Ritual songs and folksongs of the Hindus of Surinam

54 Phagwā vi [Nieuw Nickerie, 1967]
Jogīṛā

jogījī sa ra ra ra
āye the ika dhāma se utare ekäi ghāṭ
havā lagī sąsara kī ho gaye bārai bāṭ

jogījī sa ra ra ra

jogiṛā sa ra ra ra
ek galī mę ā̈ų̄ jā̈ų̄ ek galī mę rahnā

[p. 108]

III.

aur galī mę maį nahį jā̈ų̄ tere lāge nainā

IV.

calī cal nāle nāle calī cal khāle khāle

 

jogiṛā sa ra ra ra

jogījī sa ra ra ra
rāma nāma se küą̄ cāle masakhariyǫ se gāṛī
calī cal nāle nāle calī cal khāle khāle

jogījī sa ra ra ra

jogījī sa ra ra ra
maį ā̈ī kucha aur ko hyą̄ hai gäī kucha aur
lahągā phāṭyau gą̄tha ko dekha calī pahągaur

jogīji sa ra ra ra

calī cal nāle nāle calī cal khāle khāle

jogījī sa ra ra ra

¹(We) had come from an (identical) place and disembarked at the same harbour;
The wind of the world touched (us) (and) we became totally separate.²

I come and (go) through only one street and live only in one street;
I shall not go to another street (because) your eyes have touched (me).
Keep moving (with me) along the aqueduct; keep moving (with me) along the ditch.³

The well is kept moving by the name of Rāma, and the cart with jokes⁴ -
Keep moving... (as in B. IV above).

1 The untranslated lines are simply jubilations ‘jogījī sa ra ra ra’ etc.

2 Bārah bāṭ; twelve weights, all separate.

3 An invitation to elope, by a man to a woman.

4 The singer explained: the fields in India are watered by a bull who keeps turning the watering wheel of a well; he manages to remain on the monotonous job only by silent repetition of the name of Rāma. When people travel together on carts, the long and slow journey passes better with mutual jokes and teasing.

[p. 109]

D

II-III.

Identical with Kabīr E III-IV.