Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Jugni english translation

This is a good-enough translation of the song:

Jugni: A girl/traveller

A girl sets out to see what has become of the country...
from where were born Veda's...
from where britishers were thrown out...
what has become of it...
what is its present condition...
what all miracles has the country achieved...

Oh my brother...
Oh my brother says the girl...
pls open a new road for it...

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The girl goes to kashmir...
where 10-20 die daily...
our beautiful sisters and brothers.
cry and ask...
when will this quarrel end...
when water from Jhelum will dry up?

Oh my brother...
Oh my brother says the girl...
make a new river flow from here...

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The girl goes to Punjab...
where educated people are unemployed...
they sell their land & go abroad...
and marry a foreigner there...
while their family waits here...

Oh my brother...
Oh my brother says the girl...
pls bring a new spring (season)...

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The girl now goes to Mumbai...
where nobody sleeps...
everybody searches for something..
very few find it...
those who find it as restless...
and they get trouble lines on their forhead...

Oh my brother...
Oh my brother says the girl...
Pls bring me a breath of rest...

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The girl now goes to Delhi...
and gets lost in the crowd...
from where she came, to where she was going...
everything is lost...
when she gains conscience...
her face has lost the grace...

Oh my brother...
Oh my brother says the girl...
I remember the gurus (Lord) and his words...

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Courtesy: Anonymous