His courage has become even more daring after playing holi with others. He waits for me with spray gun loaded with powder and dye. Saari ye chhalbal nikaal krishn mischievously teases me. Having been stricken with love, hasrat has given up all music/colour i.e. I deal with/pass the dark night of separation in crying and wailing, with no sleep. Raag raNg sub den tyaag From the day that I have seen krishn, from that day my body/soul is on fire. There is a double play on the word вЂhasratвЂ™ which is the pen-name of the poet and also means longing. I have even lost all longing without krishn. There is no sleep in my eyes, without krishn. Is hasrat hi gaiiN, bihaari bina Who can I tell that there is no comfort without krishn. Dark clouds bring blessed rain and are also the season of romance. The rainy season (in urdu/Indian poetic tradition, this is the season of romance/love, much like spring in western culture) is passing away O hasrat, just staring at dark clouds. The night of separation passes in crying and sobbing and writhing in pain. hasrat trembles with fear/shame, all men and women can see.Дekh dekh badariya kaari Where have you been, O krishn. He does not let me go to fetch water, shyam is standing ready with his sprayer loaded with dye. hasrat, give up body, soul and riches and go to mathura smearing ashes over your body.Дekhat haiN nar naari Do not spray with me dye o muraari, I beseech you. LetвЂ™s now go to barsaana and check it out. Now, why would any other image come into it. Mathra nagar chal dhooni ramaaii My heart has fallen in love with kanhaaii.

At the same time he declared himself to be a socialist/communist.

He also wrote bhajan style paeans to sufi scholars/saints in colloquial language. What is unusual is that he also did pilgrimages to mathura and nandgaam several times and wrote Ghazal style paens to krishn as well bhajans in the style of meera baaii. He went to hajj several times as well as to baGhdaad, najaf and karbala on pilgrimage. hasrat mohani was a very devout, observant muslim, known as вЂњmaulanaвЂќ for his orthodox practice. а¤¶а¤їа¤°а¤ЎаҐЂ а¤®а¤ѕа¤ќаҐ‡а¤‚ а¤Єа¤‚а¤ўа¤°а¤ЄаҐЃа¤° аҐ¤ а¤ёа¤ѕа¤€а¤¬а¤ѕа¤¬а¤ѕ а¤°а¤®а¤ѕа¤µа¤°аҐ¤ а¤¶аҐЃа¤¦аҐЌа¤ а¤а¤•аҐЌа¤¤аҐЂ а¤ља¤‚а¤¦аҐЌа¤°а¤а¤ѕа¤—а¤ѕ аҐ¤ а¤а¤ѕа¤µ а¤ЄаҐЃа¤‚а¤Ўа¤ІаҐЂа¤• а¤ња¤ѕа¤—а¤ѕ аҐ¤ а¤Їа¤ѕ а¤№аҐ‹ а¤Їа¤ѕ а¤№аҐ‹ а¤…а¤µа¤аҐ‡ а¤ња¤Ё аҐ¤ а¤•а¤°а¤ѕ а¤¬а¤ѕа¤¬а¤ѕа¤‚а¤ёаҐЂ а¤µа¤‚а¤¦а¤Ё аҐ¤аҐ¤а¤—а¤ЈаҐ‚ а¤®аҐЌа¤№а¤ЈаҐ‡ а¤¬а¤ѕа¤¬а¤ѕ а¤ёа¤ѕа¤€ аҐ¤ а¤§а¤ѕа¤‚а¤µ а¤Єа¤ѕа¤µ а¤®а¤ѕа¤ќаҐ‡ а¤†а¤€ аҐ¤аҐ¤ Shirdi is my Pandharpur and Saibaba is my Vitthal Our pure devotion for Saibaba is the river Chandra-Bhaga (flowing at Shirdi) and our earnest feeling for Saibaba resembles the devotee Pundalik (devotee of Vithal)who is wide awake (at Shirdi).Click here for overall comments and on any bhajan for translation/discussion.

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