Witness to a Phenomenon and a Song

[ahladi]

I write here because You have asked me to write Sreyoshi. Or else I would just enjoy being a mere Witness to the phenomenon – KS. Being a witness or “Droshta” is a way of life. A stance which perhaps celebrates detachment. And yet the Witness remains rooted to the spot for the entire period of the enactment. More Attached than the actors.
Being a witness to the first solo performance of that phenomenon was quite an experience. Sparkling brilliance, non negotiable philanthropist, personification of courage, the heady cocktail of a youthful spirit and wisdom of old age. A prophet. Nothing less.
However the song “Khodar Kasam Jaan….” Created havoc internally. To me it is a the life saga of a human being , who has never bowed down to the powers of society. And yet is powerless in the hands of TIME. The utter vulnerability of a human being standing before the universal law of irreversibility of TIME. The despair of having realized that life has been a series of mistakes, foolish investments.
And yet, the celebration of life and the capacity to LOVE. Despite everything. This is what takes THE MAN, the ordinary mortal to an entirely different realm. That after acknowledging “ britha din gelo”, He can still say ‘ Ami Bhalobeshechi tomay” transcends him to beat the Greater Powers of Time and its effect on the mind. That is the way he carries on his “ Bidhatar shathe shaap ludo khela”. The song is a manifestation of the Supreme power of Love and the beings innate claim to supremacy over the certainty of impending Death.

Tomar ki mone hoy?

[sreyashi]

Originally Posted by ahladi

I write here because You have asked me to write Sreyoshi. Or else I would just enjoy being a mere Witness to the phenomenon – KS. Being a witness or “Droshta” is a way of life. A stance which perhaps celebrates detachment. And yet the Witness remains rooted to the spot for the entire period of the enactment. More Attached than the actors.
Being a witness to the first solo performance of that phenomenon was quite an experience. Sparkling brilliance, non negotiable philanthropist, personification of courage, the heady cocktail of a youthful spirit and wisdom of old age. A prophet. Nothing less.
However the song “Khodar Kasam Jaan….” Created havoc internally. To me it is a the life saga of a human being , who has never bowed down to the powers of society. And yet is powerless in the hands of TIME. The utter vulnerability of a human being standing before the universal law of irreversibility of TIME. The despair of having realized that life has been a series of mistakes, foolish investments.
And yet, the celebration of life and the capacity to LOVE. Despite everything. This is what takes THE MAN, the ordinary mortal to an entirely different realm. That after acknowledging “ britha din gelo”, He can still say ‘ Ami Bhalobeshechi tomay” transcends him to beat the Greater Powers of Time and its effect on the mind. That is the way he carries on his “ Bidhatar shathe shaap ludo khela”. The song is a manifestation of the Supreme power of Love and the beings innate claim to supremacy over the certainty of impending Death.

Tomar ki mone hoy?

apni sudhu drosta hoye na thakay amader praptir
bhandar kotota bhorlo jadi janten!!! apnar aro lekha
chai ei dabiTa rekhe dilam. kabir bolechhilen
'bhabte shekhar nam swadhinota ' ----apnar swadhinotar
ronge amader-o rongin korun.

sediner onusthane ami chhilam na , ganTa tai sure shona
ekhono hoye oTheni, tobe lyricsTa ekhanei poRechhi bohubar .
jotobar poRechhi ,mone hoyechhe, ek odbhut bhalolagay apluto
kore dite pare ei .....
'sada kagojer buke horofer odbhut benche thaka'.
apnar bhabna gulor aloy nuton kore dekhchhi ganTake.
nijer aloy nijeke abiskar korar akulotay bhora ei gan ek
atmounmochoner dikkhao bodhhoy sobar jonyo.

[ahladi]

Khub jante icche korche je onar ganer bhetore onar jibon bodher ki parichoy pawa jai? Ei je kothata "ujbuk bNachar neshay". BNacha Keno? Er kono uttor jodi kono gane thake amake janaben.

[sreyashi]

Kabir sumaner songite jibonbodh hoyto onektai
dhora achhe ei gane----

''ekphali megh ,ekphnTa jol ramdhonuker ekTi kona
ekTi nimesh dhorte cheye amar emon kangalpona.
.................................................. ................
tomar chokher alokborsho korbe jokhon gan rochona
tokhon tomar ratri chhunte amar ganer kangalpona

[sreyashi]

amar mone arekTa ganer kotha ei prosonge
phire phire aschhe, ----ganTir sironam 'AR-O SUNDOR'
koyeTi line tule dichchhi , jodi bhul thake se jonyo
kkhomaparthi ---
'....boishakhe jhoRer ishara
jhore jaoya holud patara
ekhon-o ager moto ghore,
ekhono ghurnijhoR hoy
muhurte kore noychhoy
matha khonRe buker panjore.
..................................
morechhi ageo bohubar
ononto kheya parapar
phireo esechhi tumi chhunye,
jemon pherar haoya phere
ritur porjyoTon sere
pahariya meghe mukh dhuye.
chinchhi haoyar gotibeg
hemonto diner abeg
shiray shiray mormor,
eito amar benche thaka
tomar noyone chokh rakha
tumi aj ar_o sundor.''

@ alhadi
tomar ki mone hoy?!

