono-majhey,<br />Mohima tobo udbhashito mohagogono-majhey,<br />Bishwojogoto monibhushono beshtito choroney.<br />Anando lokey mongola-lokey birajo shotyoshundoro.<br /><br />Grahotaroko chondrotopono byakulo druto beygey<br />Grahotaroko chondrotopono byakulo druto beygey<br />Korichi paano, korichi snano, okkhoyo kironey.<br />Anando lokey mongola-lokey birajo shotyoshundoro.<br /><br />Dhoroni’poro jhorey nirjhoro, mohono modhu shobha<br />Dhoroni’poro jhorey nirjhoro, mohono modhu shobha<br />Phulopollobo-gitogondho-sundoro-boroney.<br />Anando lokey mongola-lokey birajo shotyoshundoro.<br /><br />Jogotey tobo ki mohotshobo, bondono korey bishwo<br />Jogotey tobo ki mohotshobo, bondono korey bishwo<br />Shreeshompodo bhumashpodo nirbhoyoshoroney.<br />Anando lokey mongola-lokey birajo shotyoshundoro.</span><br /><br />The song (as well as many other songs of Tagore) can also be heard <em><strong><a href="http://banglamusicmp3.com/modules/music/index.php?page=1&l=8&amp;p=Rabindra_Sangeet/Bangla%20--%20Rabindra%20Sangeet%20-%20Aananda%20Loke.mp3&m=1">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Here's another song by Rabindranath Tagore, <em>Aguner Poroshmani Chonwao Praney, </em> sung by Srikanta Acharya. This song is from Tagore's play <em>Dakghar</em> (Post Office).<br /><br />The lyrics in Bangla are accessible <em><strong><a href="http://www.rabindrasangeet.org/puja/aa_pujai.html">here</a></strong></em> (and then click on no. 212, under the letter 'আ').<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/2cec0588-cd70-42ec-8cd3-95ecde88d37f&amp;theName=Aguner_Parashmoni&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=2cec0588-cd70-42ec-8cd3-95ecde88d37f"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/2cec0588-cd70-42ec-8cd3-95ecde88d37f"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/2cec0588-cd70-42ec-8cd3-95ecde88d37f/Aguner_Parashmoni/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />aguner poroshmani chonwao praney.<br />ey jibon punyo koro dohon-daney.<br />amar ei dehokhani tuley dhoro,<br />tomar oi debaloyer prodip koro<br />nishidin alok-shikha jwoluk ganey.<br />andharer gayey gayey porosh tobo<br />shara raat photak tara nobo nobo.<br />noyoner drishti hotey muchbey kalo,<br />jekhaney podbey shethay dekhbey alo<br />byatha mor uthbey jwoley urdhwo paney.<br /><br /><em>Here's a translation I found on the net:</em><br /><br />Who will break my lock? Who will take me out of my room, O friend? No longer can I bear this lonely day without you! The day may have dawned, the sun may be peeping from the horizon.<br /><br />I see a road before me, won’t your chariot arrive at my doorstep?<br /><br />All the stars in the sky stare, unblinking. Waiting by the road of night-and-dawn…<br /><br />Early morning, the merry pedestrians may come and go, singing in groups.<br /><br />The flowers may be blooming, the strings of ‘Arunveena’ may be creating some more wondrous music…<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1242721341802480642?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-35606146338745915222007-06-21T11:39:00.000+05:302007-06-24T18:37:40.681+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnuWNMY95xI/AAAAAAAAAnE/J_2Xsh9d8O8/s1600-h/Vishnu.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RnuWNMY95xI/AAAAAAAAAnE/J_2Xsh9d8O8/s200/Vishnu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078818158198777618" /></a><br /><br /><em>Rama Raghava, Rama Raghava, Rama Raghava rakshamam<br />Krishna Keshava, Krishna Keshava, Krishna Keshava pahimam</em><br /><br />This is a chant associated with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu">Sri Chaitanya</a>, and a common expression of folk devotion in India.<br /><br />Rama and Krishna are both names of Vishnu, the preserver of the entire Universe. <br /><br />Vishnu means "all-pervading". He incarnates on earth when unrighteousness abounds. <br /><br />Rama means the blissful or delightful one. Krishna means black or dark-coloured. Krishna's complexion was believed to be dark, like the most beautiful clouds full of rain. Krishna is full of sacred grace and blessings and He is always ready to shower this auspicious energy on His true devotees.<br /><br />Raghava is another name of Rama, referring to his Raghu clan. <br /><br />Keshava is another name of Krishna, which means the One with beautiful hair. Krishna attracts the attention by His divine beauty. This beauty comes from within, as He is perfection incarnate. His hair is most beautiful and frames His lovely face. Concentrating on this sweet form of the Lord, the mind is turned away from <em>maya</em>, or illusion, and becomes engrossed in divine beauty and splendour.<br /><br />Rakshamam means: you are my protection.<br /><br />Pahimam means: I offer myself completely to you, now I am no longer mine, I am Yours.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jaiuttal.com/htm/jai.htm">Jai Uttal</a> is one of the most gifted, original and brilliant contemporary musicians. Here is the Rama-Krishna chant sung by him.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UIMAMcpr0ss"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UIMAMcpr0ss" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Hear the album <em><a href="http://www.jaiuttal.com/htm/reviews/rvw09.htm">Beggars and Saints</a></em> by Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra <em><strong><a href="http://www.ufomusic.com/product.php?id=139">here</a></strong></em>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3560614633874591522?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-406947661984884352007-06-21T11:35:00.000+05:302007-08-31T15:10:45.924+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoEJw8Y95-I/AAAAAAAAAoo/am5zeEvD11s/s1600-h/pryr1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080352591099848674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoEJw8Y95-I/AAAAAAAAAoo/am5zeEvD11s/s320/pryr1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />रघुपति राघव राजाराम, पतित पावन सीताराम<br />सीताराम सीताराम, भज प्यारे तू सीताराम<br />ईश्वर अल्लाह तेरो नाम, सब को सन्मति दे भगवान<br /><br /><em>Raghupati Ragahav Raja Ram, Patita Pavana Sita Ram<br />Sita Ram Sita Ram, Bhaj Pyare Tu Sita Ram<br />Ishwara Allah Tere Nam, Saba Ko Sanmati De Bhagavan</em><br /><br /><br />Lord Rama, Chief of the house of Raghu, uplifters of those who have fallen,<br />(O divine couple) Sita and Rama, Beloved, praise Sita and Rama<br />God or Allah is your name, Lord, bless everyone with wisdom.<br /><br />This is a popular <em>bhajan</em> (Hindu devotional song) of north India. It was popularised by Mahatma Gandhi, as it was one of his favourite <em>bhajans</em>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/1f549f9e-f08f-4af8-b66d-7cf9b1953752&amp;theName=Raghupati&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=1f549f9e-f08f-4af8-b66d-7cf9b1953752"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/1f549f9e-f08f-4af8-b66d-7cf9b1953752"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/1f549f9e-f08f-4af8-b66d-7cf9b1953752/Raghupati/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />Download ths song <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/AD3089FF65">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Here's Pandit DV Paluskar rendering the traditional version of this <em>bhajan</em>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/7a595416-369d-4205-8c7d-628473e509b7&amp;theName=Bhajan - Raghupathi Raghava Raja Ram&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=7a595416-369d-4205-8c7d-628473e509b7"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/7a595416-369d-4205-8c7d-628473e509b7"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/7a595416-369d-4205-8c7d-628473e509b7/Bhajan---Raghupathi-Raghava-Raja-Ram/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />I also liked Jai Uttal's version of <em>Raghupati Raghava</em>. This can be heard on-line on the Gandhiserve website. Click <em><strong><a href="http://streams.gandhiserve.org/music_online.html">here</a></strong></em> - and choose the last item, "Jay Uttal, 03'04" under <em>Raghupati Raghav Rajaram</em> on the left side of the web-page. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: Sunil Janah</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-40694766198488435?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-35582039668543466302007-06-21T11:33:00.000+05:302007-08-05T11:41:07.222+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoETv8Y95_I/AAAAAAAAAow/fDzst0rCPX8/s1600-h/Gandhi.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoETv8Y95_I/AAAAAAAAAow/fDzst0rCPX8/s320/Gandhi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080363569036257266" /></a><br /><br />Another favourite bhajan of Mahatma Gandhi was <em>Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye</em>, the immortal composition of the 15th century Gujarati poet Narsi Mehta, emphasising the virtues of the Vaishnav code of life. <em>Vaishnav</em> literally means one who worships Vishnu. But the word really stands for a person who has the qualities of an ideal human being. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoPPOEz3UaI/AAAAAAAAApg/S_cC_l5i3kY/s1600-h/v1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoPPOEz3UaI/AAAAAAAAApg/S_cC_l5i3kY/s320/v1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081132645320446370" /></a><br /><br />I first heard this song in the late-70s, when the Indian Films Division's biographical documentary on Mahatma Gandhi was broadcast in several instalments on Calcutta Doordarshan (TV). The song was the theme music for the documentary. I love that version of the song. It can be heard online at the Gandhiserve website. Click <em><strong><a href="http://streams.gandhiserve.org/music_online.html">here</a></strong></em> - and choose the 6th item, "Unknown, 00'59" on the list on the top-left of the wage page, under <em>Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye</em>. <br /><br /><em>Here's <strong>MS Subbulakshmi</strong> singing another version of <em>Vaishna Jan To</em>.</em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/a445c3f0-f2a1-45b8-962d-638a12d37ec2&amp;theName=Vaishnavajanatho - Meera Bhajans - MSS&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=a445c3f0-f2a1-45b8-962d-638a12d37ec2"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/a445c3f0-f2a1-45b8-962d-638a12d37ec2"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/a445c3f0-f2a1-45b8-962d-638a12d37ec2/Vaishnavajanatho---Meera-Bhajans---MSS/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />vaishnav jan to tene kahiye jay peerh paraaye janneyray<br />par dukkhey upkar karey teeyey, man abhiman na anney ray<br /><br />sakal lokma sahuney bandhey, ninda na karey kainee ray<br />baach kaachh, man nischal raakhey, dhan-dhan jananee tainee ray<br /><br />samdrishi nay trishna tyagee, par-stree jaynay mat ray<br />vivihva thaki asatya na bolay, par-dhan nav jhaley haath ray<br /><br />moh maaya vyaayey nahin jeynay, dridth vairagya jana manma ray<br />ram-nam-shoom taalee laagee, sakal teerth seyna tanma ray<br /><br />vanloohee nay kapat rahit chhay, kaam, krodh nivarya ray<br />bhane narsinhyo tainoo darshan karta kul ekotair taarya re.<br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br />One who is a Vaishnav, feels and understands the pain of others<br />Does good to others, especially to those who are in misery<br />Does not let pride enter his mind, <br /><br />A Vaishnav, honours and praises the the entire world<br />Does not criticize or say bad things about anyone<br />Keeps his words, actions and thoughts pure<br />O Vaishnav, your mother is blessed <br /><br />A Vaishnav sees everything and everyone equally, <br />rejects greed and avarice<br />Respects women especially some one else's wife as his mother<br />His toungue may get tired, but will never speak lies<br />He does not even touch someone else's property<br /><br />A Vaishnav does not succumb to worldly attachments<br />Who has devoted himself to staunch detachment from worldly pleasures<br />Who has been addicted to the elixir of the name of God<br />For whom all the sacred places of pilgrimage are in the mind<br /><br />Who has no greed and is not deceitful<br />Who has renounced lust and anger<br />The poet Narsi would like to see such a person<br />By whose virtue, his entire family gets salvation<br /><br /><em>Here's <strong>Lata Mangeshkar</strong> singing the song.</em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/06c3b7d2-0ebc-4e19-8864-a617354088d4&amp;theName=22 Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye-Bhajan %28Lata Mangeshkar Gujarati%29&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=06c3b7d2-0ebc-4e19-8864-a617354088d4"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/06c3b7d2-0ebc-4e19-8864-a617354088d4"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/06c3b7d2-0ebc-4e19-8864-a617354088d4/22-Vaishnav-jan-to-tene-kahiye-Bhajan-%28Lata-Mangeshkar-Gujarati%29/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><em>And here's a different version of the same song.</em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/7846ced8-8a00-4911-b656-3ac5d6437480&amp;theName=Vaishnav Jana To Tene Kahiye&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=7846ced8-8a00-4911-b656-3ac5d6437480"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/7846ced8-8a00-4911-b656-3ac5d6437480"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/7846ced8-8a00-4911-b656-3ac5d6437480/Vaishnav-Jana-To-Tene-Kahiye/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3558203966854346630?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-83925033719852238962007-06-21T11:32:00.001+05:302007-08-11T10:35:01.614+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoEFLMY959I/AAAAAAAAAog/q6gEy5_NWw0/s1600-h/abide.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080347544513275858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoEFLMY959I/AAAAAAAAAog/q6gEy5_NWw0/s320/abide.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A sombre melody that I love to hear - which is also played by military bands in England and India - is <em>Abide with me</em>. Written by Henry Lyte, of England, in 1847, it is inspired by Luke 24:29, where the disciples who were traveling to Emmaus asked Jesus to "abide with us, for it is evening and day is almost spent."<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RfqM5EJ_x2I/AAAAAAAAAWs/mLs7oBp55Oo/s1600-h/AbideWithMe.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042497644790794082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RfqM5EJ_x2I/AAAAAAAAAWs/mLs7oBp55Oo/s320/AbideWithMe.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Click on the image above to read the lyrics / music.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/59f3d46d-044b-4caa-a986-acadf1e664ce&amp;amp;theName=Abide With Me&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=59f3d46d-044b-4caa-a986-acadf1e664ce">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/59f3d46d-044b-4caa-a986-acadf1e664ce" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/59f3d46d-044b-4caa-a986-acadf1e664ce/Abide-With-Me/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Hear / download <em>Abide with me</em> <a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/D7129F5A0E"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a>.<br /><br /><em>Abide with me</em> is an evening hymn. Its word pictures are taken from the experience of the passing day: falling eventide, deepening darkness, growing dimness, and fading glories. In that, it can also be an introspective of the end of life.<br /><br />But this is also a prayer for living life now. This hymn reminds us to plead with our Lord to abide with us. Stay with us. Be there unchanging when all around us changes. Through cloud and sunshine, abide. "In life and death, O Lord, abide with me."<br /><br />Mahatma Gandhi loved to hear <em>Abide with me</em>.<br /><br />Here's another rendition, by gospel singer <a href="http://valgoldsack.faithweb.com/">Val Godsack</a>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/7c649797-6a7b-4611-8e26-f8db0211be75&amp;amp;theName=Abide&thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=7c649797-6a7b-4611-8e26-f8db0211be75">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/7c649797-6a7b-4611-8e26-f8db0211be75" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/7c649797-6a7b-4611-8e26-f8db0211be75/Abide/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here is Hayley Westenra singing <em>Abide With Me</em>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vwB22tnl7Fc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vwB22tnl7Fc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: <em>Abide with me</em>, by Pio Ximenes (1919).<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-8392503371985223896?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-37326605780460582922007-06-21T11:32:00.000+05:302007-07-17T13:51:00.491+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoOR1Uz3UYI/AAAAAAAAApQ/hfos5Q7Bm8w/s1600-h/spirit.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoOR1Uz3UYI/AAAAAAAAApQ/hfos5Q7Bm8w/s320/spirit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081065149909389698" /></a><br /><br />The "Negro Spiritual" was a song created by American slaves before emancipation, or a subsequent arrangement of such a song.<br /><br />Because they were unable to express themselves freely in ways that were spiritually meaningful to them, enslaved Africans often held secret religious services. It was there that enslaved Africans also further crafted the impromptu musical expression of field songs into the so-called "line signing" and intricate, multi-part harmonies of struggle and overcoming, faith, forbearance and hope that have come to be known as "Negro Spirituals".<br /><br />The Christian principles that teach those who suffer on earth hold a special place with God in heaven undoubtedly spoke to the enslaved, who saw this as hope and could certainly relate to the suffering of Jesus. For this reason many slaves genuinely embraced Christianity.<br /><br />But while slaveowners used Christianity to teach enslaved Africans to be long-suffering, forgiving and obedient to their masters, in Black hands and hearts, Christian theology became an instrument of liberation. <br /><br />Spirituals sometimes provided comfort and eased the boredom of daily tasks, but above all, they were an expression of spiritual devotion and a yearning for freedom from bondage. Songs like <em>Swing Low, Sweet Chariot</em>, raised unexpectedly in a dusty field, or sung softly in the dark of night, signalled that the coast was clear and the time to escape had come. The River Jordan became the Ohio River, or the Mississippi, or another body of water that had to be crossed on the journey to freedom.<br /><br />Choral conductor, composer and arranger Hall Johnson wrote that the spiritual is the only genuine home grown creative art-form to come out of the new world. <br /><br />Samuel Floyd writes that “they are… chronicles of the black slave experience in America … for they record the transition of the slave from African to African-American, from slave to freeman, and the experiences that the African underwent in the transition ….”<br /><br />As traditional negro spirituals continued to be sung, new Gospel songs were created. The lyrics of these songs dealt with praising the Lord, with personal improvement and with brotherly community life. Many of them were inspired by social problems: segregation, lack of love, drugs, etc.<br /><br />For the struggle for Civil Rights, in the 1960s, negro spirituals like <em>We shall overcome</em>, <em>Oh Freedom</em> and <em>This Little Light of Mine</em> used to be sung. <br /><br />Sometimes the words of traditional negro spirituals were slightly changed and adapted to special events. For example, the words of “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho (and the walls came tumbling down)” were changed into “Marching ‘round Selma”.<br /><br />One of the sources of modern black gospel music was the black "jubilee" groups that were formed in colleges primarily located in the Southeast United States in the early decades of the 20th century. These groups employed quartet singing with four-part harmony. <br /><br />Here is <em>Swing Low, Sweet Chariot</em> performed by The Southern Four, recorded in 1921. <br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/cdf4f61b-c99e-4a3b-be99-158a59c4415b&amp;theName=swing low&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=cdf4f61b-c99e-4a3b-be99-158a59c4415b"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/cdf4f61b-c99e-4a3b-be99-158a59c4415b"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/cdf4f61b-c99e-4a3b-be99-158a59c4415b/swing-low/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />Swing low, sweet chariot,<br />Coming for to carry me home<br />Swing low, sweet chariot,<br />Coming for to carry me home<br /><br />I looked over Jordan, and I what did I see<br />Coming for to carry me home?<br />A band of angels coming after me<br />Coming for to carry me home<br /><br />If you get there before I do<br />Coming for to carry me home<br />Tell all my friends I coming too<br />Coming for to carry me home<br /><br />I'm sometimes up, I'm sometimes down<br />Coming for to carry me home<br />But still my soul feels heavenly bound<br />Coming for to carry me home<br /><br />Hear / download this song <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/3EC115B7AD">here</a></strong></em>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3732660578046058292?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-47280087233208493202007-06-21T11:31:00.001+05:302007-07-18T11:22:45.866+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoOyZ0z3UZI/AAAAAAAAApY/E0_UCszvY8w/s1600-h/sparrow.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoOyZ0z3UZI/AAAAAAAAApY/E0_UCszvY8w/s200/sparrow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081100961346703762" /></a><br /><br />"His Eye is on the Sparrow" is a gospel hymn. Although today it is a staple of African-American worship services, the song was originally written in 1905 by two white songwriters, lyricist Civilla D. Martin and composer Charles H. Gabriel.<br /><br />Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,<br />Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,<br />When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:<br />His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;<br />His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<br /><br /><em>Refrain</em><br /><br />I sing because I’m happy,<br />I sing because I’m free,<br />For His eye is on the sparrow,<br />And I know He watches me.<br /><br />“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,<br />And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;<br />Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;<br />His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;<br />His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<br /><br /><em>Refrain</em><br /><br />Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,<br />When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,<br />I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;<br />His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;<br />His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/ffde153c-4e04-48ca-b5a7-9b30525c13be&amp;theName=His Eye is on the sparrow&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=ffde153c-4e04-48ca-b5a7-9b30525c13be"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/ffde153c-4e04-48ca-b5a7-9b30525c13be"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/ffde153c-4e04-48ca-b5a7-9b30525c13be/His-Eye-is-on-the-sparrow/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />Download the song from <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/F2666C126D">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Here is a YouTube clip of the incomparable Mahalia Jackson singing <em>His Eye is on the Sparrow</em>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1gta4B1MBU0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1gta4B1MBU0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-4728008723320849320?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-68223250748520346722007-06-21T11:29:00.000+05:302007-07-18T11:19:31.330+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoN-CEz3UXI/AAAAAAAAApI/NxVh3qqXnok/s1600-h/amazinggrace.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoN-CEz3UXI/AAAAAAAAApI/NxVh3qqXnok/s320/amazinggrace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081043378720166258" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><em>Written by John Newton</em></strong></span><br /><br />The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,<br />The sun forbear to shine;<br />But God, who called me here below,<br />Will be forever mine.<br /><br />Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,<br />And mortal life shall cease,<br />I shall possess, within the veil,<br />A life of joy and peace.<br /><br />Amazing grace! how sweet the sound<br />That saved a wretch like me!<br />I once was lost, but now am found,<br />Was blind, but now I see<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/fe0bbaaf-1324-418d-bf63-f47142ec4cca&amp;theName=amazing grace&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=fe0bbaaf-1324-418d-bf63-f47142ec4cca"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/fe0bbaaf-1324-418d-bf63-f47142ec4cca"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/fe0bbaaf-1324-418d-bf63-f47142ec4cca/amazing-grace/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />Download the song <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/6FE35DCFFD">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Here's the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson singing <em>Amazing Grace</em>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZJg5Op5W7yw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZJg5Op5W7yw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6822325074852034672?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-89272683907874216292007-06-21T11:28:00.000+05:302007-06-28T21:08:22.877+05:30<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vVD0wJ8QyUI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vVD0wJ8QyUI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Mahalia Jackson</strong> again.<br /><br />Our Father, which art in Heaven, <br />Hallowed be thy Name. <br />Thy Kingdom come. <br />Thy will be done, <br />On earth as it is in Heaven. <br />Give us this day our daily bread. <br />And forgive us our trespasses, <br />As we forgive them that trespass against us. <br />And lead us not into temptation; <br />But deliver us from evil. <br />For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, <br />For ever and ever. <br /><br />Amen.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-8927268390787421629?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-16026644988516759942007-06-21T11:15:00.000+05:302007-08-31T15:05:25.467+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoN6k0z3UWI/AAAAAAAAApA/PPeOx4Fe6uo/s1600-h/baptism.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RoN6k0z3UWI/AAAAAAAAApA/PPeOx4Fe6uo/s320/baptism.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081039577674109282" /></a><br /><br />As I went down in the river to pray<br />Studyin about that good ol' way <br />And who shall wear the starry crown?<br />Good Lord show me the way!<br /><br />O Sisters let's go down <br />Lets go down, Come on down<br />O Sisters lets go down<br />Down in the river to pray<br /><br />As I went down in the river to pray <br />Studyin about that good ol way<br />And who shall wear the robe & crown<br />Good Lord show me the way<br /><br />O Brothers lets go down<br />Let's go down, Come on down <br />Come on Brothers lets go down<br />Down in the river to pray<br /><br />As I went down in the river to pray<br />Studyin about that good ol way<br />And who shall wear the starry crown<br />Good lord show me the way<br /><br />O Fathers lets go down <br />Let's go down, Come on down<br />O Fathers lets go down<br />Down in the river to pray<br /><br />As I went down in the river to pray <br />Studyin about that good ol way<br />And who shall wear the robe and crown <br />Good Lord show me the way <br /><br />O Mothers lets go down<br />Come on down, don't you wanna go down?<br />Come on Mothers lets go down <br />Down in the river to pray<br /><br />As I went down in the river to pray<br />Studyin about that good ol' way<br />And who shall wear the starry crown<br />Good Lord show me the way<br /><br />O sinners lets go down <br />Lets go down, come on down<br />O sinners lets go down<br />Down in the river to pray<br /><br />As I went down in the river to pray<br />Studyin about that good ol way<br />And who shall wear the Robe and crown<br />Good Lord show me the way<br /><br />Hear Alison Krauss singing this popular American gospel song.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/b7862286-8ab0-4aa8-ada3-c287a42845e6&amp;theName=down in the river to pray&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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He was a weaver, a free-thinker and <a href="http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/kabir.html">mystic</a>, and opposed ritualism and false piety. Kabir's own religious identity was ambiguous. He was non-denominational as well as multi-denominational. His followers included both Hindus and Muslims. He was a leading figure in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakti_movement">Bhakti movement</a>. He wrote a large number of poems and <a href="http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/other/kabir_main.asp">songs</a> in simple Hindi, which are still sung across north India even today, especially by the common folk. The Sikhs' holy book, the <em><a href="http://www.sikhs.org/english/eg_index.htm">Guru Granth Sahib</a></em>, includes several of Kabir's teachings.<br /><br />The great Kumar Gandharva had delved deep in the mystical music tradition inspired by Kabir's compositions. He is the master singing Kabir's <span style="font-style:italic;">Ud Jayega Hans Akela</span>. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kY2k0JcfByg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kY2k0JcfByg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The lyrics (courtesy <a href="http://www.boloji.com/kabir/mysticsongs/km10.htm">Boloji</a>):<br /><br />Ud Jayega Huns Akela,<br />Jug Darshan Ka Mela <br />Jaise Paat Gire Taruvar Se,<br />Milna Bahut Duhela <br />Naa Jane Kidhar Girega,<br />Lageya Pawan Ka Rela <br />Jub Howe Umur Puri,<br />Jab Chute Ga Hukum Huzuri<br />Jum Ke Doot Bade Mazboot,<br />Jum Se Pada Jhamela <br />Das Kabir Har Ke Gun Gawe,<br />Wah Har Ko Paran Pawe <br />Guru Ki Karni Guru Jayega,<br />Chele Ki Karni Chela <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Translation </span><br /><br />The Swan Will Fly Away All Alone,<br />Spectacle of the World Will Be a Mere Fair<br />As the Leaf Falls from the Tree<br />Is Difficult to Find<br />Who Knows Where it Will Fall<br />Once it is Struck with a Gust Of Wind<br />When Life Span is Complete<br />Then Listening to Orders, Following Others, Will Be Over<br />The Messengers of Yama are Very Strong<br />It's an Entanglement with the Yama<br />Servant Kabir Praises the Attributes of the Lord<br />He Finds the Lord Soon<br />Guru Will Go According to His Doings<br />The Disciple According to His<br /><br /><br />Here is Kabir’s poem <em>Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande</em>.<br /><br />Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande<br />Mein To Tere Paas Mein<br />Na Teerath Mein, Na Moorat Mein<br />Na Ekant Niwas Mein<br />Na Mandir Mein, Na Masjid Mein<br />Na Kabe Kailas Mein<br />Mein To Tere Paas Mein Bande<br />Mein To Tere Paas Mein<br />Na Mein Jap Mein, Na Mein Tap Mein<br />Na Mein Barat Upaas Mein<br />Na Mein Kiriya Karm Mein Rehta<br />Nahin Jog Sanyas Mein<br />Nahin Pran Mein Nahin Pind Mein<br />Na Brahmand Akas Mein<br />Na Mein Prakuti Prawar Gufa Mein<br />Nahin Swasan Ki Swans Mein<br />Khoji Hoye Turat Mil Jaoon<br />Ik Pal Ki Talas Mein<br />Kahet Kabir Suno Bhai Sadho<br />Mein To Hun Viswas Mein<br /><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/9a4a6d65-2ab9-4213-9ae4-d4661bf33d57&amp;amp;theName=Moko kahan dhunde re&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; 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padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=cf70ac0b-649f-4f23-81c5-d76e3358b513"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/cf70ac0b-649f-4f23-81c5-d76e3358b513"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/cf70ac0b-649f-4f23-81c5-d76e3358b513/Kumar-Ghandharva-Nirguni-Bhajans-F/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />jhini re jhini re jhini chadariya, jhini re jhini re jhini chadariya<br />ke ram naam ras bhini chadariya, jhini re jhini re jhini chadariya<br />ashta kamal dal charkha doley, panch tatva, gun tini chadariya<br />saiin ko siyat mas dus lagey, thokey-thokey ke bini chadariya<br />so chadar sur nar muni odi, odi ke maili kini chadariya<br />das kabir jatan so odi, jyon ki tyon dhar deen chadariya<br /><br />The second song in the file, another song of Kabir sung by Pandit Kumar Gandharva, is one of mystic detachment and irony, <em>Kudrat ki gat nyari</em>: <strong>"The ways of nature are amazing".</strong><br /><br /><em>Jhini</em> has also been ably rendered by <a href="http://www.indianoceanmusic.com/"><strong>Indian Ocean</strong></a>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/6f3edc65-3c14-4a9b-bb1b-73db135abde1&amp;amp;theName=Indian Ocean - Jhini&thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=6f3edc65-3c14-4a9b-bb1b-73db135abde1">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/6f3edc65-3c14-4a9b-bb1b-73db135abde1" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/6f3edc65-3c14-4a9b-bb1b-73db135abde1/Indian-Ocean---Jhini/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br />This is fine, this is fine cloth.<br />It is been dipped in the name of the lord<br />The spinning wheel, like an eight-petal lotus, spins,<br />With five <em>tatvas</em> and three <em>gunas</em> as the pattern.<br />The Lord stiched it in 10 months<br />The threads have been pressed to get a tight weave.<br />It has been worn by gods, people, and sages<br />They soiled it with use.<br />Kabir says, I have covered my self with this cloth with great care,<br />And eventually will leave it like it was.<br /><br /><br />The group <strong><a href="http://agnee.in/">Agnee</a></strong> have also sung a poem of Kabir, <em>Sadho Re</em>.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rqm1LEDSjtI/AAAAAAAAAyM/GReuI9W0snc/s1600-h/sadho.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rqm1LEDSjtI/AAAAAAAAAyM/GReuI9W0snc/s320/sadho.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091800055389785810" /></a><br /><br />Sadho Re, Ye Murdo Ka Gaanv<br /><br />peer mare, paigambar mari hain<br />marr gaye hain zinda jogi.<br />raja mari hain, praja ,ari hain<br />mari hain vaid aur rogi.<br /><br />chanda mari hain, suraj mari hain<br />mari hain dharti aakasa.<br />chaudah bhuvan ke chaudhri mari hain<br />in hoon ki ka aasa.<br /><br />nau hoon mari hain, dus hoon mari hain,<br />mari hain sahaj athaasi.<br />tetis koti devata mari hain<br />badi kaal ki bazi <br /><br />naam anam anant rehat hai<br />duja tatva na hoi <br />kahe kabir suno bhai sadho<br />bhatak maro mat koi <br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br />Oh Good Men, this is the Village of the Dead<br /><br />The Saints Have Died, The God-Messengers Die<br />The Life-Filled Yogis Die Too <br />The Kings Die, The Subjects Die<br />The Healers and the Sick Die Too <br /><br />The Moon Dies, The Sun Dies<br />The Earth and Sky Die Too <br />Even the Caretakers of the Fourteen Worlds Die<br />Why Hope For Any of These <br /><br />The Nine Die, The Ten Die<br />The Eighty Eight Die Easily Too <br />The three humdred and thirty million Devas Die <br />It's a Big Game of Time <br /><br />The Un-Named Name Lives Without Any End<br />There is No Other Truth <br />Says Kabir Listen Oh Good Men<br />Don't Get Lost and Die<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_sMP_6Dgj8c"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_sMP_6Dgj8c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://agnee.in/">Agnee</a></strong> have also sung another mystic song of Kabir, <em>Kabira Jab Paida Huey To Jag Hansa Hum Roye</em>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RsCmgpt47bk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RsCmgpt47bk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><em><strong>"Kabir says, when I was born, the world rejoiced but I wept..."</strong></em> <br /><br />Kabira Jab Paida Hue To Jag Hansa Hum Roye<br />Aisi Karni Kar Chalo, Hum Hanse Jag Roye <br />Na Na Na…. (Kabira.. Kabira) <br /><br />Saath Janam Ke Saath Pher Hain<br />Saanp Seendhi Hai Bhai<br />Jam Ka Dand Mund Mein Laage<br />Dhari Rahe Chaturayi <br />Kabira Jab Paida Hue To Jag Hansa Hum Roye<br />Aisi Karni Kar Chalo, Hum Hanse Jag Roye <br /><br />Paanch Tatva Ke Paanch Panch Hain<br />Paanch Vyaad Jag Dole<br />Pancham Sur Mein Anhad Goonje<br />Dason Dwaar Ko Khole <br />Kabira Jab Paida Hue To Jag Hansa Hum Roye<br />Aisi Karni Kar Chalo, Hum Hanse Jag Roye <br />Na Na Na…. (Kabira.. Kabira) <br /><br />Hear Kabir's songs online <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/devotional/s/album.485/language.11/">here</a></strong></em>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3198539127013056286?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-38364055791746207972007-06-21T11:00:00.001+05:302007-09-14T20:47:20.552+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj5-Ez3UuI/AAAAAAAAAsA/l7HDwpHIgN8/s1600-h/gurunanak.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082587024326087394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj5-Ez3UuI/AAAAAAAAAsA/l7HDwpHIgN8/s320/gurunanak.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj3MUz3UqI/AAAAAAAAArg/lCtmcg0EUd0/s1600-h/j1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082583970604339874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj3MUz3UqI/AAAAAAAAArg/lCtmcg0EUd0/s320/j1.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj3XUz3UrI/AAAAAAAAAro/YutC8zO4p9Y/s1600-h/j2.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082584159582900914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj3XUz3UrI/AAAAAAAAAro/YutC8zO4p9Y/s320/j2.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj7s0z3UvI/AAAAAAAAAsI/MNTPLNbhbQk/s1600-h/j3.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj7s0z3UvI/AAAAAAAAAsI/MNTPLNbhbQk/s400/j3.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082588926996599538" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj7z0z3UwI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/Qx6yDTmXy04/s1600-h/j4.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Roj7z0z3UwI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/Qx6yDTmXy04/s400/j4.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082589047255683842" /></a><br /><br />This is the <em><strong>Mool Mantra</strong></em>, with which the <em><strong>Japji</strong></em> begins. The <em>Japji</em> appears at the very beginning of the <strong><em> Sri Guru Granth Sahib</em></strong>, the Holy Book of the Sikhs. Composed by the founder of the Sikh faith, <a href="http://www.dlshq.org/saints/gurunanak.htm">Guru Nanak Dev</a>, the <em>Japji</em> is regarded as the most important set of verses by Sikhs, and is recited every morning by the faithful. This is in the Punjabi language, the text being in the Gurmukhi ("Guru's voice") script.The <em><a href="http://www.sikhs.org/english/eg_index.htm">Guru Granth Sahib</a></em> is revered as a living teacher. <br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/00045386-f150-45c0-b15c-8c00c2a250d6&amp;theName=Ek Onkar&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=00045386-f150-45c0-b15c-8c00c2a250d6"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/00045386-f150-45c0-b15c-8c00c2a250d6"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/00045386-f150-45c0-b15c-8c00c2a250d6/Ek-Onkar/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here is a clip from the Hindi film <em>Rang de Basanti</em>, featuring the recitation of the <em>Ek Onkar</em> / <em>Mool Mantra</em>, in the environs of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gAipul6yHf8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gAipul6yHf8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Hear / download this recitation of <em>Ek Onkar</em> <em><strong><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Ek_Onkar/EkOnkar.mp3">here</a></strong></em></strong>, or <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/446B5156B3">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Guru Nanak and the emergence of Sikhism follow the <a href="http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/bhakti.html">Bhakti movement</a>. The devotional songs tradition of the Bhakti movement may be seen to be distilled in the Sikh faith, with the holy book, the <em><a href="http://www.sikhnet.com/s/GuruGranthSahib">Guru Granth Sahib</a></em>, being a treasury of hymns, with its chapter titles being the names of different <em>Ragas</em> (melodies). <em>Shabads</em> and <em>kirtans</em>, i.e. devotional songs, are sung in <em>gurudwaras</em> (the Sikhs’ place of worship). <br /><br />Here is the <em>shabad</em> <em>Satguru Tumre Kaaj Savaare</em>, sung by Bhai Ravinder Singh. I heard this sung at the Gurdwara Sisganj, in Delhi, in 1975, and have remembered it ever since. