मत जा मत जा मत जा जोगी
“Jogi mat jaa” is a very popular Meerabai bhajan, made famous during yester-years by Juthika Roy and M S Subbulakshmi and later on by Geeta Roy, Lata Mangeshkar and many other singers. Even in Classical field it was made immortal by Pandit Omkarnathji Thakur.

JOGI MAT JA .... is sung by Purshottam Das Jalota - Indian classical and devotional music singer, best known for his bhajans. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India, in 2004. Born in Phagwara, Punjab, he learnt Hindustani classical music from Master Ratan of Sham Chaurasia gharana. Wikipedia
Born: September 9, 1925, Phagwara, India
Died: January 18, 2011


जोगी मत जा पाँव पड़ूँ मैं तोरी

मत जा मत जा मत जा जोगी
पाँव पड़ूँ मैं तोरी

प्रेम भक्ति को पंथ ही न्यारो
हम को ज्ञान बता जा
चंदन की मैं चिता रचाऊँ
अपने हाथ जला जा
मत जा मत जा मत जा जोगी ...

जल जल भई भस्म की ढेरी
अपने अंग लगा जा जोगी
मीरा के प्रभू गिरिधर नागर
ज्योत में ज्योत मिला जा जोगी
मत जा मत जा मत जा जोगी ...

Mat ja, mat ja, mat ja jogi, paaon padu main torey
Do not go my love (Jogi); I beg you not to abandon me
Prem bhagtee ko panth hee nyaro, ham ko gyan bata ja
The path of devotional love is very strange; teach me the wisdom to understand it
Agar Chandan ki mai chita rachau, apne hath jala ja
I will erect funeral pyre of Agar and Sandalwood; you set it on fire by yourself
Mat ja, mat ja, mat ja jogI

Jal jal bhayi bhasm kI dhei, apne ang laga ja jogi
Once after burning, I turn into a pile of ash, you smear it onto your body
Mat ja, mat ja, mat ja jogi

MUKHTAR
31 JULY 2020