'Karna Re Hoye' says Bananath

करना रे होय सो कर ले रे साधो!
थारो मनक जनम दुहेलो है

Songs starts at 2:04. Sung by Shabnam Virmani, accompanied by Vipul Rikhi and Gopal Singh Chouhan on manjiras.

What a feisty wake-up call this bhajan is! It characterises the spirit of Malwi folk music with a tune that shoots you straight up into the sky with the very first note! And the poet, for the record, is Bananath and not Kabir as I say before singing it! With gratitude to Prahlad Tipanyaji from whom I learnt this song. Listen to Prahlad Tipanyaji sing this song at http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/161/Karna-Re-Hoye on our website Ajab Shahar.

Words of the Song:
करना रे होय सो कर ले रे साधो!
थारो मनक जनम दुहेलो है
लख चौरासी में भटकत भटकत
थारे अब के मिल्यो महेलो है

जप तप नेम वृत और पूजा
षट दर्शन को गैलो है
पार ब्रह्म को जानत नांहीं
सब भूल्या भूल्या भरम बहेलो है
करना रे होय सो कर ले रे साधो!

कोई कहे हरि बसे वैकुंठा
कोई गौ लोक कहेलो है
कोई कहे शिव नगरी में साहिब
जुग जुग हाट बहेलो है
करना रे होय सो कर ले रे साधो!

अणसमझ्या हरि दूर बतावे
कोई समझ्या साथ कहेलो है
सदगुरु सैण अमोलक दीन्ही
हर दम हर को गैलो है
करना रे होय सो कर ले रे साधो!

जिया राम गुरु पूरा म्हाने मिल गया
कोई अजपा जाप जपेलो है
कहे बनानाथ सुनो भाई साधो
म्हारा सदगुरु जी को हेलो है
करना रे होय सो कर ले रे साधो!

Do what you must, oh seekers!
This jewel of a birth is hard to get.
You stumbled through 84 lakh lives.
This time, you got a great chance.

Recite, meditate, chant, fast or pray!
Walk the path of the six philosophies.
You still don’t know the Truth beyond all.
You’re lost, drowning in delusions.
Do what you must, oh seekers!

Some say the lord dwells in heaven.
Some say in the land of holy cows.
Some say he lives in the city of Shiva.
In every age, they set up their shops!
Do what you must, oh seekers!

The fool says Hari is far away.
The wise one says he’s close.
My true guru gave me a priceless sign
Every breath is the path to Hari!
Do what you must, oh seekers!

I found Jiya Ram, my complete guru.
He chants a chantless chant.
Says Bana Nath, listen seekers:
My true guru is calling out to me!
Do what you must, oh seekers!

Translation - Shabnam Virmani
Concert organisers: Regional Resource Centre for Elementary Education, Delhi University

Recorded in New Delhi on 9 Feb 2016

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