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O wise one, I was the first to be born
Then my elder brother
With great fanfare my father was born
In the end my mother

All things seem possible in the upside-down world of Kabir! An ant carries an elephant for her dowry; the baby in the womb speaks but not the child that is born. What does it all mean? We, who are ever seeking for meanings, and perhaps ever failing, are baffled by the ‘ulatbaansi’ form, which takes great delight in confounding our quests for meaning. Perhaps it is we, not Kabir, who are looking at the world upside-down, the wrong way round.

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http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/80/Ber-Chalya-Mera-Bhai&title=Ber-Chalya-Mera-Bhai
Discover a universe of Bhakti, Sufi, Baul poetry and music at http://www.ajabshahar.org.
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This poem springs to life in a song embodied in the voice of a young and handsome Mahesha Ram ji in the year 2006, when we recorded with him in Pugal, Rajasthan. That Mahesha Ram ji derives the utmost rasa from his music, that he tastes and savours its nectar, is amply evident when he sings. He belongs to Chhatangadh village near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, and represents the folk style of the Meghwal community, who are the traditional carriers of the poetry of many bhakti poets including Kabir, keeping it alive through a powerful oral tradition.

Contact Mahesha Ram at +91 99298-76095
Get his music at http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00PH5KE8G and http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00PH5KJFY

(Click on Settings for subtitles in English & Hindi.)

This is one of a series of uploads for Ajab Shahar, a webspace dedicated to mystic poem and song, created by the Kabir Project team (http://www.ajabshahar.org ; http://www.kabirproject.org).

Song Credits:
Tambura & Vocals: Mahesha Ram
Second Vocals: Bhage Khan
Kamaicha: Hakam Khan
Dholak: Anwar Khan
Matka: Sadiq Khan
Manjira: Remat Ram

English Translation: Vipul Rikhi

Video Credits:
Camera: Shabnam Virmani
Editing: Sharanya Gautam
Recording: P M Satheesh
Mixing & Mastering: Fireflys Post Sound, Mumbai
Sub-Titling: Anand Baskaran & Vipul Rikhi
Collection: The Kabir Project

Date of Recording: 2006