JEEJALDI - Sakur Khan ║ BackPack Studio™ (Season 1) ║ Indian Folk Music - Rajasthan

This song, renders beautifully, a Sufi poem in Sindhi Language by the famous poet Shah Latif, was a noted Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, and poet, widely considered to be the greatest Muslim poet of the Sindhi language. The song is composed in Raag Malahar and is set to Kalwada Taal, which is a 5 beat cycle. This song tells the story of a girl, who has no wish to enjoy the materialistic world, and instead wants to follow the footsteps of a Swamiji, and wants to become an ascetic like him. This song beautifully blends the aroma of Hinduism and Islamic forms of worship.

Song Credits -

Lead Vocals & Harmonium - Sakur Khan (9983887936)
Backing Vocals & Tandoora - Indra Khan (9783293885)
Dholak - Hayat Khan (9672462282)
Khartaal - Lateeb Khan (7597696332), Abdul Khan (9950880247)

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Lyrics -

Jeejaldi moijho samidansa sang samidansa sang moyo wajnan tha mann aayaldi moijho jogidansa sang
(A girl tells her mother, I want to follow the footsteps of swamiji, I will walk with the swamiji wherever he goes, and she wants to become a jogi like him)

Naang nodiyon hatthan mein kaan kini na kann
(The girl describes swamiji as the one who carries a snake in his hand, and one who has no material desires)

Khufar jholiyo kulhan mein wajnan wayu kann
(The swami carries a satchel, in which he keeps a utensil when he asks for food, he keeps walking and roaming till eternity)

Suhino shah latif chave ravali dehiviyo rang
(In the last concluding verse, Shah Latif leaves his signature as a composer, and says that if one gets the color of Allah, one does not need material possessions)

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