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I can now hear it again and again, and also share it with everyone!<br /><br /><em><strong>"O True Teacher, your work adorns..."</strong></em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/88b60bfb-8938-4d81-9162-52b7389bb2ca&amp;theName=SATGURU TUMRE KAAJ SAVAARE&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=88b60bfb-8938-4d81-9162-52b7389bb2ca"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/88b60bfb-8938-4d81-9162-52b7389bb2ca"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/88b60bfb-8938-4d81-9162-52b7389bb2ca/SATGURU-TUMRE-KAAJ-SAVAARE/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />Download this <em>shabad</em> <em><strong><a href="http://www.keertan.org/keertan/Raagi%20Keertan/Bhai%20Ravinder%20Singh%20Jee/01%20EH%20MANN%20SUNDAR%20APNA/02%20SATGURU%20TUMRE%20KAAJ%20SAVAARE.mp3">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />And here is the <em>kirtan</em> <em>Baba Nanak Dukhiyan De Nath Re</em> sung by Kishanpal Singh, from the Hindi film <em>Kohram</em>. The lyrics are by Dev Kohli, and the music composed by Dilip Sen & Sameer Sen.<br /><br /><em><strong>Baba Nanak is the Saviour of the suffering …</strong></em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/eec741dd-f14d-40e7-a199-a0c3eda46cb7&amp;theName=Baba Nanak Dukhiyan De Nath Re - Kohram 1999 - Kishanpal Singh&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=eec741dd-f14d-40e7-a199-a0c3eda46cb7"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/eec741dd-f14d-40e7-a199-a0c3eda46cb7"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/eec741dd-f14d-40e7-a199-a0c3eda46cb7/Baba-Nanak-Dukhiyan-De-Nath-Re---Kohram-1999---Kishanpal-Singh/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here’s a YouTube clip of the song.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/INFmhIPBHqg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/INFmhIPBHqg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Listen to <em>shabads</em> online (in Punjabi and Hindi) <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/devotional/m/language.12">here</a></strong></em> and <em><strong><a href="http://esnips.com/web/ShabadGurbani/">here</a></strong></em>. Songs in the Sindhi language, in praise of Nanak and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhulelal">Jhulelal</a> can be heard online <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/sindhi/m/type.35/">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.keertan.org/multimedia.htm"><strong>Keertan.Org</strong></a> is an awesome source of Sikh devotional music, as is <a href="http://sikhsangeet.com/genre5-0-Shabad-Kirtan.html"><strong>SikhSangeet.Com</strong></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3836405579174620797?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-20895014038733112492007-06-21T10:51:00.002+05:302008-11-15T11:18:40.903+05:30<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqM9z0DSjbI/AAAAAAAAAv8/quSlv57Y-VI/s1600-h/Rama.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqM9z0DSjbI/AAAAAAAAAv8/quSlv57Y-VI/s200/Rama.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089979964213857714" /></a><br /><br />A Sanskrit song composed by Patnam Subramanya Aiyyar, in <em>raga</em> Katana Kutoohalam, in praise of Lord Rama.<br /><br />This song forms part of the repertoire of every student and practitioner of Carnatic music.<br /><br />My grandfather had been a founder of a south Indian cultural association in Calcutta. Thus from an early age, I had the opportunity to attend and hear some of the great vocal and instrumental artists. I was very attracted by <em>Raghuvamsa Sudhambudhi</em> and always waited to hear this.<br /><br />Here is MS Subbulakshmi singing the song.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/9ac42b9a-16fb-4d9b-9216-4dc4ab38bc77&amp;theName=RAGHUVAMSA_SUDHA&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=9ac42b9a-16fb-4d9b-9216-4dc4ab38bc77"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; 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font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px; padding:0px; border-width:1px; border-style:solid"><tr style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"><td align="center" style="padding:5px"><a href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/1806da41-5f47-4455-9061-9f3ed34f52fe/Raghuvamsa/?widget=documentIcon"><img border="0" alt="Raghuvamsa" title="click to ViewRaghuvamsa" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/styles//thumbs/thumb.audio.gif"></a></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"><td style="padding:5px" align="center"><strong><a style="color:#333333" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/1806da41-5f47-4455-9061-9f3ed34f52fe/Raghuvamsa/?widget=documentIcon">Raghuvamsa.wma</a></strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:5px; font-size:9px; color:#FFFFFF" valign="bottom">Hosted by <a href="http://www.esnips.com" style="color:#FFFFFF">eSnips</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And rendered on the <em>nadaswaram</em>, my favourite-st instrument, by the celebrated Sheikh Chinna Moulana.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/8fcdf0fc-aa68-43a4-b0d5-4d8a1be3f23c&amp;theName=Raghuvamsa Sudha-Kathana Kudhukalam - Aadi - Pattinam Sub - Sheikh Chinna Moulana&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqMS2kDSjaI/AAAAAAAAAv0/FWiqNILpgyE/s200/Chapel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089932732458503586" /></a><br /><br />I learnt about Gregorian chants about 25 years ago, when a friend explained to me the development of western classical music.<br /><br />I bought an album and when I heard these chants in Latin, they conveyed to me the tender intensity of the faith of the earliest followers of the Jesus Christ.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.complinenyc.org/">ComplineNYC</a> is a group that uses the art of Gregorian chant for the purpose it was originally created for, meditation.<br /><br />Here's <em>Dies Irae</em>. This sequence (poem, song) was written sometime in the 3rd or 4th century. The Catholic Church considers this sublime chant sequence one of her greatest treasures. It is traditionally sung during a Solemn (High) Requiem Mass. <br /><br />The <em>Dies Irae</em> is a beautiful prayer that meditates on our death, and the Final Judgment. Each funeral Mass attended by believers was intended to spiritually benefit them, by making them consider that they too shall die. As the saints repeated constantly, "consider thy last end, and thou shalt never sin."<br /><br />In the traditional, reverent, somber funeral Mass, everyone present prayed for the departed soul.<br /><br /><object width="300" height="80"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/Qy0OVCo65Q/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/Qy0OVCo65Q/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="80" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br /><br />Dies irae, dies illa,<br />Solvet saeclum in favilla:<br />Teste David cum Sibylla.<br /><br />Quantus tremor est futurus, <br />Quando iudex est venturus,<br />Cuncta stricte discussurus!<br /><br />Tuba mirum spargens sonum<br />Per sepulcra regionum,<br />Coget omnes ante thronum.<br /><br />Mors stupebit et natura,<br />Cum resurget creatura,<br />Iudicanti responsura.<br /><br />Liber scriptus proferetur, <br />In quo totum continetur,<br />Unde mundus iudicetur.<br /><br />Judex ergo cum sedebit,<br />Quidquid latet apparebit:<br />Nil inultum remanebit.<br /><br />Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?<br />Quem patronum rogaturus?<br />Cum vix iustus sit securus.<br /><br />Rex tremendae maiestatis,<br />Qui salvandos salvas gratis,<br />Salva me, fons pietatis.<br /><br />Recordare Iesu pie,<br />Quod sum causa tuae viae:<br />Ne me perdas illa die.<br /><br />Quaerens me, sedisti lassus:<br />Redemisti crucem passus:<br />Tantus labor non sit cassus.<br /><br />Iuste Iudex ultionis, <br />Donum fac remissionis,<br />Ante diem rationis.<br /><br />Ingemisco, tamquam reus:<br />Culpa rubet vultus meus: <br />Supplicanti parce Deus.<br /><br />Qui Mariam absolvisti,<br />Et latronem exaudisti,<br />Mihi quoque spem didisti.<br /><br />Preces meae non sunt dignae:<br />Sed tu bonus fac benigne,<br />Ne perenni cremer igne.<br /><br />Inter oves locum praesta,<br />Et ab haedis me sequestra,<br />Statuens in parte dextra.<br /><br />Confutatis maledictis, <br />Flammis acribus addictis,<br />Voca me cum benedictis.<br /><br />Oro supplex et acclinis, <br />Cor contritum quasi cinis:<br />Gere curam mei finis.<br /><br />Lacrimosa dies illa,<br />Qua resurget ex favilla<br /><br />Judicandus homo reus:<br />Huic ergo parce Deus.<br /><br />Pie Iesu Domine,<br />dona eis requiem. Amen.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3974714690757218927?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-65471440685018896682007-06-21T10:50:00.000+05:302007-07-17T16:30:46.993+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RooPukz3UxI/AAAAAAAAAsY/mTEqS0XfzDg/s1600-h/nativity.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082892422270636818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RooPukz3UxI/AAAAAAAAAsY/mTEqS0XfzDg/s320/nativity.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />For unto us a Child is born,<br />unto us a Son is given,<br />and the government shall be upon His shoulder;<br />and his name shall be called<br />Wonderful,<br />Counsellor,<br />the Mighty God,<br />the Everlasting Father,<br />the Prince of Peace.<br /><br /><strong>From the musical score of Georg Friedrich Handel's <em>Messiah</em>, based on Isaiah: 9:6-7.</strong><br /><br />Handel wrote his masterful music for <em>Messiah</em> in an amazing 24 days and was passionately moved by the Scriptures describing Jesus' incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and coronation as King of Kings. He worked on his masterpiece almost non-stop, with little sleep or food. One day his servant opened the door to find Handel at his work, with tears streaming down his face. Handel looked up and cried out, "I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God Himself."<br /><br />Hear this piece performed by the <a href="http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/743">Peabody Concert Orchestra</a>, under the direction of Hajime Teri Murai.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/ebf0026f-3599-4434-8096-f342fe348de0&amp;theName=For unto us a child is born&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; 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FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=b58fd82b-c269-4c73-b2d5-e4e228b93c54">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/b58fd82b-c269-4c73-b2d5-e4e228b93c54" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/b58fd82b-c269-4c73-b2d5-e4e228b93c54/Suraj-Ki-Garmi-Se/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Jaise suraj ki garmi se jalte hue tan ko<br />Mil jaaye taruvar ki chhaaya<br />Aisa hi sukh mere mann ko mila hai<br />Main jab se sharan teri aaya, mere ram<br /><br />Bhatka hua mera mann tha koi<br />Mil na raha tha sahaara<br />Laheron se ladti hui naav ko<br />Jaise mil na raha ho kinaara<br />Mil na raha ho kinaara<br />Us ladkhadaati hui naav ko jo<br />Kisi ne kinaara dikhaaya<br />Aisa hi sukh mere mann ko mila hai<br />Main jab se sharan teri aaya, mere ram<br /><br />Sheetal bani aag chandan ke jaisi<br />Raaghav krupa ho jo teri<br />Ujiyaali poonam ki ho jaaye raatein<br />Jo thi amaavas andheri<br />Yug yug se pyaasi marubhumi ne jaise<br />Saawan ka sandes paaya<br />Aisa hi sukh mere mann ko mila hai<br />Main jab se sharan teri aaya, mere ram<br /><br />Jis raah ki manzil tera milan ho<br />Us par kadam main badhaaoon<br />Phoolon mein khaaron mein patjhad bahaaron mein<br />Main na kabhi dagmagaaoon<br />Paani ke pyaase ko taqdeer ne jaise<br />Jee bhar ke amrit pilaaya<br />Aisa hi sukh mere mann ko mila hai<br />Main jab se sharan teri aaya, mere ram</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: <em>Solitary Tree</em>, Woodcut, by </span><a href="http://www.tandempress.wisc.edu/tandem/gallery/scanga/scanga.htm"><span style="font-size:85%;">Italo Scanga</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-7859835241668030901?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-69828969771814436022007-06-21T10:39:00.000+05:302007-07-22T18:05:27.505+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqNMakDSjcI/AAAAAAAAAwE/qLKRgeH7ENk/s1600-h/Thyaga.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqNMakDSjcI/AAAAAAAAAwE/qLKRgeH7ENk/s200/Thyaga.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089996023096577474" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyagaraja">Thyagaraja</a> was a legendary mystic, poet-composer and saint of south India. He composed innumerable songs expressing his love and yearning for his Lord Rama. His work forms a pillar of Carnatic music.<br /><br />Here is is his song <em>Nagumomu Ganaleni</em>, in Telugu, set in <em>raga</em> Aabheri, sung by KJ Yesudas.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/9d868be8-8f87-43c5-95e7-c864ff246121&amp;theName=Yesudass_-_Nagumomu_Ganaleni_(Tyagaraja)&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=9d868be8-8f87-43c5-95e7-c864ff246121"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/9d868be8-8f87-43c5-95e7-c864ff246121"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/9d868be8-8f87-43c5-95e7-c864ff246121/Yesudass_-_Nagumomu_Ganaleni_(Tyagaraja)/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />nagumOmu ganalEni nAjAli telisi nanu brOvaga rAdA shrI raghuvara nI <br /><br />nagarAjadhara nIdu paraivAra lella ogibOdhana jEsE vAralu gArE yiTu luNDudure <br /><br />khagarAju nI yAnati vini vEga canalEdO gaganAni kilaku bahu dUrambaninAdO <br />jagamEle paramAtma evaritO moraliDudu vaga jUpaku tALanu nannElukOra tyAgarAjanuta nI <br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br />O Rama! Supreme among Raghus! Missing your charming smile-lit face I languish here. Knowing my mental plight, cant you come and protect me?<br /><br />O One who holds Govardhana hill! Members of your retinue who have the duty of reminding you of your daily engagements cannot fail in their duty.<br /><br />Does not Garuda execute your commands expeditiously? Could he have excused himself saying that he was staying far from the earth in Vaikunta, your heavenly abode ? Exalted Lord! Ruler of the Universe! Whom else can I appeal to? Please shun disregard. I cant bear it. Take me into your fold.<br /><br /><em>Here's the same song rendered by <a href="http://www.narada.com/SusheelaBio.htm">Sushila Raman</a>.</em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/88b3d1d9-2c6f-43b0-b869-4ebab36f2a9e&amp;theName=07 Nagumomo&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=88b3d1d9-2c6f-43b0-b869-4ebab36f2a9e"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/88b3d1d9-2c6f-43b0-b869-4ebab36f2a9e"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/88b3d1d9-2c6f-43b0-b869-4ebab36f2a9e/07-Nagumomo/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6982896977181443602?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-44621953737009467872007-06-21T10:30:00.000+05:302007-08-31T15:08:38.789+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rooipkz3UyI/AAAAAAAAAsg/v5Q7yeEKG8g/s1600-h/hallelujah1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rooipkz3UyI/AAAAAAAAAsg/v5Q7yeEKG8g/s320/hallelujah1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082913227092218658" /></a><br /><br /><strong>The Hallelujah Chorus, from Georg Friedrich Handel's <em>Messiah</em></strong>, is one of the most well-known musical pieces from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music">baroque period</a>.<br /><br />In many parts of the world it is traditional for the audience to stand during the <em>Hallelujah Chorus</em>.<br /><br />Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br /><br />For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.<br />Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br /><br />For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.<br />Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! <br /><br />The kingdom of this world<br />Is become the kingdom of our Lord,<br />And of His Christ, and of His Christ;<br />And He shall reign for ever and ever,<br />For ever and ever, forever and ever, <br /><br />King of kings, and Lord of lords,<br />King of kings, and Lord of lords,<br />And Lord of lords,<br />And He shall reign,<br />And He shall reign forever and ever,<br />King of kings, forever and ever,<br />And Lord of lords,<br />Hallelujah! Hallelujah! <br /><br />And He shall reign forever and ever,<br />King of kings! and Lord of lords! <br />And He shall reign forever and ever,<br />King of kings! and Lord of lords!<br />Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/33c9e885-22b7-4a4e-8c4a-240a53f73636&amp;theName=The Hallelujah Chorus, from Handel's Messiah&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=33c9e885-22b7-4a4e-8c4a-240a53f73636"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/33c9e885-22b7-4a4e-8c4a-240a53f73636"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/33c9e885-22b7-4a4e-8c4a-240a53f73636/The-Hallelujah-Chorus,-from-Handels-Messiah/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />The <em>Hallelujah Chorus</em> is available for download from the free Gutenberg archive <em><strong><a href="http://www.hallelujah-chorus.com/audio/hallelujah-chorus-9MB.mp3">here</a></strong></em>. The song is also available <em><strong><a href="http://www.mediamax.com/ramas88/Links/CB5956762B">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />This YouTube clip plays the <em>Hallelujah Chorus</em> performed by The BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, on June 28, 1927<br /><br />Sir Thomas Beecham founded several British orchestras including the Beecham Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. <br />The BBC Symphony Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Britain.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3zfqkOAjfaI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3zfqkOAjfaI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Finally, another YouTube clip of the reprise of the <em>Hallelujah Chorus</em>, with the conductor ecstatically including the audience as well. This rendition of Handel's <em>Messiah</em> was performed in Hebrew for the first time ever, on 4-5 April 2007.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DWAe-6EOh7s"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DWAe-6EOh7s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />In 1988, my wife and I visited Aizawl, in the north-eastern Indian state of <a href="http://www.mizoweaving.com/">Mizoram</a>, a land of rolling hills. That was a short but delightful holiday in a beautiful land that we will never forget, and especially so for the warmth and sweet sensibility of the Mizo people stayed among. While there, we got to hear some Mizo church choir and gospel singers, and we were captivated. So I was keen to include in this blog something by Mizo singers. I was very happy to find this YouTube clip of the Hallelujah Chorus sung by Mizo Presbyterian youth in USA in 2006. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J7PJmIz7JoM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J7PJmIz7JoM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <br /><br />Image: <em>Hallelujah</em>, by <a href="http://www.harryteague.com/">Harry Teague</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-4462195373700946787?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-11381789040105407722007-06-21T10:29:00.000+05:302007-08-10T21:58:28.512+05:30<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqSEykDSjiI/AAAAAAAAAw0/cp_zjiG2Q4g/s1600-h/Durga.