Mati Kahe is a collection of a few couplets written in Bhojpuri by my favourite saint poet from the Bhakti Movement, Kabir. We used to sing this in our morning assembly at Rishi Valley School. Was so inspired by the meaning and catchy tune I had to make it the title track of this album. Later heard a rendition of the same song by Lakshmi Shankar and fell in love with it even more!
Song lyrics -
Maati kahe kumhaar ko, tu kya rundhe mohe
ek din aisai hoyega, main rundhungi tohe
Aaye hain so jaayenge, raaja rank fakir
ek sinhaasan chadi chale, ek bandhe zanjir
Durbal ko na sataaiye, jaaki moti haai
bina jeev ki saans se, loha bhasam ho jaaye
Chalti chakki dekh kar, diya kabira roy
do paatan ke beech main, baaki bachaa na koi
Dukh main sumiran sab kare, sukh main kare na koi
jo sukh main sumiran kare, to dukh kaahe hoy
Patta toota daal se, le gayi pavan udaay
ab ke bichde kab milenge, door padenge jaay
Clay says to the potter, who are you to knead me
there will be a day, when i will knead you
Everyone who is born will die some day, be it a king or a poor man.
one goes on a throne and, another one goes with chains on its body
Dont harrass the weak, there is a lot of power in curses
just like a lifeless dhokni ( a hollow cylendrical tube used to blow air in furnace to make it hotter) can melt a strong thing like iron.
Looking at the grinding stones, kabir laments
in the duel of wheels, nothing stays intact
Everyone remembers god in bad times, no one remembers god in good times.
if you remember god in good times, then why would you have bad times.
The leaf falls from the branch, blown away by the wind
We are separated now, when will we ever meet, distance between us
Oh kabir, neither con someone or get conned by someone ,
if you con someone then you get happy but if someone cons you, you get sad
lyrics
Maati kahe kumhaar ko, tu kya rundhe mohe
ek din aisai hoyega, main rundhungi tohe
Aaye hain so jaayenge, raaja rank fakir
ek sinhaasan chadi chale, ek bandhe zanjir
Durbal ko na sataaiye, jaaki moti haai
bina jeev ki saans se, loha bhasam ho jaaye
Chalti chakki dekh kar, diya kabira roy
do paatan ke beech main, baaki bachaa na koi
Dukh main sumiran sab kare, sukh main kare na koi
jo sukh main sumiran kare, to dukh kaahe hoy
Patta toota daal se, le gayi pavan udaay
ab ke bichde kab milenge, door padenge jaay
Vedanth Bharadwaj is a singer, guitarist and composer. He has trained under Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan and Sri Ramamoorthy
Rao for Carnatic and Hindustani Classical music. Qualified guitarist from Trinity College of Music.
Has his own recording studio in Chennai, Sa.Ma, Vedanth has composed music for films, ads, music albums, theatre and dance productions. Performed live at prestigious venues....more
