(a thaliful of bhajans)
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ON BHAJANS
Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any language…
The term ‘bhajan‘ is also commonly used to refer a group event, with one or more lead singers, accompanied with music, and sometimes dancing. A bhajan may be sung in a temple, in a home, under a tree in the open, near a river bank or a place of historic significance…
Having no prescribed form, or set rules, bhajans are normally lyrical and based on melodic ragas…
A Bhajan may be sung individually, but more commonly together as a choral event wherein the lyrics include religious or spiritual themes in the local language… The Bhajans in many Hindu traditions are a form of congregational singing and bonding, that gives the individual an opportunity to share in the music-driven spiritual and liturgical experience as well as the community a shared sense of identity, wherein people share food, meet and reconnect. Bhajans have played a significant role in community organization in 19th and 20th century colonial era, when Indian workers were brought to distant lands such as Trinidad, Fiji, Mauritius and South Africa as cheap labour on plantations…
Everyone in the Hindu tradition is free to compose a Bhajan with whatever ideas or in praise of any deity of their wish. It is normally sung…
[Thank you WIKIPEDIA]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhajan)
01
Divinn Mahatma
Tomem mo mama
Tomem mo papa
Gid mo pa ver twa
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Almighty Lord
Thou art our mother
Thou art our father
Guide me to your heart
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
02
Harre Dropadi
Vishnou ek Zezi
Alim sanbrani
Partaz parrsadi
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Hail Draupadi
Vishnu and Jesus
Light your sambrani
And share your prasada
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
03
O Saraswati-
Lakshmi-Parrvati
Ekler nou lespri
Pou konpran Shakti
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Oh, Saraswati
Lakshmi-Parvati
Enlighten us
With Shakti knowledge
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
04
Ma Saraswati
Mama lekritir
Ek literatir
Beni nou kiltir
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Maa Saraswati
Maker of writing
Giver of learning
Bless our striving
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
05
Hare Parrvati
Tiser gran Ganga
Mama Ganesha
Shakti Lord Shiva
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(All hail Parvati
Ganga’s sister
Ganesha’s mother
Shiva’s Shakti
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
06
O harre harre
Vishnou ek Zezi
Depi lwen laba
Ziska pre isi
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Hail Vishnu-Jesus
From far-far away
To the present day
Give us your blessing
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
07
Harre Ganesha
Memwar nou istwar
Moter nou lafwa
Nou gran profeser
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(All hail Ganesha
Who remembers all
Powers our faith
Oh, Supreme Guru
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
08
Harre Shri Lakshmi
Vishnou so Shakti
Lafors nou lespri
Gardien reveni
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Hail Goddess Lakshmi
Vishnu’s own Shakti
Creativity
And prosperity
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
09
Harre Gawtama
Larout Nirrvana
Beni to baba
Fer li vinn Bouda
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Hail Great Gawtama
Road to Nirvana
Guide humanity
To become Buddha
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
10
Harre Trrimourrti
Harre Trridevi
Shaktimann-Shakti
Lesans nou lavi
Tomem ki pli gran
Tomem pli pwisan
Tomem nou disan
Tomem nou lespri
Tomem lenerzi
Montre nou sime
Lamour ek pardon
(Hail male trinity
Female trinity
Continuity
And eternity
Oh, Great Soul
Thou art the Mighty
Our life-blood
Our brain-power
Our driving-force
Show us the way
To Love and Mercy)
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