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090339483041304098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqSEykDSjiI/AAAAAAAAAw0/cp_zjiG2Q4g/s320/Durga.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Durga Puja is the foremost Hindu religious festival in eastern India. Goddess <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga">Durga</a>, the embodiment of supreme power who visits earth to annihilate evils, is worshipped every autumn.<br /><br />Mahalaya is observed seven days before the start of the Durga Puja. This is the day that Goddess Durga begins her journey with her children from her husband Shiva’s abode in Mount Kailas in the Himalayas, to her parental home in the plains.<br /><br />On this auspicious day, early in the morning, at 4 am, a 2-hour long programme in Bengali is broadcast by All India Radio, Calcutta. Titled <em>Mahisasura Mardini</em> (i.e. the slayer of the demon in the guise of a buffalo), this programme narrates why and how Durga was conceived, how she was armed with <a href="http://indiatemple.blogspot.com/2005/10/durga-her-attributes-and-iconography.html">a plethora of weapons</a> by the gods to destroy the buffalo-demon, <em>Mahisasura</em>, who was causing havoc in the cosmos; and how she achieved her goal by annihilating him and ushering in peace and happiness in the world.<br /><br />One man who will remain immortal is Birendra Krishna Bhadra, the magical voice behind the narration of <em>Mahisasura Mardini</em> or the <em>Chandi Path</em> in Sanskrit. The programme was first aired live on the radio way back in 1932. Birendra Krishna Bhadra was only 28 years old then. He is no more, but his recorded voice forms the core of the Mahalaya programme to this day. In a sonorous, reverberating voice, Birendra Bhadra renders the Mahalaya recital, mesmerizing every household with the divine aura of his narration.<br /><br />The <em><a href="http://www.boloji.com/hinduism/131.htm">Chandi Path</a>,</em> in Sanskrit, also known as the <em>Devi Mahatmyam</em> or the <em>Durga Saptashati</em> (700 verses), can be downloaded (in the Devanagari script, together with Roman transcription) from <em><strong><em><a href="http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/DURGA700_TRANS.pdf">here</a></em></strong></em>.<br /><br />The Mahalaya programme can be downloaded, in 2 parts, from <em><strong><a href="http://www.deshantari.com/Mahalaya/mahalayaPart1.mp3">here</a></strong></em> and <em><strong><a href="http://www.deshantari.com/Mahalaya/mahalayaPart2.mp3">here</a></strong></em>. It is also available <em><strong><a href="http://tutun23.tripod.com/id10.html">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Here's Birendra Krishna Bhadra reciting the concluding section of the <em>Chandi Stuti</em> (Praise of Durga).<br /><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/2a359822-b6cc-4d94-b515-52485f0630b1&theName=mahisasuramardini&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=2a359822-b6cc-4d94-b515-52485f0630b1">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/2a359822-b6cc-4d94-b515-52485f0630b1" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/2a359822-b6cc-4d94-b515-52485f0630b1/mahisasuramardini/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Namo deviyai mahadevyai shivayei satatam namah<br />Namah prakrityai bhadraya niyatah pranatah sma tam</em><br /><br />Reverence to the Devi, to the Devi of the Great, To her who is auspicious, for ever reverence. Reverence to Prakrti who maintains. Setting our minds wholly upon Her, we make obeisance to Her.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Raudraye namo nityayai gauryei dhatrayei namo namah,<br />Jyotsnaye chenduroopinyei sukhayei satatam namah</em><br /><br />Reverence to Her who is eternal, Raudra, To Gauri, and Dhatri, reverence and again reverence, To her who is moonlight and in the form of the moon To her who is supreme bliss, reverence forever.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Kalyanei pranatam vriddhayei kurmo namo namah,<br />Naitrityei bhoobhritam lakshmye sharvanyei te namo namah</em><br /><br />Bending low, we make obeisance to the auspicious One Who is prosperity in the form of wealth, To Siddhi, Nairiti, and to the good fortune of Kings To Sarvant reverence, and again reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Durgayei durgparayei sarayei sarvakarinye,<br />Khyatyei tathaiva krishnayei dhoomrayei satatam namo namah</em><br /><br />To Durga, to Her who enables men to cross the ocean of the world, Who is the life and strength and cause of all Knower of the distinction between Purusa and Prakrti And who is both black and grey, reverence for ever.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Atisaumyatiraudraye natastasyei namo namah<br />Namo jagatpratishthaye devyei krityei namo namah</em><br /><br />We prostrate ourselves before Thee, who art at Once most gentle and formindable, Reverence to Her and again reverence; Reverence to Her who is the material cause of the world, To the Devi, who is in the form of action, reverence, and again reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu vishnumayoti shabdita,<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who is all things is called Visnumaya, Reverence to Her, reverence to Her Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu chetanetyabhidheeyate,<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi, who is known as intelligence, in all beings, Reverence to Her, Reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu buddhiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who dwells in the form of Buddhi in all beings. Reverence to Her, Reverence to Her, Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu nidraroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who is in the form of sleep abides in all beings Reverence to Her, reverece to Her, Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu kshudharoopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in all beings in the form of hunger, Reverencec to Her, reverence to Her, Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu chhayaroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in all beings in the form of Caya Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu shaktiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists as energy in all beings, Reverence to Her, Reverence to Her. Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu trishnaroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in the form of thirst in all beings Reverence to Her, Reverence to Her. Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu kshantiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who in the form of forgiveness exists in all beings Reverencec to Her, reverence to Her, Reverence to her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu jatiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in the form of race and species in all beings, Reverence to Her, reverencec to Her, Reverence to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu lajjaroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi in the form of modesty in all beings, Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu shantiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi existing in the form of peace in all beings Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu shraddharoopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in all beings in the form of faith Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu kantiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi existing in the form of beauty in all beings Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu lakshmiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in all beings in the form of prosperity Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu vrittiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who in all beings exists in the form of their respective callings, Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu smritiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who in the form of memory exists in all beings Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu dayaroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who in all beings exists in the form of mercy Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu tushtiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in the form of contentment exists in all beings Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu matriroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who exists in all being as (their ) Mother, Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Ya devi sarvabhooteshu bhrantiroopen sansthita<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah</em><br /><br />To the Devi who in the form of error exists in all beings Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Indriyanamadhishthatri bhootanam chakhileshu ya<br />Bhooteshu satatam tasyei vyaptidevyei namo namah </em><br /><br />Reverence to the Devi Who is the Presiding Deity over the sense of all beings Who is ever in all beings And who pervades all things.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Chitiroopen ya kritsnametadvyapya sthita jagat,<br />Namastasyei namastasyei namastasyei namo namah </em><br /><br />To the Devi who in the form of consciousness, Having pervaded all the world, exists therein, Reverence to Her, reverence to Her, Reverance to Her, reverence, reverence.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RryRAkDSkMI/AAAAAAAAA2E/F6eWU8txLUs/s1600-h/durgasaffron.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097108317140062402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RryRAkDSkMI/AAAAAAAAA2E/F6eWU8txLUs/s320/durgasaffron.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Another hymn</strong> in Sanskrit to Mahisasura Mardini Durga, <em>Ayi Girinandini</em>, composed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shankara">Sankara</a>. A work of compositional genius, <em>Ayi Giri</em> is sung everyday in vast numbers of south Indian homes. The cadence of its resonant words, and the strident rhythm of its metre are forever imprinted in the memory of children.<br /><br /><em>Here is the first stanza:</em><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/1aff67c8-2b79-4b20-8f61-1e16c50e06aa&amp;amp;theName=29 aigiri nandini&thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=1aff67c8-2b79-4b20-8f61-1e16c50e06aa">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/1aff67c8-2b79-4b20-8f61-1e16c50e06aa" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/1aff67c8-2b79-4b20-8f61-1e16c50e06aa/29-aigiri-nandini/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Listen to the whole hymn, <em>Ayi Girinandini</em>, in a fine rendition by by the Belluru Sisters, Radha Tandeshwari and Rama Sadashivan, which can be heard on-line. The song is prefaced by an invocation to <a href="http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/Newhomepage/shakti/mahishasuramardini.html">Goddess Durga</a>. Click <a href="http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Devotional/home/BelluruSisters.php">here</a> (select the 2nd item. Real Audio format).<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><br />ayi giri nandini, nandita medini, visva vinodini, nandinute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>giri vara vindhya shirodhini vasini vishnuvilaasini jisnunute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>bhagavati he shitikaNthakutumbini bhoorikutumbini bhoorikrute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Oh, Daughter of the Mountain, Who makes the whole World happy, Who makes all the Universe rejoice, Who is praised by Nandin, Who dwells on the peaks of the great Vindhya Mountains, with radiance reaching far and wide, Who is praised by those desirous of victory, Oh Goddess, Wife of blue-necked Shiva, Mother to many families, Doer of many deeds,Victory, victory to You, Oh Slayer of the Buffalo Demon! Victory, Daughter of the Himalayas, with beautifully plaited hair!<br /><em><br />suravaravarshiNi durdharadharshiNi durmukhamarshiNi harsharate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>tribhuvanaposhiNi shankaratoshiNi kilbishamoshiNi ghosharate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>danujaniroshiNi ditisutaroshiNi durmadashoshiNi sindhusute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Who bestows boons upon the Gods, Who defeats the undisciplined, Who tolerates the ignorant, Who is ever rejoicing, Who nourishes the three worlds, Who pleases Shankara, Who removes sins, Who inhabits the sound of AUM, Whose wrath befalls the progeny of the demons Danu and Diti, Who destroys those drunk on the evil intoxicant of pride, Who is Daughter of the Ocean! Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />ayi jagadamba madamba kadambavanapriyavaasini haasarate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>shikharishiromaNi tungahimaalaya shringanijaalaya madhyagate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>madhumadhure madhukaitabhaganjini kaitabhabhanjini raasarate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Oh, Mother of the World, my Mother, Who loves Her Kadamba tree forest, Who is always smiling, Whose dwelling is in the tallest peaks of the Himalayas, the greatest of all mountain chains, Who is so very sweet, Who keeps the treasures of Madhu and Kaitabha, Who slayed Kaitabha, Who is ever dancing,Victory, victory to You ...<em><br /><br />ayi shatakhaNda vikhaNditaruNda vituNditashuNda gajaadhipate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>ripugajagaNda vidaaraNachaNda paraakramashuNda mrigaadhipate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>nijabhujadaNda nipaatitakhaNda vipatitamuNda bhataadhipate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Who splinters demons' heads into hundreds of shards, Who severs the trunks of their great battle elephants, Whose great Lion mount exhibits terrifying valor, as he tears apart the temples of the enemy's elephants, Who shatters the skulls of enemy chieftains with the strength of her own arms, Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />ayi raNadurmadashatruvadhodita durdharanirjara shaktibhrute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>chaturavicharadhuriiNamahasiva dutakrita pramathaadhipate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>duritaduriihaduraashayadurmati daanavaduta krutaantamate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Oh, it is You Who possesses the invinceable force that vanquishes hard-to-subdue enemies in battle, Who promoted Pramatha, the great attendant of Shiva, a master of subtle thinking, to be Her general in battle, Who destroyed the messengers of the demons, who were sinful, with evil intention in their thoughts and minds, Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />ayi sharaNaagata vairivadhoovara viiravaraabhayadaayakare </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>tribhuvanamastaka shoolavirodhishiirodhikritaamala shoolakare </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>dumidumitaamara dundubhinaada mahomukhariikrita tigmakare </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Oh, it is You Who gives protection to the wives of heroic enemy warriors when they seek refuge; Who aims a flawless spear at the head of the demon who causes great pain in all the three worlds, Who burns like a blazing hot sun, inflamed by the resounding din of the war-drums of the Gods, Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />ayi nijahunkriti maatraniraakrita dhoomravilochana dhoomrashate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>samravishoshita shoNitabeeja samudbhavashoNita biijalate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>shivashivashumbhani shumbhamahaahavatarpita bhutapishaacharate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Oh, it is You Who, with a single roar, disperses the streams of smoke flowing from the eyes of advancing demons, Who thrives like a vine on the blood that falls on the battleground, Who delights alike in the company of the auspicious Shiva, inauspicious Shumbha and Nishumbha, and the ghoulish spirits who feed on the battle carnage, Victory, victory to You ...<em><br /><br />dhanuranusangaraNakshaNasanga parishphuradanga naTatkaTake </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>kanakapishanga prishatkanishanga rasadbhatasringa hataabaTuke </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>krutachaturanga balakshitiranga ghatadbahuranga raTadbaTuke </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Who decks Her tender limbs with fine dancing ornaments at the moment of battle, as She readies Her bow, Who slays huge enemy soldiers with Her shining sword and arrows from Her golden-brown quiver, Who plays with the vast enemy forces arrayed on the battlefield as if they were screaming toy soldiers, Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />jaya jaya japyajaye jayashabda parastutitatatpara vishvanute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jhaNa jhaNa jhinjhimijhinkritanoopura sinjitamohita bhootapate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>natita nataardhanatiinatanaayaka naatitanaatyasugaanarate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Victory to You! Victory to You! Whose victory need be sung and praised by all the Universe, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Who attracts Shiva's attention with the tinkling of Her bells and ornaments as She dances, Who delights in Her own beautiful singing, and Her dance in the form of Ardhanari (i.e. male and female harmonised as half man- half woman), Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />ayi sumanah sumanah sumanah sumanoharakaantiyute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>shrita rajanii rajanii rajanii rajanii rajaniikaravakravrute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>sunayanavibhra marabhra marabhra marabhra marabhra maraadhipate</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Oh, it is You Whose flowerlike complexion attracts all good-hearted souls, [The meaning of the next two lines is unclear], Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />sahitamahaahava mallamatallika mallitarallaka mallarate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>virachitavallika pallikamallika shrillikabhillika vargavrute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>sita kruta phullisamullasitaakruNtallaja pallavasallalite </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>[The meaning of this verse is unclear.] <em><br /><br />aviralagaNda galanmadamedura mattamatangajaraajapate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>tribhuvana bhooshaNa bhootakalaanidhi roopapayonidhiraajasute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>ayi sudatiijanalaalasamaanasa mohanamanmatharaajasute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Who effortlessly steers huge royal elephants in their fury, musk streaming in rivers down their temples, Oh Great Princess, Daughter of the Ocean, Who has the beauty of the Moon, Who is Ornament of the triple world, Princess of Love, whose beautiful smile enchants the minds of those entrapped by desire, Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />kamaladalaamalakomala kaantikalaakalitaamala bhaalatale </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>sakalavilaasakalaanilayakrama kelichalatkala hamsakule </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>alikulasankula kuvalayamaNdala maulimiladbakulaalikule </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Whose flawless forehead displays Her beautiful complexion, pure and delicate like lotus petals, Whose flocks of swans follow Her with the fluid grace that is the mark of all beautiful arts, Whose swarms of bees sail down from the <em>bakula</em> trees to light with other bees atop the lotus flowers, Victory, victory to You ...<em><br /><br />karamuraliirava viijita koojita lajjita kokila manjumate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>militapulinda manoharagunjita ranjitashailanikunjagate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>nijaguNabhoota mahaashabariigaNa sadguNasambhruta kelitale </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Who so sweetly plays Her flute that its music puts the Kokila bird to shame, Who always has sweet thoughts, Who dwells in colorful mountain groves that echo pleasantly with the bustle of mountain folk, Whose playground is filled with breathtaking tribal women, who are manifestations of Her own great qualities, Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />katitatapiitadukoolavichitra mayookhatiraskrita chandraruche</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>praNatasuraasura maulimaNisphuradamshulasannakha chandraruche</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jitakanakaachala maulipadorjita nirbharakunjara kumbhakuche </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Who outshines the brilliance of the moon with the colorful rays flashing from the yellow silks around Her waist, Whose toenails shine like the moon as well, reflecting the crest jewels of the gods and demons who bow at Her feet, Whose breasts outshine the temples of wild elephants and the high peaks of golden mountains, Victory, victory to You ...