'Bina Chanda Re Bina Bhaan' says Gulabi Nath

बिना चंदा रे बिना भाण Sung by Shabnam Virmani & Shreeparna Mitra  With deep gratitude to Prahlad Tipaniyaji from Luniyakhedi village in Malwa, Madhya Pradesh from whom I first heard this song. Please listen to him sing this song at https://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/.... अरे हेली म्हारी! बिना चंदा रे बिना भाण, सूरज बिन होया उजियारा रे परलोका मत जाव, हेली, परख (निरख) ले यहीं उनियारो है गूंगो गावे है बेराग, बेहरो रे सुनवा ने लाग्यो है पांगलियो नाचे है नाच, आंधडि़यो नरखन लागो है   गगन मंडल के बीच, तपे एक जोगी मतवालो है नहीं वहां अगन बभूत, हेली, नहीं तो कोई तापन वालो है शून्या शिखर के बीच, मचो एक झगड़ो भारी है नहीं कायर को यां काम, हेली, कायर को कईं पतियारो है गावे गुलाबी दास, खुल्या म्हारा ह्रदा रा ताला है हेली, बोल्या भवानी नाथ, होया म्हारा घट उजियारा है English Translation: No moon, no sun – yet there was light. Don’t go to other worlds. See clearly, it’s right here! Oh, my soul friend! The mute starts to sing. The deaf one can listen. The lame breaks into a dance. The blind man looks in wonder! Oh my friend! Inside my sky-dome, a big battle rages. No place for cowards here. You see no trace of them. Oh my soul friend! On the peak of emptiness, an intoxicated yogi meditates. No fire no holy ash, no one to feel the heat! Oh my friend! Gulabi Das sings, the locks on my heart are open! Says Bhavani Nath, my body is engulfed in light! (Translation: Shabnam Virmani) With gratitude to Riddhi Shah and her team at INTACH for organising this concert for the residents of Rajkot, Gujarat on 7 Dec, 2023. (www.shabnamvirmani.com)