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OCTOBER, 1910.] RELIGIOUS SONGS FROM NORTHERN INDIA.
No. XI.
A Hymn to Bhawani.
Sung by Hukm Sinh, a boy in the Ruknutd Village School.
Recorded by his teacher.
Text. 1.
Ak kt gari, dhak ke pahiye; surahi ke bail jurawati. Meri Mâtâ Maiâ: tumhin son dhyân lagâwati.
2.
Ja men charhi âwain Kânbaur ki Mâtâ: kesan bagar baharati. Meri Mata Maiâ: tumhin son dhyan lagawati.
3.
Ja men charhl âwain Lâltâ Maiâ: kesan bagar bubârati. Meri Mâtâ Maiâ: tumhin son dhyan lagâwati.
JA men charhî âwain Masâni Mâtâ.
Ja men chaghi âwain, Mâû ki Mâtâ.
Ja men charhi âwain, Gargâwen ki Mâtâ.
Kesar bagar buhârati.
Mert Mâtâ Maia, tumhin son dhyân lagawati.
Ja men charhi âwain Kûânwall.
Ja men charhi âwain Sato Bahinain.
Ja men charhi âwain ekhattar sau Mâtâ.
5.
Ak ki gari, dhâk ke pahiye, surahi ki bail jurawati. Meri Mâtâ Maiâ, tumhin son dhyân lagâwâti.
Translation. 1.
The car of dk, the wheels of palds1; wild oxen yoked to it. Mother Maia mine: I meditate only on thee.
2.
In the car is coming the Mother of Kanhaur: I sweep the way with my hair. Mother Maiâ mine: I meditate only on thee.
3.
In the car is coming Mother Lâltâ: I sweep the way with my hair. Mother Maiâ mine: I meditate only on thee.
4.
In the car is coming Mother Masani. In the car is coming the Mother of Mâû.
In the car is coming the Mother of Gurgaon. I sweep the way with my hair.
Mother Maiâ mine: I meditate only on thee.
5.
In the car is coming the Mother of the Wells. In the car are coming the Seven Sisters.
In the car are coming the Seventy-one-hundred Mothers. The car of dk, the wheels of palds: wild oxen yoked to it. Mother Mait mine: I meditate only on thee.
1 The palas is the abode of the goddess.
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