<em><br /><br />vijitasahasra karaikasahasra karaikasahasra karaikanute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>krutasurataaraka sangarataaraka sangarataaraka soonusute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>surathasamaadhi samaanasamaadhi samaadhi samaadhi sujaatarate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Who surpasses the thousand-rayed sun with the brilliance of Her own thousand hands, and Who is in turn praised by a thousand suns, Who does battle to save the Gods, and Whose sons fought the demon Taraka and are Saviors, [Meaning unclear], Victory, victory to You ...<em><br /><br />padakamalam karuNaanilaye varivasyati yonudinam sashive </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>ayi kamale kamalaanilaye kamalaanilayah sakatham na bhavet </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>tava padameva param padamityanushiilayato mama kim na shive </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Oh Benevolent Goddess, accompanied by Shiva, when one daily cherishes Your lotuslike feet, Then, Oh lotus-dwelling Lakshmi, how will one not become wealthy? Oh Auspicious Goddess, what riches will not be mine, if I earnestly believe that Your feet are the highest goal to be achieved? Victory, victory to You ...<br /><em><br />kanakalasatkala sindhujalairanusinchinute guNarangabhuvam </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>bhajati sa kim na sachikuchakumbha tatiiparirambha sukhaanubhavam </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>tava charaNam sharaNam karavaaNi nataamaravaaNi nivaasisivam </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>If one bathes You, the playground of virtues, in the shining golden waters of the ocean, Will one not experience in Heaven the joy, equal to that of Indra, of embracing the full bosom of Sachi? Oh Goddess worshipped by the Gods Themselves, I take refuge at Your feet, which are also the abode of Shiva. Victory, victory to You ...<em><br /></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>tava vimalendukulam vadanendum alam sakalam nanu koolayate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>kimu puruhoota puriindumukhiisumukhiibhirasau vimukhiikriyate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>mama tu matam sivanaamadhane bhavatii kripayaa kimuta kriyate </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>When one sufficiently dedicates oneself to Your entire moonlike visage, brighter than a host of perfect moons, How will one be turned away in heaven by the moon-visaged beauties of the city of Indra? [Meaning unclear], Victory, victory to You ...<em><br /><br />ayi mayi diinadayaalutayaa krupayaiva tvayaa bhavitavyamume </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>ayi jagato jananii krupayaasi yathaasi tathanumitaasitare </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>yaduchitamatra bhavatyurariikrutaadurutaapa mapaakrurute </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute<br /><br /></em>Oh Uma, please look kindly upon me, because of your virtue of compassion toward the meek, [Meaning unclear], But you may do as You wish with me, Oh You who removes the pain of Her devotees. Victory, victory to You , Oh Slayer of the Buffalo Demon! Victory, Daughter of the Himalayas, with beautifully plaited hair! </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1138178904010540772?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-27757888329431942802007-06-21T10:20:00.000+05:302007-08-10T13:26:17.652+05:30<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RpyF2XBvKVI/AAAAAAAAAt8/5BXLr4HQZC8/s1600-h/Gulmarg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088088847962548562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RpyF2XBvKVI/AAAAAAAAAt8/5BXLr4HQZC8/s320/Gulmarg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>dhana dhanya pushpa bhara<br />amader ei basundhara ...</em><br /><br />Blessed with wealth, adorned with flowers<br />This Mother Earth of ours ...<br /><br />Thus begins one of India's most beloved songs, in Bengali.<br /><br />Here's a YouTube clip of MS Subbulakshmi singing the song.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L5VHsHDq_t4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L5VHsHDq_t4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><em>Dhana dhanya pushpa bhara</em>, a song in Bengali (together with some Sanskrit verses) was written and composed by <a href="http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/R_0237.htm">Dwijendralal Roy</a>, and was made famous by his son <a href="http://www.writespirit.net/authors/dilip_kumar_roy">Dilip Kumar Roy</a>, who in turn taught it to M.S. Subbalakshmi. She made it part of her performance repertoire.<br /><br />This is a "patriotic" song, but its like a prayer of adoration of the Creator, singing praises of all the beauties and wealth of one's motherland. It could be sung by anyone in praise of their own land. The sensibility underlying the song - is a devout and sacred one, very similar to that of St Francis of Assisi's <a href="http://sacred-songs.blogspot.com/2007/06/canticle-of-sun.html">"Canticle of the Sun"</a>.<br /><br />Mahatma Gandhi paid this tribute to Dilip Kumar Roy: "I may make bold to claim that very few persons in India - or rather in the world - have a voice like that of Dilip Kumar Roy, so rich and sweet and intense."<br /><br />dhana dhanya pushpa bhora,<br />amader ei basundhara,<br />tahar majhe achhe desh ek<br />sakal desher shera,<br />o shey shapno diye toiree se desh<br />smriti diye ghera,<br />emon deshti kothao khunje paabe naako tumi,<br />o shey shokol desher raani shey je<br />amaar janmabhumi ...<br /><br /><em>In my translation:</em><br /><br />Blessed with wealth, adorned with flowers<br />This Mother Earth of ours,<br />In her midst is a nation<br />Most famed of all nations,<br />Oh that nation is made of dreams<br />Wrapped in memories,<br />You won't find a nation like this anywhere<br />Oh she is the queen of all nations,<br />She who is my motherland.<br /><br />Hear Dilip Kumar Roy sing this song <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/WUbrArwmvd.As1NMvHdW/">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Hear Dilip Kumar Roy and MS Subbulakshmi sing the song <em><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/YqOrqr2_kt.As1NMvHdW/">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/2602954d-b2a4-497e-8457-979bc63b6229&amp;theName=dhana-dhanya-pushpa-bhara&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqMEykDSjZI/AAAAAAAAAvs/5rS6mUrmAzM/s320/Abida.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089917270576237970" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abida_Parveen">Abida Parveen</a>, of Pakistan, is a great <a href="http://www.katinkahesselink.net/sufi/sufi-shah.html">Sufi</a> singer.<br /><br />Here she sings the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal">ghazal</a> <em>Ishq mein tere kohe gham</em>, written by by Hazrat Shah Niyaz, a 19th century Sufi sint of Delhi. <br /><br /><em><strong>In love with you, where’s sorrow?</strong></em> In the rapturous, ecstatic bliss of the Divine embrace ...<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/4a332829-5ad8-4c32-b3d2-e644dea41a55&amp;theName=Abida parveen_ Ishq mein tere&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=4a332829-5ad8-4c32-b3d2-e644dea41a55"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/4a332829-5ad8-4c32-b3d2-e644dea41a55"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/4a332829-5ad8-4c32-b3d2-e644dea41a55/Abida-parveen_-Ishq-mein-tere/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />Ishq mein tere kohe gham sar pe liya jo ho so ho<br />aesh-o nishaate zindagi chhod diya jo ho so ho<br /><br />Aql ke madrase se uth, ishq ke maikade mein aa<br />jaame fanaa bekhudi ab to piya jo ho so ho<br /><br />hijr ki jo museebatein arz kiin uske rubaru<br />naazo adaa se muskura kehne lagaa jo ho so ho<br /><br />hasti ke is saraab mein raat ki raat bas rahe<br />subhe adam huaa numoo, paaon uthaa jo ho so ho<br /><br /><em><a href="http://geetavadhera.tripod.com/id11.html">Geeta Vadhera</a> attributes this song to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez_%28poet%29">Hafez</a>, the great 14th century Persian mystic and poet, and has has translated it as follows:</em><br /><br />Now that I have decided to seek you, I will search regardless of what happens to me.<br /><br />Its one thought at the very root level to be in harmony. My hands you see here - relaxed, fold, and unfolding thoughts within – All is yours - the boldness of the image that you see has a subtle softness to be one with silence.<br /><br />No shades of colours just black, grey and white. No waves remaining at all. So you see the red element only in the backdrop, leaving behind the noise. Just as as if you dive deep into the ocean, there are no waves. The deeper you go, the calmer, the more graceful, the more peaceful you get.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1248546582432804666?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-90572429173136631642007-06-21T10:12:00.003+05:302009-02-04T16:18:04.455+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RrmWZEDSkKI/AAAAAAAAA10/F-FhTYq_2xI/s1600-h/ShivaFeet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096269810674864290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RrmWZEDSkKI/AAAAAAAAA10/F-FhTYq_2xI/s200/ShivaFeet.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/shivaperuman/manikkavachakar.html">Manikavachagar</a> ("One whose words are like gems"), who is venerated together with the sixty-three Saiva saints known as <a href="http://www.tamilnation.org/sathyam/east/saivaism/63nayanmars.htm">Nayanars</a>, was a Tamil mystic and poet-composer. His best known work is the <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvasagam">Tiruvachakam</a></em> ("Sacred Utterances"), which contains 700 songs.<br /><br /><em>Tiruvachakam</em> is sung in Mohanam <em>raga</em> (a pentatonic scale).<br /><br />Here is the song <em>Pal Ninaindu Uttum</em>, from the "Piditta Pattu" section of <em>Tiruvachakam</em>. "Piditta Pattu" translates as <em>ten (hymns) of the tenacious grasp</em>, referring to the devotee Manikavachagar's unyielding grip on his Lord, Siva.<br /><br />பால்நினைத் தூட்டும் தாயினுஞ்சாலப் பரிந்துநீ பாவியே னுடைய<br />ஊனினை உருக்கி உள்ளொளி பெருக்கி உலப்பிலா ஆனந்த மாய<br />தேனினைச் சொரிந்து புறம்புறந்திரிந்த செல்வமே சிவபெருமானே<br />யானுனைத் தொடர்ந்து சிக்கெனப் பிடித்தேன் எங்கெழுந் தருளுவ தினியே<br /><br />pAln^inain^ thUTTum thAyinunychAlap parin^dhun^I pAviyE nuDaiya<br />Uninai urukki uLLoLi perukki ulappilA Anan^dha mAya<br />thEninaich chorin^dhu puRambuRan^dhirin^dha chelvamE chivaberumAnE<br />yAnunaith thoDarn^dhu chikkenap piDiththEn eN^gezun^ tharuLuva thiniyE.<br /><br />A detailed explanation of the lyrics is accessible <a href="http://www.geocities.com/nayanmars/thiruvAsagam_Meaning_01.pdf"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a> (see pages 59-61). A summarised translation is vailable <em><strong><a href="http://www.geocities.com/nayanmars/08_037_pidiththa_paththu_padhigam.pdf">here</a></strong></em> (see pages 7-8). A full translation of the <em>Tiruvachakam</em>, by Rev GU Pope (1900) is accessible <strong><em><a href="http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thivapop.htm">here</a></em></strong>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/65bd9230-2d89-470a-9547-5c1c493ad706&amp;theName=Thiruvasagam&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&amp;objectid=65bd9230-2d89-470a-9547-5c1c493ad706">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/65bd9230-2d89-470a-9547-5c1c493ad706" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/65bd9230-2d89-470a-9547-5c1c493ad706/Thiruvasagam/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">You took more pity on me, a sinner, than a mother who remembers her child’s hunger (even before it starts crying) and feeds milk to it.<br /><br />You melted my body, increased the light of wisdom in my mind, poured the honey of eternal bliss, and roamed everywhere with me.<br /><br />O my treasure! O Lord Siva! I am continuously and firmly holding on to you. Where can you go now? You have no way of leaving me now!</span><br /><br />In 2005, Tamil musician and composer <a href="http://www.raaja.com/">Ilayaraja</a> released his highly ambitious <em><a href="http://www.tamilnation.org/sathyam/east/thiruvasagam/ilayarajah.htm">Thiruvasagam in Symphony</a></em>, a 64-minute CD, being the musical rendering of <a href="http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thivacha.html">Manickavachagar's verses</a> in ancient Tamil. The album has <a href="http://rajmahendra.zaadz.com/blog/2007/2/first_indian_oratorio_thiruvasagam_by_maestro_ilayaraja">six songs</a>, including a unique 20-minute composition, <em>Polla Vinayen</em>, that alternates between Tamil and English lyrics, sung in choral style, to the accompaniment of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Hungary. This is based on the “Shivapuranam”, the first section of <em>Tiruvachakam</em> (Tamil text available in two parts <em><strong><a href="http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thivacha1_u.htm">here</a> </strong></em>&amp; <em><strong><a href="http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thivacha2_u.htm">here</a></strong></em>), consisting of nineteen 5-line stanzas. Stephen Schwartz, the Oscar-winning playwright from USA had translated the “Shivapuranam” into English for the project.<br /><br /><em>Polla Vinayen</em> begins with a solo vocal by Ilaiyaraja:<br /><br />பொல்லா வினையேன் புகழுமாறு ஒன்று அறியேன்<br /><br />pollA vinaiyEn pugazumARu onRu aRiyEn<br /><br />This had been translated by <a href="http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thivapop.htm">Rev GU Pope</a> as:<br /><br /><em><strong>"I, man of evil 'deeds' know not the way to praise!"</strong></em><br /><br />Ilayaraja's solo is followed by Ray Harcourt's bass, <em>"I'm just a man, imperfect lowly".</em><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/af5d23da-bac1-4a9d-9623-9ab6a1847fc6&amp;theName=Thiruvasagam-2pollaavinayum&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; 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These verses recall the great events which took place between the Buddha and his powerful opponents, who tried to kill him, humiliate him and to defeat him, and how the Buddha overcame all these disturbances calmly and peacefully through the merits of his great virtues; and finally how he converted his opponents into following the righteous way of living.<br /><br />As <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~mahabodhis/D_DEC.html">Venerable Acharya Buddharakkhita</a> notes, the <em>Jayamangala Gatha</em> celebrates the triumph of the creative power of goodness over the destructive force of evil. Goodness not only overpowers evil, but triumphs by sublimating and transmuting it.<br /><br />The <em>Jayamangala Gatha</em> sung by Visarad Srima Ratnayaka is accessible <em><strong><a href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/88deb717-7c22-481d-bb0b-7a0c6b1ec209/Jayamangala-Gatha">here</a></strong></em> (open in a new window). This can be downloaded from <em><strong><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/filelib/mp3/05-hymn-05.mp3">here</a></strong></em>. <br /><br />Here is another version.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/23c33f37-c62c-4071-84fb-3ac528365580&amp;theName=Jaya Mangala Gatha&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " 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jitavà munindo -</em><br />did the lord of sages defeat by such things as generosity and so forth -<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />2. <em>Màràtirekam-abhiyujjhita sabbarattiü,</em><br />Even more terrible than Màra was the impatient and obdurate yakkha âlavaka,<br /><br /><em>ghoraü pan' âlavakam-akkhamathaddhayakkhaü,</em><br />who fought (with the Buddha) throughout the whole night,<br /><br /><em>khantãsudantavidhinà jitavà munindo -</em><br />(him) did the lord of sages defeat by his patience and self-control<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />3. <em>Nàlàgiriü gajavaraü atimattabhåtaü,</em><br />The great elephant Nàlàgiri, who was completely intoxicated,<br /><br /><em>dàvaggicakkam-asanãva sudàruõaü taü,</em><br />fearful, like a jungle fire, a flaming discus, or a flash of lightning,<br /><br /><em>mettambusekavidhinà jitavà munindo -</em><br />did the lord of sages defeat by sprinkling (him) with the waters of friendliness -<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />4. <em>Ukkhittakhaggam-atihatthasudàruõaü taü</em><br />With a sword that was lifted high in his outstretched hand, that very fearsome (bandit)<br /><br /><em>dhàvaü tiyojanapathaïgulimàlavantaü:</em><br />the one with a finger necklace (Aïgulimàla) ran for (the whole of) three leagues up the path:<br /><br /><em>iddhãbhisaïkhatamano jitavà munindo -</em><br /><br />(him) did the lord of sages defeat with the psychic powers created in his mind -<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />5. <em>Katvàna kaññham-udaraü iva gabbhinãyà,</em><br />Having made her midriff (look large) with a piece of wood, like one who is pregnant,<br /><br /><em>Ciÿcàya duññhavacanaü janakàyamajjhe:</em><br /><br />Ciÿcà (then spoke) wicked words in the midst of a group of people:<br /><br /><em>santena somavidhinà jitavà munindo -</em><br />(her) did the lord of sages defeat by means of his gentleness and peacefulness-<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />6. <em>Saccaü vihàya mati-Saccakavàdaketuü,</em><br />The arrogant Saccaka, who had given up the truth, and had challenged (the Buddha) to a debate,<br /><br /><em>vàdàbhiropitamanaü ati-andhabhåtaü,</em><br />with his mind fixed on his argument, completely blind to the truth,<br /><br /><em>paÿÿàpadãpajalito jitavà munindo -</em><br />(him) did the lord of sages defeat with the shining lamp of true wisdom -<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />7. <em>Nandopanandabhujagaü vibudhaü mahiddhiü,</em><br />Taming the wise dragon Nandopananda, who had great power,<br /><br /><em>puttena therabhujagena damàpayanto,</em><br />by way of his son (Moggallàna), who was a dragon of an elder,<br /><br /><em>iddhåpadesavidhinà jitavà munindo -</em><br />(thus) did the lord of sages defeat (him) by instructing (his son to use) psychic power -<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />8. <em>Duggàhadiññhibhujagena sudaññhahatthaü,</em><br />He whose hand was badly bitten by the serpent of wrongly taken up views,<br /><br /><em>brahmaü visuddhijutim-iddhi-Bakàbhidhànaü,</em><br />the brahma Baka, who was clear and bright, and who possessed psychic powers,<br /><br /><em>ÿàõàgadena vidhinà jitavà munindo -</em><br />did the lord of sages defeat with the medicine of his super-knowledge -<br /><br /><em>taü tejasà bhavatu te jayamaïgalàni!</em><br />through that resplendent power may you have the blessings of success!<br /><br />9. <em>Età pi Buddhajayamaïgala-aññhagàthà,</em><br />He who recites these eight verses each and every day,<br /><br /><em>yo vàcako dinadine sarate-m-atandã,</em><br />which are about the Buddha's (many) bless‚d successes, and remembers them with diligence,<br /><br /><em>hitvànanekavividhàni cupaddavàni,</em><br />after giving up (all) the many and various kinds of adversity,<br /><br /><em>mokkhaü sukhaü adhigameyya naro sapaÿÿo.</em><br />that wise man will (soon thereafter) attain both freedom and happiness.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-4499828764242361948?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-21261703421530518302007-06-21T10:12:00.000+05:302007-07-25T12:42:07.727+05:30<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rqb1uEDSjoI/AAAAAAAAAxk/YXlokhdxwhM/s1600-h/Gayatri.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rqb1uEDSjoI/AAAAAAAAAxk/YXlokhdxwhM/s200/Gayatri.