Ud jayega hans akela… (The Swan will take flight one day…) The inevitability of death and poignant context set in this Kabir Bhajan always stirs disquiet yet settles me each time I hear it. It’s not only the lyrics but the soulful rendition by Pt. Kumar Gandharva that sends me tripping. In this performance, the singer and the song have become one…The lyrics, the rhythm and the cadence, the tone, the mood, everything comes alive with deeper and newer meanings… Lyrics: Ud jayega hans akela, jag darshan ka mela Jaise pat gire taruvarake, milana bahut duhela Na janu kidhar girega, lagya pavan ke rela Jab hove umar puri, jab chutega hukum hujuri Jam ke dut bade majabut, jamase pada jhamela Das Kabir Harake Gun gave, bahar ko par na pave Guruki karani Guru jayega, cheleki karani chela In this bhajan, Kabir speaks about the primordial solitude of the soul, the fragility of human life and the mystical longing for divinity that connects it all. He says, the Swan, the metaphorical soul, will take flight one day, all alone. Leaving behind all the pageantry of existence. Everything will be separated like the leaf, falling off a tree at the mere whiff of the wind. There is no escaping the grim reaper when the time beckons. Each leave will fall as unpredictably, according to its own karma. A teacher will be accounted for his own deeds. So will the disciple get his just deserts….
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 05:53:03 +0000
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