'Ain Vendha Laaindha' by Mavji Bhai Jagariya

The dunes are my sisters
The mountains my kin
Separation is killing me
You’ll be gone for days on end!

Hot wind sears my face
The days throb with heat
Friends, says Shah Latif
Love came again like rain

Perhaps there is no landscape more evocative of viraha (the pain of separation from one’s beloved) than the desert. Sasui has set off across the harsh desert of Thar in search of her beloved Punhoon. The sand dunes and mountains are her only companions in her tough walk from desolation to freedom. Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, the deeply loved Sufi poet of the 18th century, speaks through the famous tragic love legends of the Sindh region. Here he speaks in the voice of Sasui, whose beloved Punhoon has been wrested away from her on the morning after her wedding night by kinsmen angered by the cross-caste marriage.

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The song is sung by Sufi singer Mavji Bhai Jagariya from Mata Na Madh village of Lakhpat taluka of the border district of Kutch in Gujarat. Mavji Bhai sings Kabir and Shah Latif along with other folk songs from the region on the dhol (large double headed drum). He also sings bhajans dedicated to awakening the Devi at the temple in Mata Na Madh along with playing the dak (hour-glass shaped drum). He can be contacted at +91-99139-53594

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Song Credits:
Vocals: Mavji Asariya Jagariya
Harmonium: Valji Jogi
Tambura: Devji Gabha Jagariya
Dholak: Parbat Dungarsingh Jogi
Manjiras: Arjan Vishram Jogi
Khanjari: Khetalal Gabha Jagariya

Translation: Shabnam Virmani

Video Credits:
Cameras: Shabnam Virmani & Avanti Sadhu
Editing: Radha Mahendru
Sound: PM Satheesh & team, Fireflys Post-Sound
Recording Facilitation & Support: Deval Mehta & Survaani, Kutch
Production Support: Namrata Karthik
Sub-Titling: Anand Baskaran & Shabnam Virmani
Collection: The Kabir Project

Place: Hodka village, Kutch, Gujarat, India
Date: 04 June, 2010