'Miragla Khet Gaya Sab Khaayi' sings Mooralala Marwada

"Stay in the gaze of your true guru Save your precious field Says Kabir listen, o seekers Chase the deer off your farm..." What is this farm that we must protect from anxious, grazing deer? Kabir invokes the labour of a farmer to remind us that the spiritual path is one of constant work and vigilance - no scope for sleeping on the job! Our body-selves must be guarded with great care and attention or the deer of distraction will easily graze away our precious crop. In Mooralala ji's energetic voice, the song reminds us to stay in the gaze of our inner guides, our satguru, who can watch over this precious expanse. *** Mooralala Marwada belongs to a lineage of Meghwal singers, who migrated from Rajasthan to Kutch about 300 to 400 years ago. Now settled in the village of Khadeer in Kutch, Mooralala says he’s an 11th generation singer, and that his ‘santaar’ (tambura) must be at least 130 years old! When he first heard the sound of the tambura, he recalls that he was 8 years old, and he was so enchanted, he couldn’t sleep! He moves with ease between nirguni bhajans, traditional folk songs and Sufiana kalaam. Contact Mooralala at +91-87585-51661 (Click on Settings for subtitles in English & Hindi) Find lyrics/translation of this song at https://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/... Ajab Shahar is a digital archive of mystic poetry and music drawing from the rich Bhakti and Sufi oral traditions in India and beyond... Explore a world of sung and spoken wisdom at https://ajabshahar.com Song Credits: Vocals & Tambura: Mooralala Marwada Dholak: Parbat Jogi Ghada Ghamela: Dana Bharmal Manjiras: Shukriya Naru & Sukhdev Translation: Prashant Parvataneni, 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 Sub-Titling: Prashant Parvataneni Collection: The Kabir Project Place: Hodka village, Kutch, Gujarat Date of Recording: June, 2010