01 Amul Gun - Guru Nanak Dev / Mahadev OK

"Amul Gun" - 10:17min

Mahadev OK: Lead vocals, harmonium, keyboard, backing vocals, percussion and tabla programming / Joseph Schmidlin: Percussion / Michael Leberknight: Chandango

Recorded at Hotel Bella Riva (Lake Garda, Italy), Somapa (Eyragues, France), Tiruvanamalai (Tamil Nadu, India) by Mahadev OK

Mixed by Sachveer Singh / Mastered by Chab

Lyrics

Amul gunn amul vaapaar. Amul vaapaaree-ay amul bhanddaar.

Amul aaveh amul lai jaa-eh. Amul bhaa-ei amulaa samaa-eh.

Amul dharam amul deebaann. Amul tul amul parvaann.

Amul bakhsheesh amul neeshaann. Amul karam amul furmaann.

Amulo amul aakhi-aa na jaa-ei. Aakh aakh rehay liv laa-ei.

Aakheh vayd paath puraann. Aakheh parray kareh vakhi-aann.

Aakheh barmay aakheh ind. Aakheh gopee tai govind.

Aakheh eesar aakheh sidh. Aakheh kaytey keetay budh.

Aakheh daanav aakheh dayv. Aakheh sur nar mun jan sayv.

Kaytay aakheh aakhann paa-eh. Kaytay keh keh uth uth jaa-eh.

Aytay keetay hor karay-eh. Taa aakh na sakeh kayee kay-ei.

Jayvadd bhaavai tayvadd ho-ei. Naanak jaannai saachaa soi-ei.

Jay ko aakhai bol vigaarr. Taa likhee-ai sir gaavaaraa gaavaar.

Story

To set a Pauree from the Japji Sahib to music requires a certain affinity for the musical tradition of the Sikhs. Even if it is impossible for a European to master both the pronunciation and the rhythmic emphasis of the accompaniment, this work is about being inspired by Bhakti, the devotional vibration. Here I have used the harmonium and electronic tablas to get as close as possible to the vibrations felt in the Golden Temple. The arrangement followed this spirit and gradually took on a freer, more cinematic character, less typical of the Sikhs, but still preserving the essence of the mantra revealed by Guru Nanak Dev Ji.