Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:22:57 -0700
From: Lanny Quarles <solipsis@HEVANET.COM>
To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA
Subject: Trying To See the DOES'


Trying To See the DOES'

GorakH BabA made Bharthari pUt dowN MOti STag
You muSt rEalize BhaRthari
YOu Must realiZe BhArthari
One Stag and Seventy Hundred Windows
Why Did You Kill the Animal

  1.. /mänaD/ 'mind-dignity'
  /män + aD/ 'to be agree + come'
  2.. /pärdesi/ 'foreigner'
  /pärde + si/ 'curtains + sew (imp.)'

YOu Must pUt dowN MOti STag
and Seventy Hundred Windows
Gorakh Nath Gorakh Baba Nath Baba King Bharthari Panvar of Dhara Nagar
You muSt rEalize BhaRthari
YOu Must realiZe BhArthari
Honored King, I killed hiM But Listen
listen that harmless life, listen to my news,
    gam 'village/villages' raja 'king/kingschoro 'boy'chora 'boys'ghoRo 'horse'ghoRa 'horseschori 'girl'choriã 'girls'kitab 'book'          kitabã 'bookschoro'boy'morio 'peacockchori 'girl'ghoRi 'marerajästhanäN 'Rajasthani woman'sãnsäN 'Sansi womankagät(m.) 'paper'jämat(f.) 'class'
He sprinkled it with drops of the elixir of life,
you mUst realize Bharthari, you made seventy HundreD WinDows ToDaY,
Listen Panvar, you must realize
He took off the shEet
GorakH BabA made Bharthari take off the sheet
SteP thrU the Seventy Hundred MOti STag Windows
But Listen

      N Po
      N choro ....
      O chorE ....
      A chorE+ nE/ku nE/ku
      I chorE + su~ su~
      A chorE + su~ su~
      P chorE + ko/ki/ka ko(ms.)/ki(fs/p.)/ka (mp.)
      Lo chorE + mE/pär mE/pär
      Vo o chora ....


Why Did You Kill the Animal pUt dowN with elixir of life,
that harmless life, listen to my news,
Gorakh Nath Gorakh Baba Nath
Put down the Deer, KINg
and Go to my City of Ujjain
and give it to Qu:een PinG[ala].***
{>I >have one of her nanoseconds that she used to
give away after her >lectures. That should date me.}

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Voices and Musicians:
Group of Rajasthani musicians, camel fair, Pushkar
Kamal Kothari's group of Rajasthani musicians, Jodhpur
Sitar, played by Arun Patak in music shop, Old Delhi
Situ Singh-Bühler, mezzo soprano, Delhi
Snake Charmer, Lodi Gardens, Delhi
Sarangi player, Madore Park, Jodhpur
Vendor, Janak Puri, Delhi
Young boy singing, camel fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan