Ragas or Raags in Gurbani Kirtan
Sikh music as prescribed in Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) appear mainly in Raags. For a concise understanding about these raags kindly browse :
http://www.searchgurbani.com/raags/index.php
While you are listening to kirtan video clips with English Transliterations, you might want to identify the particular raag in which it is being sung.
The professional musicians will always attempt to sing the shabad in the prescribed raag. But most amateurs could sing the shabad in any raag which they feel comfortable.
During this learning process, which I am attempting to take you through, I will also provide other references of the same raag as the one being sung so that you can identify this raag from the similarities.
These short lessons are good for both adults and children and especially beneficial to those who want to learn how to play the harmonium by hearing it.
This is raag Kalyan. While you listen to it, you can read the meanings of the shabad as follows:
Raag Kalyan (audio) : http://www.sawf.org/audio/kalyan/lata_gurbani.ram
Shabad Transliteration:
17 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
imlu myry pRIqmw jIau quDu ibnu KrI inmwxI ]
mil maerae preethamaa jeeo thudhh bin kharee nimaanee ||
Meet me, O my Dear Beloved. Without You, I am totally dishonored.
18 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
mY nYxI nId n AwvY jIau BwvY AMnu n pwxI ]
mai nainee needh n aavai jeeo bhaavai ann n paanee ||
Sleep does not come to my eyes, and I have no desire for food or water.
19 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
pwxI AMnu n BwvY mrIAY hwvY ibnu ipr ikau suKu pweIAY ]
paanee ann n bhaavai mareeai haavai bin pir kio sukh paaeeai ||
I have no desire for food or water, and I am dying from the pain of separation. Without my Husband Lord, how can I find peace?
19 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
gur AwgY krau ibnµqI jy gur BwvY ijau imlY iqvY imlweIAY ]
gur aagai karo binanthee jae gur bhaavai jio milai thivai milaaeeai ||
I offer my prayers to the Guru; if it pleases the Guru, He shall unite me with Himself.
1 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
Awpy myil ley suKdwqw Awip imilAw Gir Awey ]
aapae mael leae sukhadhaathaa aap miliaa ghar aaeae ||
The Giver of peace has united me with Himself; He Himself has come to my home to meet me.
1 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
nwnk kwmix sdw suhwgix nw ipru mrY n jwey ]4]2]
naanak kaaman sadhaa suhaagan naa pir marai n jaaeae ||4||2||
O Nanak, the soul-bride is forever the Lord's favorite wife; her Husband Lord does not die, and He shall never leave. ||4||2||
Explanations on Raag Kalyan for learners (text) : Raga Kalyan - we shall use the name interchangeably with Yaman. As the preeminent night-time Raga, Yaman embodies considerable gravitas. No other Raga has cut so wide a swathe across all genres of music and no other Raga has purchased so viselike a hold on the Indian's thoughts and feelings. Every child embarking on a preliminary study of classical music brings with her a working familiarity of Kalyan obtained through folk and other sources. Yaman has come to be acknowledged as the touchstone among classical musicians in calibrating a peer's quality and depth, its mastery deemed a sine qua non for any serious student. The magnitude and extent of Yaman's reach impel us to offer here a substantial listening experience both in the realm of the 'light' and the classical. In the posse of clips that follows, the Yaman and Yaman Kalyan instances are commingled.
Other Videos/Audio on same raga :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V4BX26gBmBo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L5cDdeDJ7_A
More...
Sikh music as prescribed in Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) appear mainly in Raags. For a concise understanding about these raags kindly browse :
http://www.searchgurbani.com/raags/index.php
While you are listening to kirtan video clips with English Transliterations, you might want to identify the particular raag in which it is being sung.
The professional musicians will always attempt to sing the shabad in the prescribed raag. But most amateurs could sing the shabad in any raag which they feel comfortable.
During this learning process, which I am attempting to take you through, I will also provide other references of the same raag as the one being sung so that you can identify this raag from the similarities.
These short lessons are good for both adults and children and especially beneficial to those who want to learn how to play the harmonium by hearing it.
This is raag Kalyan. While you listen to it, you can read the meanings of the shabad as follows:
Raag Kalyan (audio) : http://www.sawf.org/audio/kalyan/lata_gurbani.ram
Shabad Transliteration:
17 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
imlu myry pRIqmw jIau quDu ibnu KrI inmwxI ]
mil maerae preethamaa jeeo thudhh bin kharee nimaanee ||
Meet me, O my Dear Beloved. Without You, I am totally dishonored.
18 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
mY nYxI nId n AwvY jIau BwvY AMnu n pwxI ]
mai nainee needh n aavai jeeo bhaavai ann n paanee ||
Sleep does not come to my eyes, and I have no desire for food or water.
19 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
pwxI AMnu n BwvY mrIAY hwvY ibnu ipr ikau suKu pweIAY ]
paanee ann n bhaavai mareeai haavai bin pir kio sukh paaeeai ||
I have no desire for food or water, and I am dying from the pain of separation. Without my Husband Lord, how can I find peace?
19 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
gur AwgY krau ibnµqI jy gur BwvY ijau imlY iqvY imlweIAY ]
gur aagai karo binanthee jae gur bhaavai jio milai thivai milaaeeai ||
I offer my prayers to the Guru; if it pleases the Guru, He shall unite me with Himself.
1 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
Awpy myil ley suKdwqw Awip imilAw Gir Awey ]
aapae mael leae sukhadhaathaa aap miliaa ghar aaeae ||
The Giver of peace has united me with Himself; He Himself has come to my home to meet me.
1 Gaurhee Guru Amar Das
nwnk kwmix sdw suhwgix nw ipru mrY n jwey ]4]2]
naanak kaaman sadhaa suhaagan naa pir marai n jaaeae ||4||2||
O Nanak, the soul-bride is forever the Lord's favorite wife; her Husband Lord does not die, and He shall never leave. ||4||2||
Explanations on Raag Kalyan for learners (text) : Raga Kalyan - we shall use the name interchangeably with Yaman. As the preeminent night-time Raga, Yaman embodies considerable gravitas. No other Raga has cut so wide a swathe across all genres of music and no other Raga has purchased so viselike a hold on the Indian's thoughts and feelings. Every child embarking on a preliminary study of classical music brings with her a working familiarity of Kalyan obtained through folk and other sources. Yaman has come to be acknowledged as the touchstone among classical musicians in calibrating a peer's quality and depth, its mastery deemed a sine qua non for any serious student. The magnitude and extent of Yaman's reach impel us to offer here a substantial listening experience both in the realm of the 'light' and the classical. In the posse of clips that follows, the Yaman and Yaman Kalyan instances are commingled.
Other Videos/Audio on same raga :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V4BX26gBmBo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L5cDdeDJ7_A
More...