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091026600499252866" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">ॐ भूर्भुव: स्वः ।<br />तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं ।<br />भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि ।<br />धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥</span></strong><br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri"><em><strong>Gayatri Mantra</strong></em> </a>is a highly revered Sanskrit <em>mantra</em> in Hinduism, second only to the <em>mantra</em> <strong><em>Om</em></strong>. It invokes wisdom.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/5013ff7e-cb7d-4eca-82e6-b4ed0b18a8b0&amp;theName=000_Gayatri_Mantra&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=5013ff7e-cb7d-4eca-82e6-b4ed0b18a8b0"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/5013ff7e-cb7d-4eca-82e6-b4ed0b18a8b0"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/5013ff7e-cb7d-4eca-82e6-b4ed0b18a8b0/000_Gayatri_Mantra/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><em>aum bhoor bhuwah swaha,<br />tat savitur varenyam<br />bhargo devasaya dheemahi<br />dhiyo yo naha prachodayat</em><br /><br />Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life, Remover of pain and sorrow,<br />The Bestower of happiness.<br />Oh Creator of the Universe, may we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light,<br />May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-2126170342153051830?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-84276796967062928182007-06-21T10:10:00.000+05:302007-08-01T19:03:09.511+05:30<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RotZ_kz3UzI/AAAAAAAAAso/PJ092oinV7A/s1600-h/bacon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083255553165579058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RotZ_kz3UzI/AAAAAAAAAso/PJ092oinV7A/s200/bacon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This famous poem in Punjabi by the great Sufi of Punjab, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulleh_Shah">Bulleh Shah</a>, was made into a popular song by Rabbi Shergill.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/2f529ca2-67ce-4628-82ee-75196e563edf&amp;amp;theName=bulla ki jana&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=2f529ca2-67ce-4628-82ee-75196e563edf">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/2f529ca2-67ce-4628-82ee-75196e563edf" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/2f529ca2-67ce-4628-82ee-75196e563edf/bulla-ki-jana/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Bulla, ki jaana main kaun<br />Bulla, ki jaana main kaun<br /><br />Na main moman vich maseetan<br />Na main vich kufar dian reetan<br />Na main pakan vich paleetan<br /><br />Na main andar bed kitaban<br />Na main rehnda bhaang sharaban<br />Na main rehnda mast kharaban<br /><br />Na main shadi na ghamnaki<br />Na main vich paleetan pakeen<br />Na main aaabi na main khaki<br /><br />Na main aatish na paun<br />Bulla ki jaana main kaun<br /><br />Na main arabi na lahori<br />Na main hindi shehar nagaori<br />Na hindu na turk pashauri<br /><br />Na main bhet mazhab de paya<br />Na main aadam hawwa jaya<br />Na koi apna naam dharaya<br /><br />Avval-aakhar aap nu jana<br />Na koi dooja hor pacchana<br />Maithon na koi har syana<br /><br />Bulle shauh Kharha hai kaun<br />Bulla ki jaana main kaun </span><br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Says Bulla,<br />who knows who I am!<br />I am not in the mosque of the believer,<br />Nor in false rites.<br />I am not in the pure or the impure.<br />Neither Moses nor Pharaoh.<br />Says Bulla, who knows who I am!<br /><br />I am not in the vedas or holy books,<br />Not in drug or wine.<br />Not in the drunkards wasted intoxication,<br />Not in wakefulness or sleep.<br />Says Bulla, who knows who I am!<br /><br />I am not in sorrow nor in joy,<br />Neither in clean nor unclean.<br />I am not water, I am not earth,<br />I am not fire, I am not air.<br />Says Bulla, who knows who I am!<br /><br />I am not from Arabia or Lahore,<br />Nor from India or Nagaur.<br />Neither a hindu or muslim from Peshawar,<br />Nor do I live in Nadaun.<br />Says Bulla, who knows who I am!<br />I cannot be unearthed in the mysteries of religion.<br /><br />I was not born of Adam and Eve.<br />I am not the name I assume.<br />I am not in stillness, not in movement.<br />Finally, I only know myself.<br />I cannot know any other.<br />Who could be wiser than I?<br />Bulla asks, who then, stands here?<br />Says Bulla, who knows who I am!</span><br /><br /><em>Here's a video clip of the song from YouTube.</em><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pTxZy32Fv_0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pTxZy32Fv_0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: <em>Self Portrait,</em> by Francis Bacon.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-8427679696706292818?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-32731875045387846542007-06-21T10:00:00.001+05:302007-07-14T19:13:00.505+05:30<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kJQPLD1k7tQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kJQPLD1k7tQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sings in praise of Imam Ali.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3273187504538784654?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-26294213854156895752007-06-21T10:00:00.000+05:302007-08-01T18:10:50.886+05:30<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Ro4pBEz3U0I/AAAAAAAAAsw/owzzWs9OSCg/s1600-h/Allah.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084046127795753794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Ro4pBEz3U0I/AAAAAAAAAsw/owzzWs9OSCg/s320/Allah.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The great <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusrat_Fateh_Ali_Khan">Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan</a>, the voice of mystical Islam, Pakistan's precious gift to humanity, sings his favourite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qawwali"><em>qawwali</em></a>, "Allah Hoo!"<br /><br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br /><br />Malik-Ul-Mulk, Lashareeka Lahoo<br />Wahadahoo Laa Ilaahaa Illaahoo<br /><br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br /><br />Yeh Zameen Jab Na Thi Yeh Jahaan Jab Na Thaa<br />Chaand Suraj Na Thay Aasman Jab Na Tha<br />Raaz-E-Haq Bhi Kisi Per Ayaan Jab Na Tha<br />Tab Na Tha Kuch Yahaan, Tha Magar Tu Hee Tu<br /><br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br /><br />Sana Bashar Ke Liyeah Bashar Sana Ke Liyeah<br />Tamaam Hamd Sazawaar Hai Khuda Ke Liyeah<br />Ata Ke Samnay Ya Rab Khata Ka Zikar He Kya<br />Tu Ata Ke Liyeah Hai Bashar Khata K Liyeah<br /><br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br /><br />Kiyoon Piyaa Ibn-E-Haidar Nay Jaam-E-Fanaa<br />Khaal Khichwai Tabraiz Ne Kiyoon Bhala<br />Daar Per Charh Ke Mansoor Nay Kia Kaha<br />Sab Banatay Khilonay, Raha Tu He Tu<br /><br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br /><br />Laa Ilaahaa Teri Shaan Ya Wahdahoo<br />Tu Khayaal-O-Tajassus Tu He Aarzoo<br />Aankh Ki Roshni Dil Ki Awaaz Tu<br />Tha Bhi Tu! Hai Bhi Tu! Hoga Bhi Tu Hee Tu!<br /><br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br />Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo! Allah Hoo!<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/5e57e793-7321-4b6a-ae83-b608934b9da4&amp;amp;theName=Allah Hoo!&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=5e57e793-7321-4b6a-ae83-b608934b9da4">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/5e57e793-7321-4b6a-ae83-b608934b9da4" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/5e57e793-7321-4b6a-ae83-b608934b9da4/Allah-Hoo!/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><em>In translation:</em><br /><br />YOU are the shaper of the two worlds, and the Deity<br />Everything is witness to YOUR Manifestation<br /><br />When this earth and the world did not exist<br />When there was no moon, the sun or sky<br />When the secret of the truth was yet unravelled<br />Nothing was here save YOU, none but YOU<br /><br />God is there for His creation, His creation exists for God<br />All of creation sings His praise<br />In front of You what am I?<br />You are for me, I exist for You.<br /><br />Why did Hussain, son of Haider, drink the nectar of mortality?<br />Why did Tabriz have himself flayed alive?<br />Why did Mansoor utter at the gibbet?<br />All make only toys, the only one left is You<br /><br />There is no one like you and that is your grandeur, O! unique one<br />you are the imagination and inquisitiveness, you are the wish<br />you are the light [and] the voice of heart<br />you were there, you are there and you will be there.<br /><br /><strong>Download Nusrat's <em>Allah Hoo!</em> <em><a href="http://www.khamush.com/music/01%20-%20Nusrat%20Fateh%20Ali%20Khan%20-%20Allah%20Hoo%20Allah%20Hoo.mp3">here</a></em>.</strong><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V1l09Ik2bAI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V1l09Ik2bAI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-2629421385415689575?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-66327470134931211222007-06-21T09:49:00.000+05:302007-07-26T20:48:05.358+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqRpoUDSjgI/AAAAAAAAAwk/ysFd1aE-_94/s1600-h/Hanuman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090309620133694978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqRpoUDSjgI/AAAAAAAAAwk/ysFd1aE-_94/s200/Hanuman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman">Hanuman</a> is considered the foremost devotee of Lord Rama. Whenever the story of Rama is narrated, Hanuman would be present.<br /><br />Whoever recites the <em>Hanuman Chalisa</em> (40 stanzas in Hindi praising Hanuman), written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsidas">Tulsidas</a>, for 40 mornings, will realise health, wealth, happiness, courage, valour and wisdom. Devotees reciting this <em>chalisa</em> 108 times will overcome all obstacles.<br /><br />Whenever someone is in distress, if they recite the <em>Hanuman Chalisa</em>, they would be protected from all enemies.<br /><br />Here is the <em>Hanuman Chalisa</em> sung by MS Subbulakshmi.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/05e0f16b-ef57-4303-9271-6f498b41085d&amp;theName=!! M.S. 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I Profess the pure, untainted glory of Rama which bestows the four-fold fruits of life (truth, wealth, pleasure and liberation).<br /><br /><em>Budhi heen Tanu Janike, Sumirow, Pavan Kumar,<br />Bal Buddhi Vidya Dehu Mohi, Harahu Kalesh Bikaar</em><br /><br />Fully aware of the deficiency of my intelligence, I concentrate my attention on the Son of Wind and humbly ask for strength, intelligence and true knowledge to relieve me of all blemishes, causing pain.<br /><br /><em>Jai Hanuman Gyan Guna Sagar<br />Jai Kapis Tihun Lok Ujgaar</em><br /><br />Victory to thee, O Hanuman! Ocean of Wisdom, Hail the fountainhead of power, wisdom and Shiva-Shakti, You illuminate the entire cosmos with your glory.<br /><br /><em>Ramdoot Atulit Bal Dhamaa,<br />Anjani Putra Pavansut naamaa</em><br /><br />You, the Divine messager of Ram and repository of immeasurable strength, are also known as the Son of Anjani and Son of Wind<br /><br /><em>Mahebeer Bikram Bajrangi,<br />Kumati Nivaar Sumati Ke Sangi</em><br /><br />You are valiant and brave, with a body like lightening. You are the dispeller of darkness of evil thoughts and companion of good sense and wisdom.<br /><br /><em>Kanchan Baran Biraaj Subesaa,<br />Kanan kundal kunchit kesa</em><br /><br />Your body is golden coloured. Your garment is beautiful, rings on your ears, hair long and curly.<br /><br /><em>Hath Bajra Aur Dhvaja Birjai,<br />Kandhe Moonj Janeu saage</em><br /><br />You hold in one hand a lighting bolt and in the other a banner with the sacred thread across your shoulder.<br /><br /><em>Shankar Suvna Kesari Nandan,<br />Tej Pratap Maha Jag Vandan</em><br /><br />As a descendant of Shiva, you are a comfort and pride of Kesari. With the lustre of your vast sway, you are propitiated all over the universe.<br /><br /><em>Vidyavaan Guni Ati Chatur,<br />Ram Kaj Karibe Ko Atur</em><br /><br />You are the repository of learning, virtuous, very wise and very keen to do the work of Rama.<br /><br /><em>Prabhu Charittra Sunibe Ko Rasiya,<br />Ram Lakhan Sita man basyia</em><br /><br />You are an ardent listener, always so keen to listen to the narration of Shri Ram's Life Stories. Your heart is filled with what Rama stands for. You therefore always dwell in the hearts of Rama, Lakshman and Sita.<br /><br /><em>Sukshma roop Dhari Siyahi Dikhwana,<br />Bikat roop Dhari Lank Jarawa</em><br /><br />You appeared before Sita in a diminutive form and spoke to her, while you assumed an awesome form and struck terror by setting Lanka on fire.<br /><br /><em>Bhim roop Dhari Asur Sanhare,<br />Ramchandra Ke kaaj Savare</em><br /><br />You, with a terrible form, killed demons in Lanka and performed all the work of lustrous Rama.<br /><br /><em>Laye Sajivan Lakhan Jiyaye,<br />Shri Raghubir harashi ur laye</em><br /><br />When you brought life to Lakshman after bringing the Sanjivni herb, Rama took you in his deep embrace, his heart full of joy.<br /><br /><em>Raghupati Kinhi Bahut Badaai,<br />Tum Mama Priya Bharat Sam Bahi</em><br /><br />Rama joyously extolled you excellence and remarked: "You are as dear to me as my own brother Bharat"<br /><br /><em>Sahastra Badan Tumharo Jas Gaave,<br />Asa kahi Shripati Kanth Laagave</em><br /><br />Rama embraced you saying: "Let the thousand-tongued the cosmic serpent sing your glories"<br /><br /><em>Sankadik Brahmadi Muneesa,<br />Narad Sarad Sahit Aheesa</em><br /><br />Sanak and the sages and saints, Lord Brahma, the great hermits Narada and Goddess Saraswati, along with the cosmic serpent, all fail to sing your glories adequately.<br /><br /><em>Jam Kuber Digpal Jahan Te,<br />Kabi Kabid Kahin Sake Kahan Te</em><br /><br />Let alone the denizens of earth like poets and scholars, even gods like Yamraj, Kuber, and Digpal fail to sing adequately in praise of your greatness.<br /><br /><em>Tum Upkar Sugrivahi Keenha,<br />Ram Miali Rajpad Deenha</em><br /><br />You rendered a great service for Sugriva, It was you who united him with Rama and installed him on the royal throne.<br /><br /><em>Tumharo Mantro Bibhishan Maana,<br />Lankeshwar Bhaye Sab Jag Jaana</em><br /><br />By heeding your advice. Vibhishan became Lord of Lanka, which is known all over the universe.<br /><br /><em>Juug Sahastra Jojan Par Bhaanu,<br />Leelyo Taahi Madhur Phal Jaanu</em><br /><br />You gulped the sun from a distance of sixteen thousand miles considering it to be a sweet fruit.<br /><br /><em>Prabhu Mudrika Meli Mukha Maaheen,<br />Jaladhi Langhi Gaye Acharaj Naheen</em><br /><br />Carrying the Lord's ring in your mouth, you went across the ocean. There is no wonder in that.<br /><br /><em>Durgam Kaaj Jagat Ke Jeete,<br />Sugam Anugrah Tumhre Te Te</em><br /><br />All the difficult tasks in the world are rendered easiest by your grace.<br /><br /><em>Ram Duware Tum Rakhavare,<br />Hot Na Aagya Bin Paisare</em><br /><br />You are the sentry at the door of Rama’s divine Abode.No one can enter it without your permission.<br /><br /><em>Sab Sukh Lahen Tumhari Sarna,<br />Tum Rakshak Kaahu Ko Darnaa</em><br /><br />By your grace one can enjoy all happiness and one need not have any fear under your protection.<br /><br /><em>Aapan Tej Samharo Aapei,<br />Tanau Lok Hank Te Kanpei</em><br /><br />When you roar all the three worlds tremble and only you can control your might.<br /><br /><em>Bhoot Pisaach Nikat Nahi Avei,<br />Mahabir Jab Naam Sunavei</em><br /><br />Oh brave one! Your name keeps all the ghosts, demons and evils spirits away from your devotees.<br /><br /><em>Nasei Rog Hare Sab Peera,<br />Japat Niranter Hanumant Beera</em><br /><br />On reciting Hanuman’s holy name regularly all the maladies perish, all pain disappears.<br /><br /><em>Sankat Te Hanuman Chhudavei,<br />Man Kram Bachan Dhyan Jo Lavei</em><br /><br />Those who rembember Hanuman in thought, word and deed are well guarded against their odds in life.<br /><br /><em>Sab Par Ram Tapasvee Raaja,<br />Tinke Kaaj Sakal Tum Saaja</em><br /><br />You are the caretaker of even Rama, who has been hailed as the supreme Lord and the monarch among all those devoted in penances.<br /><br /><em>Aur Manorath Jo Koi Lave,<br />Soi Amit Jivan Phal Pave</em><br /><br />You fulfill the desires of those who come to you and bestow the eternal nectar, the highest fruit of life.<br /><br /><em>Charo Juung Partap Tumhara,<br />Hai Parsiddha Jagat Ujiyara</em><br /><br />Your magnificent glory is acclaimed far and wide all through the four ages and your fame is radiant all over the cosmos.<br /><br /><em>Sadho Sant Ke Tum Rakhvare,<br />Asur Nikandan Ram Dulare</em><br /><br />You are the saviour and the guardian angel of saints and sages and destroy all the demons, you are the seraphic darling of Rama.<br /><br /><em>Ashta Siddhi Nau Nidhi Ke Data,<br />Asa Bar Din Janki Mata</em><br /><br />You have been blessed with mother Janaki to grant to any one any yogic power of eight sidhis and nine nidhis as per choice.<br /><br /><em>Ram Rasayan Tumhare Pasa,<br />Sadaa Raho Raghupati Ke Dasa</em><br /><br />You hold the essence of devotion to Rama, always at his service.<br /><br /><em>Tumhare Bhajan Ramko Pavei.<br />Janam Janam Ke Dukh Bisravei</em><br /><br />Through devotion to you, one comes to Rama and becomes free from suffering of life after fife.<br /><br /><em>Anta Kaal Raghubar Pur Jai,<br />Jahan Janma Hari Bhakta Kahai</em><br /><br />When the end came, you entered the eternal abode of Rama and remain his devotee, whenever you take a new birth on earth.<br /><br /><em>Aur Devata Chitt Na Dharai,<br />Hanumant Sei Sarva Sukh Karai</em><br /><br />One need not hold any other deity in mind. Hanuman alone will give all happiness.<br /><br /><em>Sankat Kate Mitey Sab Peera,<br />Jo Sumirei Hanumant Balbeera</em><br /><br />Oh powerful Hanuman! You end sufferings and remove all the pain of those who remember you.<br /><br /><em>Jai Jai Jai Hanuman Gosain<br />Kripa Karahu Gurudev Ki Naiee</em><br /><br />Hail, Hail, Hail the Chief, Hanuman! I beseech you to bless me as my supreme Guru.<br /><br /><em>Jo Sat Baar Paath Kar Koi,<br />Chhutahi Bandi Maha Sukh Hoi</em><br /><br />One who recites this Hanuman Chalisa one hundred times daily for one hundred days becomes free from the bondage of life and death and enjoys the highest bliss at last.<br /><br /><em>Jo Yah Padhe Hanuman Chalisa,<br />Hoy Siddhi Sakhi Gaurisa</em><br /><br />Shiva is the witness, all those who recite Hanuman Chalisa regularly are sure to be receive benediction.<br /><br /><em>Tulsidas Sada Hari Chera,<br />Keeje Nath Hriday Mah Dera</em><br /><br />Tulsidas, always the servant of the Lord, prays: "Oh my Lord! Be enshrined within my heart!<br /><br /><em>Pavan Tanay Sankat Haran, Mangal Murti Roop<br />Ram Lakhan Sita Sahit, Hriday Basahu Sur Bhoop</em><br /><br />O Hanuman, Son of Wind, Saviour, embodiment of blessings, reside in my heart together with Rama, Laxman and Sita.<br /><br />Here’s the <em>Hanuman Chalisa</em> from the animated film <em>The Adventures of Hanuman</em>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kc5S_9aRjL8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kc5S_9aRjL8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6632747013493121122?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-71911156363423861772007-06-21T09:40:00.000+05:302007-08-01T19:26:35.816+05:30<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqRUikDSjfI/AAAAAAAAAwc/HneJPhth3_0/s1600-h/sun-trees.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090286431605263858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqRUikDSjfI/AAAAAAAAAwc/HneJPhth3_0/s200/sun-trees.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A beautiful <em>bhajan</em> sung by Jagjit Singh.<br /><br /><em>Oh Ram<br />May your name be adorned in the world<br /><br />Its you who's mother, you are father<br />Its you who's Radha's Shyam</em><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/5c98d994-66bb-47ac-ac89-c285c80bde95&amp;amp;theName=Hey Ram&thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=5c98d994-66bb-47ac-ac89-c285c80bde95">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/5c98d994-66bb-47ac-ac89-c285c80bde95" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/5c98d994-66bb-47ac-ac89-c285c80bde95/Hey-Ram/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />hey ram, hey ram<br />jag mein sajo tero naam<br /><br />tu hi mata, tu hi pita hai<br />tu hi to hai radha ka shyam<br /><br />tu antaryami sabaka swami<br />tere charano me chaaro dham<br /><br />tu hi bigadey tu hi sanvare<br />is jaga ke saray kaam<br /><br />tuhi jag data vishwavidhadata<br />tuhi subah tu hi shyam<br /><br />jag mein sajo tero naam<br />hey ram, hey ram<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-7191115636342386177?