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Ginan: bhulo bhulo te bhulo bhamarḍore lol
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Reciter: Jaferali Surmawala, Edmonton, Canada 2013
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1. bhūlo bhūlo te bhūlo bhamarḍo
re lol
2. kiyāṅ bhūle merā praṇiyāre lol
3. agan jaṭan
tāre tan
jāgiyāre lol
4. ab hi bhūle sohi prāṇī
hārse re lol
5. evā āge to bhav
je langṇāre lol
6. tame kis bidh langsho pār
iyāre lol
7. āge pataṇ
nahīṅ koi beḍiyāre lol
8. nahīṅ vanj nahīṅ kohe tulhāriyāre lol
9. sat kerī bāndho tame pāḷiyā
re lol
10. tamne dharam
langāve pār
iyāre lol
11. gur jāmin
tamārā bhāi ho chalere lol
12. tame is bidh langsho pār
iyāre lol
13. je koi hole hole
bhāi tari gayā
re lol
14. buḍe sohi ke jin sir bhāriyāre lol
15. āge nahīṅ koi hāṭ vāṇiyā
re lol
16. nahīṅ vaṇaj
nahīṅ vepāriyāre lol
17. āge nahīṅ koi bheṇ nahīṅ bhāiyāre lol
18. tyāṅ nahīṅ koi bāp nahīṅ māiyāre lol
19. bhāi eklaḍa uṭhkar jāengere lol
20. kuchh dharam
liyo tame sāthiyāre lol
21. em ginān shams gur boliyāre lol
22. kuchh sukrit
karo dharam
sāthiyāre lol
Translation
1. The bumblebee has forgotten.
2. O my brother! Whither you forget?
3. Your body is made of fire and water (or there is fire of gluttony in your body).
4. He who forgets this time will fail.
5. You will have to cross the ocean of life ahead.
6. How would you cross it?
7. Neither there is a ferry nor a boat.
8. Neither any oars nor a raft.
9. Make a bridge of truth (to cross it).
10. Only religion can take you across.
11. Your guide will be your surety.
12. You will be able to cross this way.
13. Those who were light-weighted they swam across.
14. Drowned those on whose heads where weight.
15. There is neither any shop nor any shopkeeper ahead.
16. Neither any trade nor any trader.
17. There is neither any sister nor any brother ahead.
18. Neither any father nor any mother there.
19. O brother! You will have to go alone.
20. Take some good deeds with you.
21. Pir Shams (r.a.) says so in the ginan.
22. Do some good deeds with the obligations.
Glossary
agan: the event of something burning (often destructive)bhamarḍo: robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
bhav: the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
dharam: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
hole hole: of comparatively little physical weight or density
jāmin: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
jaṭan: use of physical or mental energy; hard work
pāḷiyā: help develop, help grow
pār: the ultimate goal for which something is done
pataṇ: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
prāṇī: a human being
sat: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
sukrit: the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
tan: the body of a human being
tari gayā: travel across or pass over
vaṇaj: a particular instance of buying or selling
vāṇiyā: someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
Source(s):
- Alwaez Kamaluddin, Muhammad. (2011). 50 Ginans with English Translation and Glossary - Volume 1(Second edition).
- Alwaez Kamaluddin, Muhammad. (1990). Concordance of the Ginans - Volume 1.