'Surta Ro Karno Hai Byaah' (Dharamdas/Kabir)

हेली म्हारी! सुरता को करनो है ब्याह
जोड़ी का बनड़ा ना मिल्या, हो जी

Song starts at 02:25.
Sung by Shabnam Virmani, Swagath Sivakumar, Shreeparna Mitra and Yashwant S.

With deep gratitude to Kaluram Bamaniyaji of Tonk Khurd village from whom I first heard this song, a profound singer and carrier of the oral traditions of Kabir and other mystics from the region of Malwa, Madhya Pradesh. Hear Kaluramji sing this song at http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/1...

Words of the Song:

सुरता को करनो है ब्याह

हेली म्हारी!
सुरता को करनो है ब्याह
जोड़ी का बनड़ा ना मिल्या, हो जी

हेली म्हारी!
मिल्या मिल्या लोग हज़ार
उन से तो दिलड़ो ना मिल्यो, हो जी

हेली म्हारी!
विपत बिरामन बुलावजो
लगन जचाओ रे, हो जी

हेली म्हारी!
छोड़ी दूं आ मामा मोसाल
झुरता सो छोड़ूं परिवार
पिया की लारां होई जाऊं, हो जी

हेली म्हारी!
चढ़ी जाऊं आ औघट घाट
काया गढ़ के छेकी जाऊं, हो जी

हेली म्हारी!
वां खुला है दसमां द्वार*
साहिब जी से जई मिलूं वां, हो जी

हेली म्हारी!
सुरता को कर दीन्हो ब्याह
जोड़ी का बनड़ा वां मिल्या, हो जी

हेली म्हारी!
कहें कबीर धरमदास से
रटो निज नाम के, हो जी

Surta Ko Karno Hai Byaah
My Awareness Seeks A Groom

Oh, my soul-friend!
My awareness seeks a groom.
I can’t find her a good match, oh yes.

Oh, my dear girl!
I met with a thousand people.
They couldn’t win my heart, oh yes.

Oh, my dear friend!
Call the Brahmin to clear the hurdles.
Let him put on this wedding if he can, oh yes

Oh, my soul friend!
I’ll leave the house of my mother.
I’ll leave my family in tears.
I’ll go join my beloved, oh yes.

Oh, my dear girl!
I’ll climb the perilous steps.
I’ll pierce through this body-fort, oh yes.

Oh, my dear friend!
It’s open over there – the tenth door!
I meet with my lord there, oh yes.

Oh, my soul friend!
My awareness is joined in marriage.
She found her match over there, oh yes.

Oh, my dear friend!
Says Kabir to Dharamdas –
chant your own name, oh yes.

Translation: Shabnam Virmani
Camera: Kunal Choudhary
Editing: Yashwant S.
Concert organisers: Parivartan, Jalgaon

Recorded in Bhauche Udyan Park, Jalgaon in Feb 2020