[ahladi]

What I will write now will probably land me in the asylum. But YOU will have to believe that I am truly ignorant of the works of KS. Nevertheless I am a good learner. Give me some time.

It was very interesting reading your excerpts from the songs which answers my question " Keno BNacha?" What is the search? And what is the nature of the search. Ei " Tumi" ta ke ba ki? Jar jonya bar bar phire asha.

If I just take the two songs Jatiswar and Khodar Kasam Jaan I can offer a hypothesis. Please remember it is just a hypothesis.

Both the material Nature (Prakriti) and the Spiritual Being (Purush) are beginningless.(Ageo morechi abar morbo premer dibbi diye) Prakriti is said to be the cause of production of the physical body and the eleven organs (of perception and action). Purush (Consciousness, Spirit) is said to be the cause of experiencing pleasure and pain.( And so the line goes Dukha peyecho jotobar jeno amay peyecho tumi). It is by the association of Purush and Prakriti that the Purush acquires Gunas which bring him into the cycle of rebirths.
The Purush is in search of Prakriti which will be the womb in which He can sow the seed of a genre of mankind. Perhaps father a race of people who will have the right kind of Knowledge. Those who will understand that Religion is only love for mankind, people who will BE and let others BE, with tolerence, humility and compassion.
And that is what HIS music is all about. It is the seed which he sows in the wombs of our prakriti. Yours and mine. To create a better world.
Now tell me am I mad?

[sreyashi]

ebar tomar lekha amay emon ekTa ganer kotha mone koriye dilo,
amar onyotomo priyo Sumaner Gan -
kichhu line tar erokom,

BHALOBASA

bhalobasa shoto juddheo jeta jayna
bhalobasa luttoraj kirtinasha
eka meyeTar norom galer pashe
prohorir moto rat jage bhalobasa.
............................................
bhalobasa ek khyapate juyar nesha
bhalobasa sob baji dhora nirbodh
sesh chale here jaboi, tobu-o ami
abar khelbo chaiboi protishodh...'

KabirSumaner protiTi ganei 'prohorir moto rat jage bhalobasa'.

[ahladi]

Ei Sreyoshi,Tomar bhabna jante chai. Je kono gaaner acceptance shompurna hoi jokhon nijer bhetor diye giye shetar ekta transformation ghate. Jokhon oi kotha gulor mane shudhu lekhok ba gayaker mane noi. Jokhon oi ganer mane srotar nijossha kichu thake.
Ami sheta shunte chai. Oi line gulo TOMAKE ki bhabiyeche?

[sreyashi]

Originally Posted by ahladi

Ei Sreyoshi,Tomar bhabna jante chai. Je kono gaaner acceptance shompurna hoi jokhon nijer bhetor diye giye shetar ekta transformation ghate. Jokhon oi kotha gulor mane shudhu lekhok ba gayaker mane noi. Jokhon oi ganer mane srotar nijossha kichu thake.
Ami sheta shunte chai. Oi line gulo TOMAKE ki bhabiyeche?

amar mone hoyechhe, byapto jiboner kendro theke
tar nirjastuku uThe esechhe ei gane, dhora achhe KABIRER srisTir
ghobhirtomo anondo o bedona.kishor boyose jokhon mon jege oThe
tokhon bhalobasakei bhalobasi amra, somoyer songe sei mon chhoriye
jay purnotar akankkhay, hoye oThe ek atmonibedon. emon ek upolobddhite,
jar porinam ek chorachorbyapi bishalotay ,bishonnotay,mohasunyotay.
kabirer gan amar kachhe nijeke jene neoya ,onyer songe nijeke miliye diye.
ei 'tomake' sporsho korar muhurtotai hoyto nijeke jante
chaoyar muhurto, ami je choli ba protikkha kori se
kebol ei 'tomar 'jonyoi.
'khodar kosom jaan ami bhalobesechhi tomay'
emon uchcharon stobdhtay abisTo kore dey!
ki nimogno uchcharon, jeno nijeke khunje neoya
nijer-i aloy danriye! osadharon! tai hoyto ekmatro
kabir-i nimogno uchcharone janiye dite paren
'bhison osombhobe tomake chai'

[sreyashi]

@ ahladi

'ami bhalobasechhi tomay'--- osadharon jontranusonge
bimurtotar anubhob! jebhabe guitar bajlo ei gane , jebhabe prothom theke
sesh obdi kotha sur gayoki bhasiye niye gelo srotader , tar onubhutir
samne danriye bornomala osohay ! prothom tinte stobok gaoyar por
guitar bajlo ekTu beshi, ar ki bajlo!!!! bhetore tolpar tola sei bajnar prekkhite
srmriti medur akulotar abeg----
'dekho jaan bhlobasa probiner prolape ghonay
khodar kosom jaan ami bhalobesechhi tomay
kho-dar ko-som ja-a-n ami bhalo-bese--chhi tomay'----;
jatismor'-e jini bolchhen
'mukti paini shudhu tomakei abar dekhbo bole'
tanr poth cholar, onusondhaner nimogno uchcharon
ei gan! emon gan shonar por srotader shilpike bolte
ichchhe hoy' khodar kosom jaan ami bhalobesechhi tomay'----