SOME FOLK SONGS AND LULLABIES DEFINED THE PREFERRED PROFESSIONS OF KASHMIRIS

                                             

SOME FOLK SONGS AND LULLABIES  DEFINED THE PREFERRED  PROFESSIONS OF KASHMIRIS

(1)

"Nabas  me gondmaai taar lo lo

Naba myani sodaagaar lo lo .

Naba tse chhuyi na aar lo lo

Naba ba karthas  khaar lo lo.."

(I have tied my fate with Naba

My love ! my Naba ,the trader.

O Naba! why aren't you compassionate?

O Naba! I have been put to misery by you.)

(2)

"Rama ji  Rama ji

Nikas lassinam mama ji

Mol goyā daftar

Toraai gatchhi baazar 

Taeti anni ranga -tser

Tas saet  gindheim Shama ji

Rama ji Rama ji"

( O Lord Rama! O Lord Rama!

Let this baby's maternal uncle ( Mama)live long.

O baby ! your father has gone to his office,

On his return , he shall visit the market,

From there he shall by a colourful sparrow,

Little Krishna shall play with that sparrow,

O Lord Rama! O Lord Rama!)

So  during  old days ,  our  desired professions in Kashmir valley  were also defined by  our folk songs   ; a  trader ( Saudagar  ) or an office goer ( Daftar) . In Kashmir ,Ghulam  Nabi is a popular name.  A person with this name is  also fondly called as ' Naba '  some times Naba Toth  or dearest Naba .  There are many versions of 'Nabas me gondmaai taar lo lo ' spoken in differently in Maraaz ( South Kashmir ) and Kamraaz( North Kashmir )  areas of  the valley  . This was also a popular song sung in Roff performed by women or girls from Muslim community .Rama Ji Rama Ji was a popular cradle song or Lori  ( Lullaby ) with Kashmiri Pandits.

(Avtar Mota)

CHINAR SHADE by Autarmota is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License.
Based on a work at http:\\autarmota.blogspot.com\.