PAAPI MILIJO PACHAAS – Bagga Khan ║ BackPack Studio™ (Season 1) ║ Indian Folk Music – Rajasthan
This song is a statement on the significance of teachers and mentors in everyone’s life. The song discusses how wisdom can be passed on from a guru to his disciple and why it is essential to learn to follow a mentor before one must learn to lead.
Chhaune chhaune bushata, guruji saungh laaijo, pargat karjo mate
(The words of wisdom brought discretely from Guruji , shouldn’t be expressed in front of others)
Je karo to le martya lok mein , bapraaye jo mate
(Even if that wisdom is shared, do not uproot it in its entirety)
Paapi milijo pachaas, nuguru miljo mate
(Fifty sinners are better than a person without a mentor (or a person who is headstrong))
Heera panna ko banajh jha liya do, maakhan layo jo mate
(Do your deeds, which are as pure as diamonds and emeralds! Which resemble the purity of butter!)
Je laave to taaye tapaaye, gair na aave ek rate
(Which is heated and refined, and without even one speck of impurity)
Paapi milijo pachaas, nuguru miljo mate
(Fifty sinners are better than a person without a mentor)
Rohide ra phool, dishithra puthra, todan jaayi jo mate
(Never pluck a “Rohida” flower, which looks beautiful)
Je tode toh, gun baahe ra,baas ni aave ek rate
(But if you pluck it, it’s a superficial beauty as there is not even one ounce of fragrance)
Paapi milijo pachaas, nuguru miljo mate
(Fifty sinners are better than a person without a mentor)
Aagal nadiya bahe apaari,naavan jaayi jo mate je naave toh, doob marela,paar utrela jo shati jati)
(A river flows infinitely in front of you, but most of you will drown, as only a few have the skill (or knowledge to cross it)
Paapi milijo pachaas, nuguru miljo mate
(Fifty sinners are better than a person without a mentor. )