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-12504742857053134772007-06-21T09:37:00.000+05:302007-07-24T17:08:02.317+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqXj0EDSjmI/AAAAAAAAAxU/C8b7QlepAzs/s1600-h/Vishwarupa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090725437392457314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqXj0EDSjmI/AAAAAAAAAxU/C8b7QlepAzs/s320/Vishwarupa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Thousand Names of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu">Vishnu</a>.<br /><br />The <em>Vishnu Sahasranāmam</em> is found in the great epic <em>Mahabharata</em>, authored by the sage Veda Vyasa. 'Sahasra nāma' means thousand names, so this is a Sanskrit chant of thousand names of Lord Vishnu.<br /><br />The names were handed down to Yudhisthira, by Bhishma, the great warrior, when he lay on his death bed at the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Yudhisthira had asked Bhishma:<br /><br /><em>In this universe who is the one Lord of all?<br />Who is the one refuge for all?<br />Who is the one Divinity by praising and by worshiping whom a man attains good?<br />Which is that highest form of <em>Dharma</em>?<br />What is that by uttering or reciting which any living being can attain freedom from cycle of births and deaths? </em><br /><br />Bhisma answers by stating that mankind will be free from all sorrows by chanting the <em>Vishnu Sahasranāma</em>.<br /><br />Here is MS Subbulakshmi reciting the <em>Vishnu Sahasranāmam</em>.<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/4610ddaa-ffba-4359-852a-39504d6d199e&theName=Vishnu Sahasranamam&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=4610ddaa-ffba-4359-852a-39504d6d199e">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/4610ddaa-ffba-4359-852a-39504d6d199e" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/4610ddaa-ffba-4359-852a-39504d6d199e/Vishnu-Sahasranamam/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Prof Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's has provided a detailed explanation on the Vishnu Sahasranāmam <em><strong><a href="http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/music/vishnu-sahasranamam-meanings.htm">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />The 1000 Names are also available <em><strong><a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:FPSBetSSOnIJ:www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/ramachander/Vishnu%2520Sahasranamam.doc+Vishnu+Sahasranamam&hl=en&amp;amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=6">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: Vishwarupa (All-Encompassing Form).</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1250474285705313477?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-21165344118356957112007-06-21T09:30:00.000+05:302007-07-18T12:29:06.740+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Ro8EdUz3U1I/AAAAAAAAAs4/R7sLa3G-VNE/s1600-h/praise.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Ro8EdUz3U1I/AAAAAAAAAs4/R7sLa3G-VNE/s320/praise.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084287406173541202" /></a><br /><br />This is a song sung by Lata Mangeshkar in the Hindi film <em>Hum Dono</em>. The score was composed by Jaidev.<br /><br />Allah tero naam, Ishwar tero naam<br />sab ko sanmati de bhagwaan ...<br /><br />maangon kaa sindoor naa chhoote<br />maan behenon kee aans naa toote<br />deha binaa bhatake naa praan<br /><br />o saare jag ke rakhawaale<br />nirbal ko bal denewaale<br />balawaanon ko de de gyaan<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/0db04906-f096-4fec-9d5a-cddf402781e3&amp;theName=ALLAH TERO NAAM ISHWAR TERO-hum deono&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=0db04906-f096-4fec-9d5a-cddf402781e3"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/0db04906-f096-4fec-9d5a-cddf402781e3"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/0db04906-f096-4fec-9d5a-cddf402781e3/ALLAH-TERO-NAAM-ISHWAR-TERO-hum-deono/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><em>In my translation:</em><br /><br />Allah is your name, Ishwar is your name<br />Bless everyone with wisdom O God<br /><br />May wives not be widowed<br />May the hopes of mothers and sisters not be broken<br />May lives not flounder disembodied<br /><br />Oh Protector of the whole world<br />Giver of strength to the weak<br />Do grant wisdom to the strong<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RUGoCiYQd34"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RUGoCiYQd34" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-2116534411835695711?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-37276497470249708942007-06-21T09:29:00.000+05:302007-07-22T19:05:35.668+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqNcWkDSjdI/AAAAAAAAAwM/F6w47spoRto/s1600-h/lamp.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqNcWkDSjdI/AAAAAAAAAwM/F6w47spoRto/s200/lamp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090013546563145170" /></a><br /><br />Having attended a Christian school in the initial years of my schooling, I quickly came under the spell of Christian songs. I still remember my first morning in the school, when <em>Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus</em> was sung in the school assembly, a rousing welcome to me to the school, where for the first time I loved being in school, because I found friends. My sister, a year older, studied in the adjacent girls’ section of the same school. She was a great blabber, and so every song she heard or learnt was dutifully shared at home. Thus I benefited from a free “double education” in those school years.<br /><br />One song I have carried in my head from my childhood is <em>Give Me Oil in My Lamp</em>.<br /><br /><object width="300" height="80"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/xEjZikqe1V/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/xEjZikqe1V/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="80" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br /><br />Give me oil in my lamp<br />Keep me burning burning burning<br />Give me oil in my lamp I pray (hallelujah!)<br />Give me oil in my lamp<br />Keep me burning burning burning<br />Keep me burning 'til the break of day<br /><br />Sing hosanna sing hosanna<br />Sing hosanna to the King of kings<br />Sing hosanna sing hosanna<br />Sing hosanna to the King<br /><br />Give me joy in my heart<br />Keep me praising praising praising<br />Give me joy in my heart I pray (hallelujah!)<br />Give me joy in my heart<br />Keep me praising praising praising<br />Keep me praising 'til the break of day<br /><br />Make me fishers of men<br />Keep me seeking seeking seeking<br />Make me fishers of men I pray (hallelujah!)<br />Make me fishers of men<br />Keep me seeking seeking seeking<br />Keep me seeking 'til the break of day<br /><br />Give me love in my heart<br />Keep me serving serving serving<br />Give me love in my heart I pray (hallelujah!)<br />Give me love in my heart<br />Keep me serving serving serving<br />Keep me serving 'til the break of day<br /><br /><em>Here a YouTube clip of 5-6 year olds practicing their Christmas performance song.</em><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xni40IZSWVU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xni40IZSWVU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-3727649747024970894?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-13056249336180941952007-06-21T09:20:00.001+05:302007-07-27T10:59:52.261+05:30<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vDXX3z1YOpg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vDXX3z1YOpg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />A beautiful song from the Hindi film <em>Lagaan</em> (2001). The humble plea of the distraught.<br /><br />O paalanhaare, nirgun aur nyaare<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br />Humri uljhan suljhaao bhagwan<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br />Tumhe humka ho sambhaale<br />Tumhe hamre rakhwaale<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br /><br />Chanda mein tumhe to bhare ho chaandni<br />Sooraj mein ujaala tumhe se<br />Yeh gagan hai magan, tumhe to diye ho isse taare<br />Bhagwan, yeh jeevan tumhe na sanwaaroge<br />To kya koi sanwaare<br />O paalanhaare, nirgun aur nyaare<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br /><br />Jo suno to kahe Prabhuji hamri hai binti<br />Dukhi jan ko dheeraj do<br />Haare nahin voh kabhi dukh se<br />Tum nirbal ko raksha do<br />Reh paaye nirbal sukh se<br />Bhakti ko shakti do<br /><br />Jag ke jo swami ho, itni to araj suno<br />Hai path mein andhiyaare<br />Dedo vardaan mein ujiyaare<br /><br />O paalanhaare, nirgun aur nyaare<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br />Humri uljhan suljhaao bhagwan<br />Tumre bin hamra kaunon naahin<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/b9b28f2f-11a5-49f7-9b55-23e614e21395&amp;theName=O Paalanhaare - Lata, Udit - Lagaan (2001)&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=b9b28f2f-11a5-49f7-9b55-23e614e21395"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/b9b28f2f-11a5-49f7-9b55-23e614e21395"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/b9b28f2f-11a5-49f7-9b55-23e614e21395/O-Paalanhaare---Lata,-Udit---Lagaan-(2001)/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />Oh Saviour, beyond quality, and beautiful <br />I have none other than you<br />Solve my dilemma Oh God<br />I have none other than you<br />You alone are the one who takes cares of me<br />You alone are my protector<br />I have none other than you<br />I have none other than you<br /><br />Its you who's filled the moon with moonlight<br />The sun's light is only by you <br />The sky is joyful, its you who's given it stars<br />Oh Lord, if you don't care for this life<br />Then how can anyone care<br />Oh Saviour, beyond quality, and beautiful <br />I have none other than you<br />I have none other than you<br /><br />If you hear, I say dear Lord this is my plea<br />Grant fortitude to the suffering folk<br />They've never lost to suffering<br />Grant protection to the weak<br />May the weak be able to live happily<br />Grant strength to faith<br /><br />Oh Lord of the world, do heed this little<br />Darkness shrouds the path<br />Grant the boon of light<br /><br />Oh Saviour, beyond quality, and beautiful <br />I have none other than you<br />Solve my dilemma Oh God<br />I have none other than you<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1305624933618094195?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-23387237641511592782007-06-21T09:12:00.003+05:302009-11-15T13:27:29.973+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqGz-EDSjVI/AAAAAAAAAvM/WXLf8I1ulaA/s1600-h/boatman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089546932726173010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqGz-EDSjVI/AAAAAAAAAvM/WXLf8I1ulaA/s200/boatman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bengal is a land rich in living folk song tradtion. It is a land of vast rivers. Hence among the folk songs of Bengal are the <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo0107/01070260.htm"><em><strong>Bhatiyali</strong></em> songs</a> of boatmen. <em>Sagar Kuler Naiya Re</em> is one such. This is one of the songs popularised by the singer-musician Nirmalendu Chowdhury.<br /><br /><em><strong>"Oh boatman of the ocean’s shore, where have you disappeared leaving me in the lurch?"</strong></em><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://www.esnips.com//escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=blue&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/1c782a20-f1ab-48a3-b6e8-c8062adb0c42&amp;theName=Sagar Kuler Naiya Re&amp;thePlayerURL=http://www.esnips.com//escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=1c782a20-f1ab-48a3-b6e8-c8062adb0c42"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; 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cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqL_T0DSjYI/AAAAAAAAAvk/8QO0S6up4MY/s320/Reshma.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089911244737121666" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://inheritance-poesy.blogspot.com/2006/08/reshma.html">Reshma</a>, of Pakistan, is one of the greatest livings singers of the world, a rare gift to humanity.<br /><br />I was fortunate to meet Reshma and hear her sing in Hyderabad, in 1997. That was during a "Festival of the Sub-Continent" organised by peace activists in Hyderabad to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the independence of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.<br /><br />Here is her song <em>Hai O Rabba Naiyo Lagta Dil Mera</em>.<br /><br /><em><strong>Oh dear Lord, my heart is not happy..</strong></em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/f79ae08f-c251-4dbd-b1b7-918b621b153d&amp;theName=Reshma_Hai o Rabba naiyo lagta dil mera&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=f79ae08f-c251-4dbd-b1b7-918b621b153d"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/f79ae08f-c251-4dbd-b1b7-918b621b153d"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/f79ae08f-c251-4dbd-b1b7-918b621b153d/Reshma_Hai-o-Rabba-naiyo-lagta-dil-mera/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-1910986405876677054?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-69993458188907777422007-06-21T09:09:00.003+05:302008-07-26T09:22:55.146+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RrxBvUDSkLI/AAAAAAAAA18/7yi1X9uK6yU/s1600-h/akka.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097021159368724658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RrxBvUDSkLI/AAAAAAAAA18/7yi1X9uK6yU/s200/akka.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akka_Mahadevi">Mahadeviyakka</a>, or Akka Mahadevi ("elder sister Mahadevi") was a 12th century <a href="http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual_and_devotional_poets/india/mah">poet-mystic</a> of the Karnataka region of south India. She was in love with her Lord, Shiva, whom she referred to as <em>Chenna Mallikarjuna</em>, or Lord White as Jasmine.<br /><br />A contemporary of the Kannada poet-sages Basavanna, Allamaprabhu, Siddharama and Channabasavanna, like them she too composed a large number of <em><a href="http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual_and_devotional_poets/india/mah/mahp">vachanas</a></em> (literally, "sayings"), free verse lyrics written in the Kannada language. About 350 extant poems are attributed to her.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.akkasevasamaja.org/our-inspirations.htm">Akka's vachanas</a> in Kannada are accessible <em><strong><a href="http://www.vicharamantapa.net/vachana/akka/akka1.htm">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />The <em>vachanas</em> were spoken, recited and sung. Today, some of them survive in folk song tradition. The Kannada writer A N Krishnarao, or A Na Kru, had persuaded the great Hindusthani classical vocalist, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur to sing the vachanas. Mansur eventually realised their musical value, and set a number of <em>vachanas</em> of Basava and Akka to different <em>ragas</em> and included them in his concert repertoire. This includes the song <em>Akka Kelavva Nanondu Kanasu Kande</em>, which he sang in <em>raga</em> Pahadi.<br /><br />The song can be heard <em><strong><a href="http://www.sawf.org/audio/bhoop/mansur_akka.ram">here</a></strong></em> (Real Audio format).<br /><br />T G Lingappa's melody for Akka Mahadevi's <em>Tanukaragadavaralli</em> is based on <em>raga</em> Puriya Dhanasri, and this too is a much loved song that's often heard on radio programmes. This song, sung by P Susheela (for the Kannada film <em>Kitturu Chenamma</em>), can be heard on-line <em><strong><strong><a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/GUIj7JIM2d.As1NMvHdW/">here</a></strong></strong></em>.<br /><br />tanu karagadavaralli puShpavanolleyayya neenu<br />mana karagadavaralli gaMdhAkShateyanollayya neenu<br />arivu kaNdereyadavaralli Aratiyanollayya neenu<br />pariNAmigaLalladavaralli naivEdyavanollayya neenu<br />bhAvashuddhavilladavaralli dhUpavanollayya neenu<br />hRudaya kamalavilladavaralli iralollayya neenu<br />ennalli enuMTeMdu karasthaladalli iMbugoMDe<br />hELaa cannamallikArjuna<br /><br />Pandit Sangameshwara Gurav had sung Akka's <em>Hasivaadode Bhikshaannagaluntu</em> based on <em>raga</em> Bhatiyar, and this song too has become well established in the repertoire of Hindusthani classical vocalists from Karnataka. In the song, Akka says she gets alms when she is hungry, drinks from the lakes and wells when she feels thirsty, finds temple ruins to sleep in, and above all, has Channamallikarjuna, her god, for companion.<br /><br />The song can be heard on-line <strong><em><a href="http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/songs.jsp?id=330">here</a></em></strong> (select the 2nd last item), sung by G Shyamala Bhaave.<br /><br /><em>hasivaadoDe bhikshaannagaLunTu tr.sheyaadoDe kerebhaavigaLunTu shayanake haaLudaegulagaLunTu chennamallikaarjuna deva aatma sangaathake neenenagunTu </em><br /><em></em><br />In translation:<br /><br />If hungry, there's food in the town to beg for.<br />If thirsty, there are lakes, wells and streams.<br />To sleep, temple ruins are there.<br />Oh Lord White as Jasmine,<br />For company for the soul, I have You.<br /><br />The song <em>Hindanagali Hidivadeva</em> from the Kannada film Malaya Marutha, sung by Vani Jairam and Yesudas, is also based on a composition of Akka. That can be heard <a href="http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/C42jgoJ_Y9.As1NMvHdW/"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a>.<br /><br /><em>hinDanagali hiDivaDeda kunjara tanna vindhyava nenevante nenevenayyabandhanakke </em><br /><em>banda giLi tanna bandhuva nenevante nenevenayya</em><br /><em>kandA nInitta bArendu nimmandava tOrayya chenna mallikArjuna</em><br /><br />Two more songs of Akka are available for download (in Real Audio format) <em><strong><a href="http://oswamy.tripod.com/vachanas.htm">here</a></strong></em>. This includes <a href="http://oswamy.tripod.com/vachanjali/kadaliya23.rm"><em>Kadaliya vanadalli karpuradarati</em></a><em>. </em>Here, the Great Void is achieved. The bee that was engaged all along in drinking the nectar from the white jasmine is consumed totally in that very process. Not even the Symbol remained.<em><br /></em><br /><em>I do not say it is the Linga. I do not say it oneness with the Linga. I do not say it is the Merging, I do not say it is the Parting I do not say it has Happened.I do not say it is to Be. I do not say it is I. I do not say it isYou. At the Linga Chennamallikaarjuna other than the Oneness with cosmic Linga, the utterance is “Nothing, none whatsoever”!! </em><br /><br />Recently, film-maker Madhusree Dutta made a film on Mahadeviyakka, <a href="http://www.upperstall.com/akka.html"><em>Scribbles on Akka</em></a>, in which some songs have been set to melody by Ilayaraja, thus lending a contemporary and popular rendition to the age-old <em>vachanas</em>.<br /><br />Mahadeviyakka's <em>vachanas</em> have inspired creative artists in other parts of the world as well. In her ascetism, Akka is believed to have <a href="http://www.ourkarnataka.com/religion/akka_mathapati.htm">forsaken wearing clothes</a>. Her poem on this subject has been translated by Jane Hirshfield as "On Her Decision to Stop Wearing Clothes":<br /><br />Coins in the hand<br />Can be stolen,<br />But who can rob this body<br />Of its own treasure?<br /><br />The last thread of clothing<br />Can be stripped away,<br />But who can peel off Emptiness,<br />That nakedness covering all?<br /><br />Fools, while I dress<br />In the Jasmine Lord's morning light,<br />I cannot be shamed-<br />What would you have me hide under silk<br />and the glitter of jewels?<br /><br />A musical composition on this poem was made by Stephen Smith and <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~soundcircle/">Sound Circle</a> (a women's song ensemble in USA) in 2002. In another project, in 2006, mezzo-soprano and pianist Elaine Valby, dancer and choreographer Amy Pivar, composer and guitarist Paula M Kimper, and director Freda Rosen put up a solo dance and voice composition based on Jane Hirschfield's translation, "On Her Decision to Stop Wearing Clothes".