Bandish Overview
Bandish Text
English / Roman
jaake kaana re mela kita soyaa |
sovata sovata raina beeta gaee
jo soyaa so khoyaa ||
jaake kahaaM re mila kita soyaa |
sovata sovata raina beeta gaee
jo soyaa so khoyaa ||
Devnagri
जाके कान रे मेल कित सोया ।
सोवत सोवत रैन बीत गई
जो सोया सो खोया ॥
जाके कहां रे मिल कित सोया ।
सोवत सोवत रैन बीत गई
जो सोया सो खोया ॥
Meaning
This Bandish has a spiritual meaning – With whom you have met and where on the earth had you slept? (With whose company you have wasted the entire life in ignorance?) You have spent the whole night (i.e. birth or life) in sleeping (in ignorance). The one, who sleeps, loses everything!
Contributed by: Chaitanya Kunte