Amsterdam Songs – Amsterdam liedjes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkI26R61Doo

Geef mij maar Amsterdam – Johnny Jordaan

Geef mij maar Amsterdam, dat is mooier dan Parijs
Geef mj maar Amsterdam, mijn Mokum’s paradijs
Geef mij maar Amsterdam met zijn Amstel en het IJ
Want in Mokum ben ik rijk en gelukking tegelijk, geef mij maar Amsterdam

Beter in Mokum zonder poen dan in Parijs met een miljoen, geef mij maar Amsterdam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsVFOpnZSWo

Amsterdam huilt waar het eens heeft gelachen – Rika Jansen

Amsterdam huilt waar het eens heeft gelachen
Amsterdam huilt nog voelt het de pijn
Amsterdam huilt waar het eens heeft gelachen
Amsterdam huilt want weg is de gein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhdQ59LHorQ&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLEBA625EA1179E43D

Aan de Amsterdam Grachten – Wim Sonneveld

Aan de Amsterdamse grachten heb ik heel mij hart voor altijd verpand
Amsterdam vult mijn gedachten als de mooiste stad in ons land
Al die Amstedamse mensen, al die lichtjes ‘s avonds laat op het plein
Niemand kan zich beter wensen dan een Amsterdammer te zijn

N’Kosi Sikelel’iAfrica

The best national anthem I have ever heard ! Click on link to listen.

I do not know in which South African language the first two verses are,
the third verse is in Afrikaans (I understand most of it),
the last one in a language spoken on a foggy European island. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow40LQs0ue4

N’Kosi Sikelel’iAfrica

National Anthem of South Africa

Miriam Makeba & Others  

This is the official version of the national anthem, combining
Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika and Die Stem / The Call of South Africa

Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.

Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika.

Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,

Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.

Malaika – Miriam Makeba & Harry Belafonte

Click on the link to listen to this beautiful song 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlDNvUebe7Y

Nakupenda Malaika was written by Kenyan composer and musician Fadhili Williams. 

Malaika	Angel
Malaika, nakupenda Malaika.	Angel, I love you Angel.
Malaika, nakupenda Malaika.	Angel, I love you Angel.
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio,	And I, your young lover, what can I do.
Nashindwa na mali sina, we,	Was I not defeated by the lack of fortune,
Ningekuoa Malaika.	I would marry you Angel.
Nashindwa na mali sina, we,	Was I not defeated by the lack of fortune,
Ningekuoa Malaika.	I would marry you Angel.
Pesa zasumbua roho yangu	Money is troubling my soul
Pesa zasumbua roho yangu	Money is troubling my soul
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio,	And I, your young lover, what can I do,
Ningekuoa Malaika.	I would marry you angel.
Nashindwa na mali sina, we,	Was I not defeated by the lack of fortune,
Ningekuoa Malaika.	I would marry you Angel.
Kidege, hukuwaza kidege.	Little bird, I dream of you little bird.
Kidege, hukuwaza kidege.	Little bird, I dream of you little bird.
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio,	And I, your young lover, what can I do,
Nashindwa na mali sina, we,	Was I not defeated by the lack of fortune,
Ningekuoa Malaika.	I would marry you Angel.
Nashindwa na mali sina, we,	Was I not defeated by the lack of fortune,
Ningekuoa Malaika.	I would marry you Angel.

 

Chardi Kala Jatha – Merciful, the Master is Merciful

I loved the kirtan by these young Americans, born into Sikh families and living in the Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar District. See the also the picture below (or in ‘pictures’) and in my web diary ‘Chardi Kala’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQwV6Ss2vvE&feature=related

Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa sings He Gobinde, He Gopale

I love music, I love music of many different traditions.

I also love Gurbani, the ‘hymns’, the ‘Shabad-Guru’, the ‘Word that teaches’.

Tomorrow I will find the text and translation for this shabad for you.

Gurfateh/God Bless !

Harjinder Singh

Please click on the connection !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN36RWmbwhk&feature=related

Malaar, Fifth Mehla:

O World-Preserver, World-Sustainer, Merciful Beloved. ||1||Pause||

You are the Master of the life-breath, the Companion of the masterless,
the Destroyer of the pains of the poor. ||1||

O All-Powerful, Unfathomable, Perfect One, shower me with mercy. ||2||

Take Nanak across the great terrible blind well ||3||8||30||