What is this obsession with charkha? Why every other song includes charkha in it? like …
“ghoom charkha ghoom”
“charkhay de har har geray”
“kateya karoo tera roo kateya karoo”
“shawa charkha channan da”
“charkha nolakha”
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Sun charkhe di mithi mithi cook and jogi utar pahaRon aaya way charkhe di cook sun ke.. are classics 
I think charkha is symbol of culture. The culture that disappeared after industrialization. Its not obsession, its nostalgia.
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Strange. Never hear these except the first one.
Strange. Only heard the first one, not the second.
Dil charkha kare koon koon
Saanwal, Sohni di kadi tand na torein toon, toon, toon
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you missed something if you didn’t listen 'Jogi utar pahaRn aaya:
Mussarrat Nazir/ Jogi Uttar Pahadon Aaya - Mehmil/ PtvLive - YouTube
Musarat Nazir ( PTV live) - “jogi utar paharon aya” - Punjabi folk - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSg_pOLhSyk)
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Thanks, I will listen to it as soon as I can.
The Azra Jahan song from 'Mehendi Waale Hath' that I posted above is beautiful to listen to.
Beautiful music with great recording quality in the first link.
The lyrics are also touching.
I want to transcribe the lyrics when I get the opportunity. :)
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Thanks, I will listen to it as soon as I can.
The Azra Jahan song from 'Mehendi Waale Hath' that I posted above is beautiful to listen to. Beautiful music with great recording quality in the first link. The lyrics are also touching. I want to transcribe the lyrics when I get the opportunity. :)
BTW why so much obsession with charkha?
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Bekoz I love Gaandhi ji. :)
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Bekoz I love Gaandhi ji. :)
After watching Lage Raho Munna Bhai?
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No. Never watched it.
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No. Never watched it.
and you love Gandhi ji just for charkha. You might be hearing about Chand pe rehne wali budhiya kaating her charkha since your childhood
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Dil charkha, kare koon koon
Saanwal SohNi di, kadi tand na toRein toon toon toon toon
Dil charkha, kare koon koon
Jind meri iss kupp hanairay, tu baN chaanaN aayaa
Loon loon de wich agg laayee te, sutta pyaar jagaaya
Loon loon de wich agg laayee te, sutta pyaar jagaaya
Be-rangi saan main, mainun rang chaRhaaya toon toon toon toon
Dil charkha, kare koon koon
Mairi peeR nun, main jaaNaan ya, maira charkha jaaNay
Injj pujjdi saan jeevain pujjday, paTThi de wich daaNay
Injj pujjdi saan jeevain pujjday, paTThi de wich daaNay
Mar challi saan main, mainun aan bachaaya toon toon toon toon
Dil charkha, kare koon koon
Azlaan tun ae, ishaq daa charkha, dukh sukh katda jaavay
Kissay nu maaray wich Thalaan de, kissay nun zeher payaavay
Kissay nu maaray wich Thalaan de, kissay nun zeher payaavay
Ishaq mairay da sajnaa, hun thayya thayya toon toon toon toon
Dil charkha, kare koon koon
Saanwal SohNi di, kadi tand na toRein toon toon toon toon
Dil charkha, kare koon koon
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charkha in sufi poetry is symbol of struggle for earning good deeds in this world for hereafter.
as bulleh shah said,
Kar ** Kattan** Wal dhayan Kurray
Nit mati dayndi ma dhiyan
kiun phirni ay eniv than dhiyan
Na sharam Haya Gawa dhiyan
Tu kadi ta samaj nadan kurray
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charkha in sufi poetry is symbol of struggle for earning good deeds in this world for hereafter. as bulleh shah said, Kar ** Kattan** Wal dhayan Kurray Nit mati dayndi ma dhiyan kiun phirni ay eniv than dhiyan Na sharam Haya Gawa dhiyan Tu kadi ta samaj nadan kurray
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Ghoom charakara ghoom teri kattan wali jeewe
It is definitely appreciation of hard work in Sufi poetry.
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Ghoom charakara ghoom teri kattan wali jeewe
It is definitely appreciation of hard work in Sufi poetry.
yes, charkha katna, pani bharna etc. are metaphor of strugle and hard work
Well we have more metaphors of hard work too, mainly chakki peesna, but charkha and pani bharna has some romanticism to it.
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Well we have more metaphors of hard work too, mainly chakki peesna, but charkha and pani bharna has some romanticism to it.
kind of agreed but pani bharna in sufi poetry for some instances is different then "panghat pe jana" in urdu poetry.
for instance, if i could recall it
loye loye bhar lay kurreay je tun pani bharna
sham pae bin naam Mohammad rah jaandi tun darna
means abi waqt hai achay amaal karnay ka, late hogaye to Allah k samany paish hotay mushkil hogi
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kind of agreed but pani bharna in sufi poetry for some instances is different then "panghat pe jana" in urdu poetry. for instance, if i could recall it loye loye bhar lay kurreay je tun pani bharna sham pae bin naam Mohammad rah jaandi tun darna
means abi waqt hai achay amaal karnay ka, late hogaye to Allah k samany paish hotay mushkil hogi
pani bharna is mushaqqat ka kaam.. as Kabir said: Bhala huwa meri matki toot gai, main to paniya bharan se chhoot gai
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pani bharna is mushaqqat ka kaam.. as Kabir said: Bhala huwa meri matki toot gai, main to paniya bharan se chhoot gai
han, but poet is promoting kam-chori :D
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han, but poet is promoting kam-chori :D
exactly. same were my thoughts when I first heard this line
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how?
“goye thapna” is mushakat ka kaam too 
but why kathing charkha given more importance over other chores?
how? plzz enlighten me.