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Duniya

from Chardi Kala by Sonny Singh

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lyrics

Duniya hushiyar bedhaar
Jaagat museeat hau re bhaiee
Nigam hushiyar peharooaa dhekhat jam le jaiee

Neemb bhio aamb aamb bhio neemba kelaa paakaa jhaar
Nalayar fal sebar paakaa moorakh mugadh gavaar |

Har bhio khaand ret meh bikhreho hasti chunio na jaiee
keh kameer kul jaat paat taj cheetee hoi chun khaiee

English translation:
People of the world, remain awake and aware.
Even though you are awake, you are being robbed, oh siblings of destiny.
While the vedas stand guard watching, the messenger of death carries you away.

You think that the bitter nimm fruit is a mango, and the mango is a better nimm. You imagine the ripe banana on the thorny bush.
You think the ripe coconut hangs on the barren simmal tree, what an idiotic fool you are!

The omnipresent Divine is like sugar spilled onto the sand ; the elephant can't pick it up.
Says Kabir, give up your ancestry, social status and honor; be like the tiny ant -- pick up and eat the sugar

credits

from Chardi Kala, released May 13, 2022
Lyrics by Kabir (15th Century)
Music by Bhai Sarabjit Singh
Arranged by Sonny Singh and Wil-Dog Abers

Sonny Singh - vocals, trumpet, and harmonium
Wil-Dog Abers - bass
Roopa Mahadevan - vocals
Ria Modak - vocals
Jonathan Goldberger - guitar
Jake Leckie - upright bass
Dominic Johnson - violin

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Sonny Singh Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn-based Sonny Singh has launched a solo project of boundary-defying Punjabi anthems to uplift & ignite. For the last decade, Sonny has brought his fiery trumpet & vocals to audiences around the world as an original member of the bhangra brass band Red Baraat. His debut solo album, CHARDI KALA, came out in May 2022. ... more

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