Time was running out, only 5-6 days before Guru Harkrishan's Avtar Dihara, and the Kuching Sangat were celebrating it. As usual, I am always involved in Asa Ki War as well as Keertan Sewa... As most of my friends know that I love Gurmat Sangeet so much, I was really hoping to sing a few shabad in Gurmat Sangeet in this occasion, but what am I going to sing??? I've been thinking for at least 2 weeks before the Gurpurab... Finally, I decided to sing Pritam Bhagauti Simariya-ay Guru Nanak Le-ay dhiayi-ay... How did this tune and shabad came to me is quite a coincidence...
Every schooling days, I'll be using a public bus to school. Since my house it quite far from school, I'll be sitting in the bus for at least 1 hour per trip or 2 hours per day... When I'm in the bus, I'll sing slowly and lightly and recite the shabads that I can remember, and there's not light Keertan available... All the shabad that I recite will be sung in Gurmat Sangeet... When its just 5-6 days before the Gurpurab, I was out of idea of what I should sing... I did an ardass, asking, Oh Beloved lord, how and what should I sing on that day? When I was in the bus(while going back home), this tune just came out out of nowhere, it sounds like a Raag, in Gurmat Sangeet style, but what Raag would it be??
Without thinking much, I started practicing it on my harmonium, I did not even had the time to record what I was singing and ask around whether anyone knows what Raag it is until the whole program was over, 6 days of school in a week is certainly quite burdening for me... however, I managed to pull through it... So I sang that Shabad in Gurdwara on the Gurpurab...
What happened next was really mind-blowing... Why?? After the Gurpurab, I found some time and recorded a short version of what I sang and pose it in facebook, I asked around whether anyone could identify what Raag was that??? I was kinda shock when I was told that it sounds like Raag Kanada or Kanra...
And this shabad was from Chandi di War, or some may say that its from Ardass that we do everyday... well, till the next time..... Jamming time!!!!!!!!
5 weeks ago