<br /><br />In March 2007, at New York City's Dance New Amsterdam, Amy Pivar presented "Emptiness", with music by Paula Kimper, and vocals by Elaine Valby and Gilda Lyons based on a suite of poems of Mahadeviyakka, translated by Jane Hirshfield.<br /><br /><object id="viddler" height="370" width="437" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="_cx" value="11562"><param name="_cy" value="9790"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/41f12cc2/"><param name="Src" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/41f12cc2/"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/41f12cc2/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6999345818890777742?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-66937075255315127802007-06-21T09:06:00.000+05:302007-08-31T16:01:51.132+05:30<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rpm8pXBvKPI/AAAAAAAAAtI/eAQipeDaldU/s1600-h/Bhimsen.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rpm8pXBvKPI/AAAAAAAAAtI/eAQipeDaldU/s320/Bhimsen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087304672833644786" /></a><br /><br />Composition in Hindi by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsidas">Tulsidas</a>. Sung by Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the doyen of the Kirana <em>gharana</em>, for the film <em>Ankahi</em> (1985); music composed by Jaidev.<br /><br />I was most fortunate to hear Pandit Bhimsen Joshi singing this, at the Dover Lane Music Conference in Januyary 1985; he announced that he had just completed recording this for the film <em>Ankahi</em>.<br /><br />raghuvar tum ko meri laaj<br />sadaa sadaa main sharan tihaari tumho garib nivaaj<br />raghuvar tum ho tumho garib nivaaj<br />raghuvar tum ko meri laaj<br /><br />patit udhaaran virad tiharo sravanana suni aavaaj<br />hun to patita puratan kahiye paar utaaro jahaaj<br />raghuvar paar utaaro jahaaj<br />raghuvar tum ko meri laaj<br /><br />agha khandan dukha bhanjan jan ke yahi tihaaro kaaj<br />raghuvar yahi tihaaro kaaj<br />tulsidas par kirapaa kijae bhakti daan dehu aaj <br />raghuvar tum ko meri laaj<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/213eb9ae-a2b5-4858-b35d-b84db9bcb447&amp;theName=07-Raghuvar Tumko Laaj&amp;thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=213eb9ae-a2b5-4858-b35d-b84db9bcb447"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/213eb9ae-a2b5-4858-b35d-b84db9bcb447"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/213eb9ae-a2b5-4858-b35d-b84db9bcb447/07-Raghuvar-Tumko-Laaj/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-6693707525531512780?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-61018327591306149322007-06-21T09:01:00.000+05:302007-07-17T20:13:00.455+05:30<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RpsvOXBvKRI/AAAAAAAAAtY/wVX5dREPyO0/s1600-h/dark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087712127791081746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RpsvOXBvKRI/AAAAAAAAAtY/wVX5dREPyO0/s320/dark.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A song from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Night_of_the_Soul">dark night of the soul</a> ...<br /><br />From the Hindi film <em>Bawarchi</em> (1972). The song is sung by Manna Dey, the last surviving legend of Hindi playback singers. The lyrics were by Kaifi Azmi, and the music composed by Madan Mohan.<br /><br /><em>Life without you, what kind of life is that?<br />When flowers bloom, the heart's wilted<br />When fire catches, rain showers.</em><br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tbody><tr><td><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" width="328" height="94" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/00057875-312d-4d40-ad32-a317f363fcba&amp;theName=bawarchi-tum bin jeevan legends&thePlayerURL=http://static.esnips.com/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; 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cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RrhQykDSkII/AAAAAAAAA1k/2vL3azIfzIs/s320/Chaitanya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095911807970873474" /></a><br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishnavism">Vaishnav</a> tradition of eastern India, inspired by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu">Chaitanya</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nityananda">Nityananda</a> (who lived in the 16th century), and their <a href="http://sos-arsenic.net/lovingbengal/nation.html#3">religion of love</a>, is also associated with a rich body of devotional music and song. <em><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtan">Kirtan</a></strong></em> is a major form of Vaishnav devotional singing, with singer - and audience - often entering a trance-like state through the song. <em>Gouranga</em> is a name for Chaitanya, referring to his golden skin complexion, and it is believed that whoever hears, reads, or speaks the name <em>Gouranga</em> is blessed with fortune and happiness due to Chaitanya's extraordinary saintly nature.<br /><br />Here’s the <em>kirtan</em> <em>Gourango Karuna Koro</em>, addressed to Chaitanya: <em><strong>"O Gouranga, have compassion!"</strong></em><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/e869ddaa-8940-42ca-b05e-d4e16810be58&amp;theName=Gouranga Karuna Koro&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=e01e1274-fd06-49ad-b26a-120bc9fed50b"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/e01e1274-fd06-49ad-b26a-120bc9fed50b"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/e01e1274-fd06-49ad-b26a-120bc9fed50b/Je-Anilo-Prema-Dhana/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />This song is accessible <em><strong><a href="http://www.mahamantra.it/vs9/61-Je%20Anilo.mp3">here</a></strong></em>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-614522125541940924?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-87528528153109609152007-06-21T08:50:00.000+05:302007-08-07T15:16:47.302+05:30<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rpx9b3BvKUI/AAAAAAAAAt0/vGCvksmWGUs/s1600-h/Shiva.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rpx9b3BvKUI/AAAAAAAAAt0/vGCvksmWGUs/s320/Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088079596602992962" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>I bow to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva">Shiva</a>.</strong></em><br /><br />KJ Yesudas chants the Shiva <em>mantra</em>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/aa049705-6c43-4254-a824-5a4214ed2d38&amp;theName=OHM Nama Sivaya&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=aa049705-6c43-4254-a824-5a4214ed2d38"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/aa049705-6c43-4254-a824-5a4214ed2d38"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/aa049705-6c43-4254-a824-5a4214ed2d38/OHM-Nama-Sivaya/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />Hear <a href="http://www.jaiuttal.com/htm/jai.htm">Jai Uttal</a> sing in praise of Shiva.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/53ce4936-ce46-4816-9488-52f4928e9267&amp;theName=Hara Shiva Shankara&amp;thePlayerURL=http://res0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=53ce4936-ce46-4816-9488-52f4928e9267"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/53ce4936-ce46-4816-9488-52f4928e9267"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/53ce4936-ce46-4816-9488-52f4928e9267/Hara-Shiva-Shankara/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br />This song is accessible <em><strong><a href="http://www.mahamantra.it/vs7/84-jay%20uttal08.mp3">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br />Here's a Bengali folk song in adoration of Shiva, <em>Ganjar Chirol Chirol Paat</em>, sung by the Bengali folk music group <strong><a href="http://cuckooscall.blogspot.com/2007/03/dohar.html">Dohar</a></strong>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/d028eca3-d7d5-4034-9336-7720059051b3&amp;theName=Ganja'r Chirol Chirol Pat&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=65b01f80-709e-4525-b49e-ea1a881b904f">Get this widget </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/65b01f80-709e-4525-b49e-ea1a881b904f" align="center">Share </a></td><td style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7px"></td><td align="middle"><a style="COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/65b01f80-709e-4525-b49e-ea1a881b904f/Allah-Ke-Bande/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver" align="center">Track details </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />toota toota ek parinda aise toota, ki phir jud na paya<br />loota loota kisne usko aise loota, ki phir ud na paya<br />girta hua voh asman sey, akar gira zameen par<br />khwabon mein phir bhi badal hi they voh kehta raha magar<br />ki allah ke bande hansde, allah ke bande, allah ke bande hansde,<br />jo bhi ho kal phir ayega<br /><br /><em>Translating:</em><br /><br />Broken, broken, oh so badly was a bird broken that it could not be joined again<br />Robbed, robbed, someone robbed it so badly that it could not fly again<br />Falling from the sky, it fell to the ground<br />Yet in its dreams, there were only clouds, so it kept saying:<br />Oh God’s fellow, just laugh, whatever happens,<br />Tomorrow will still come.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPC-wHCtVVA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPC-wHCtVVA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image: </span><a href="http://www.williamlestergallery.com/artists/artists_pages/banthien.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Barbara Banthien</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-7975072733471322207?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-23967222602565093322007-06-21T08:48:00.000+05:302007-07-18T15:54:50.165+05:30<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp3hnXBvKWI/AAAAAAAAAuE/rbMKMY9-wOE/s1600-h/folk.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp3hnXBvKWI/AAAAAAAAAuE/rbMKMY9-wOE/s320/folk.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088471220310976866" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">הבה נגילה</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">הבה נגילה</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">הבה נגילה ונשמחה</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">הבה נרננה</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">הבה נרננה</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">הבה נרננה ונשמחה</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">!עורו, עורו אחים</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">עורו אחים בלב שמח</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">!עורו אחים, עורו אחים</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">בלב שמח</span><br /><br />Among my earliest memories is of hearing <em>Hava Nagila</em> in the melodious, gravelly voice of Harry Belafonte.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/9f0cda61-235c-4285-8d2c-d86ce33d585d&amp;theName=Harry Belafonte Hava Nagila&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=9f0cda61-235c-4285-8d2c-d86ce33d585d"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/9f0cda61-235c-4285-8d2c-d86ce33d585d"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/9f0cda61-235c-4285-8d2c-d86ce33d585d/Harry-Belafonte--Hava-Nagila/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><a href="http://hillel.myjewishlearning.com/culture/Music/IsraeliMusicTO/IsraeliFolkMusic/Hava.htm"><em>Hava Nagila</em></a> is a Hebrew folk song, the title meaning "Let us rejoice". Though the melody is an ancient one of folk origin, the commonly used lyrics were written by the Jewish Latvian musicologist, Abraham Zevi ldelsohn, in 1918, to celebrate the British victory in Palestine during World War I as well as the Balfour Declaration (on the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, and British government support for a Jewish national home in Palestine, with the condition that nothing should be done which might prejudice the rights of existing communities there).<br /><br />Perhaps the non-Jewish musician who did the most to popularise <em>Hava Nagila</em> around the world was Harry Belafonte. In his live performances, he used <em>Hava Nagila</em> as his regular closing number because of its uplifting melody and hopeful, brotherly lyrics. His 1959 Carnegie Hall live concert recording became a best-selling record (and one I grew up hearing).<br /><br /><em>In transcription:</em><br /><br />Hava nagila,<br />Hava nagila,<br />Hava nagila ve nismecha.<br /><br />Hava neranena,<br />Hava neranena,<br />Hava neranena ve nismecha.<br /><br />Uru, uru achim,<br />Uru achim belev sameach,<br />Uru achim belev sameach,<br />Uru achim belev sameach,<br />Uru achim<br />Uru achim<br />Belev sameach.<br /><br /><em>Here's the translation:</em><br /><br />Let's rejoice<br />Let's rejoice<br />Let's rejoice and be happy<br /><br />Let's sing<br />Let's sing<br />Let's sing and be happy<br /><br />Awake, awake, brothers! <br />Awake, awake, brothers!<br />Awake brothers with a happy heart<br /><br />Awake, brothers! <br />Awake, brothers! <br />With a happy heart<br /><br />Here's a video clip of French-Israeli singer Rika Zarai performing <em>Hava Nagila</em> (1959) on French television.<br /><br /><div><object width="425" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/2XjBOvzMcF8Eefnyx"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/2XjBOvzMcF8Eefnyx" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="356" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26kap_rika-zarai-hava-naguila-1959"></a></b><br /><i></i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-2396722260256509332?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-5691903553799102152007-06-21T08:46:00.001+05:302007-07-30T11:32:44.682+05:30<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqHAf0DSjWI/AAAAAAAAAvU/35UoKTQLcU4/s1600-h/Baul.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/RqHAf0DSjWI/AAAAAAAAAvU/35UoKTQLcU4/s200/Baul.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089560706686291298" /></a><br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baul">Bauls</a> are wandering minstrels of Bengal. They include Muslims and Hindus, and among the latter, Vaishnavs and Tantriks. And they are also non-denominational, singing of the heart’s yearning for the unitive state.<br /><br />The songs of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalon">Fakir Lalon Shah</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hason_Raja">Hason Raja</a> are among the most well-known Baul songs.<br /><br />Baul songs have been declared "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by <a href="http://www.unesco.org/culture/intangible-heritage/04apa_uk.htm">UNESCO</a>.<br /><br />Here is the song <em>Keno piriti baraila re bondhu</em>, sung by Baul Prodip Kumar & London Underground. The song is by the great Baul musician, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Abdul_Karim">Shah Abdul Karim</a>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/2e507937-6bea-4038-857a-af3270e680a8&amp;theName=Keno Piriti Baraila Re - Prodip Kumar &amp; London Underground&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=2e507937-6bea-4038-857a-af3270e680a8"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; 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padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=be8b28b2-2a08-4b02-b7ee-482e5bf1d52f"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/be8b28b2-2a08-4b02-b7ee-482e5bf1d52f"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/be8b28b2-2a08-4b02-b7ee-482e5bf1d52f/nikhil_Banerjee_dhun_baul/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here is <a href="http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/paban/default.html">Paban Das Baul</a> performing <em>Dil Ki Doya</em> ("Do you have mercy in your heart"), with Sam Mills.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/22d81f40-a06a-4c92-b19a-26abc885a506&amp;theName=Paban Das Baul &amp; Sam Mills - Dil Ki Doya&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=22d81f40-a06a-4c92-b19a-26abc885a506"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/22d81f40-a06a-4c92-b19a-26abc885a506"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/22d81f40-a06a-4c92-b19a-26abc885a506/Paban-Das-Baul--Sam-Mills---Dil-Ki-Doya/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><a href="http://jaiuttal.com/htm/reviews/rvw03.htm">Jai Uttal’s</a> album <em><a href="http://jaiuttal.com/htm/reviews/rvw05.htm">Beggars and Saints</a></em> is his personal tribute to the Bauls of Bengal, and their instrument, the <em>dotara</em> (meaning 2-strings). This album can be accessed <em><strong><a href="http://www.ufomusic.com/product.php?id=139 ">here</a></strong></em>. <strong>Menoka</strong> (song no. 7) is a Baul tantrik song, very attractively rendered by Jai. Its lyrics, in Bangla, are available <em><strong><a href="http://203.129.207.5/%7Esomen/cgi-bin/Flk_sng/ff.cgi?pb=Baul-79">here</a></strong></em>. <em>Beggars and Saints</em> (no. 8) is also a beautiful melody.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-569190355379910215?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871461526279423338.post-52463282871525543522007-06-21T08:42:00.000+05:302007-07-18T17:07:21.997+05:30<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp34vXBvKXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/8YJWE2aBoeg/s1600-h/lead.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uFADYx1K9ps/Rp34vXBvKXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/8YJWE2aBoeg/s200/lead.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088496646517369202" /></a><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>by John H Newman<br /><br />Music by John B. Dykes</strong><br /></span></em><br />Another favourite of Mahatma Gandhi.<br /><br />Lead, kindly Light, amid th’ encircling gloom, lead Thou me on!<br />The night is dark, and I am far from home; lead Thou me on!<br />Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see<br />The distant scene; one step enough for me.<br /><br />I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou should’st lead me on;<br />I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead Thou me on!<br />I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,<br />Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!<br /><br />So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on.<br />O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till the night is gone,<br />And with the morn those angel faces smile, which I<br />Have loved long since, and lost awhile!<br /><br />The musical score is available <em><strong><a href="http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/music_online/leadkind.pdf">here</a></strong></em>.<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000" width="328" height="94" src="http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf" flashvars="theTheme=silver&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;theFile=http://www.esnips.com//nsdoc/dcc57f58-bb3f-473a-af24-4e89b5c8c0e9&amp;theName=Lead Kindly Light&amp;thePlayerURL=http://cdn0.esnips.com/escentral/images/widgets/flash/mp3WidgetPlayer.swf"></embed></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left:2px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none ; ; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold"><tr><td><a style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/CreateWidgetAction.ns?type=0&objectid=dcc57f58-bb3f-473a-af24-4e89b5c8c0e9"> Get this widget </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.esnips.com//selectedfile/emaildoc/dcc57f58-bb3f-473a-af24-4e89b5c8c0e9"> Share </a></td><td style="font-size:7px; font-weight:normal;">|</td><td align="center"><a align="center" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none " href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/dcc57f58-bb3f-473a-af24-4e89b5c8c0e9/Lead-Kindly-Light/?widget=flash_player_esnips_silver"> Track details </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's Marion Anderson singing <em>Lead Kindly Light</em> at the Gandhi Memorial, in New Delhi, in 1958.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f8kEHKoEtPg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f8kEHKoEtPg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2871461526279423338-5246328287152554352?l=sacred-songs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>