Khooni Vaisakhi: A Poem from the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 1919
By Navdeep Suri
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Jallianwala Bagh. 13 April 1919. Twenty-two-year-old Nanak Singh joins the mass of peaceful protestors agitating against the Rowlatt Act. What then turns out to be one of the worst atrocities perpetrated by the British Raj, and a turning point in India's independence movement, also becomes a life-changing experience for Nanak Singh, who survives the massacre, unconscious and unnoticed among the hundreds of corpses. After going through the traumatic experience, Nanak Singh proceeds to write Khooni Vaisakhi, a long poem in Punjabi. The poem was a scathing critique of the British Raj and was banned soon after its publication in May 1920. After sixty long years, it was rediscovered and has been translated into English for the first time by the author's grandson, Navdeep Suri. Featuring the poem in translation and in original, this bilingual book is accompanied by essays from Navdeep Suri, Punjabi literature scholar H.S. Bhatia and BBC correspondent Justin Rowlatt. Khooni Vaisakhi is not only a poignant piece of protest literature but also a historical artefact and a resurrected witness to how Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims came together to stand up to colonization and oppression in one of India's darkest moments.
Navdeep Suri
Navdeep Suri is a former diplomat who has served in India's diplomatic missions in Washington DC and London. He was also India's ambassador to Egypt and UAE, High Commissioner to Australia and Consul General in Johannesburg. Navdeep has been striving to preserve the literary legacy of his grandfather Nanak Singh and bring his works to a wider audience. He has translated into English the classic 1930s Punjabi novels Pavitra Paapi (The Watchmaker) and Adh Khidya Phul (A Life Incomplete) His translation of Nanak Singh's lost poem Khooni Vaisakhi was published in 2019 and continues to be in the news and media mentions.
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Khooni Vaisakhi - Navdeep Suri
प्रार्थना
कलगी वालड़े शैहनशाह पिता मेरे।
चरणा तेरियां ते नमसकार सतिगुर।
तूं हैं पुशत पनाह निमाणियां दा।
दीन बंध तूं विच संसार सतिगुर।
बेड़ी पाप दे नाल भरभूर हो के,
पई ड़ोलदी है मंझधर सतिगुर।
करके मेहर इस डुबदी जांवदी नूं,
धक्का मार के लावणा पार सतिगुर।
भर के प्रेम दा इक चा देह पियाला,
जिस दे पींदियां चड़े खुमार सतिगुर।
चले नाल सरूर मसरूर हो के,
कलम दास दी तेज़ रफ़तार सतिगुर।
दसे हाल अज उहनां बेदोशियां दा,
जेहड़े देश पर होए निसार सतिगुर।
ज़ख़मां मिलदियां जांदियां सारियां नूं,
लूण छिड़क के देवे उभार सतिगुर।
फ़ोटो खिच के विछडे़ सजणां दा,
रख दियां मैं विच संसार सतिगुर।
याद फेर करा दियां हिंद ताईं,
मतां देण ना दिलो विसार सतिगुर।
दासतान शहीदां दी लिखणे नूं,
दास आपदा होईया तियार सतिगुर।
तोड़ चाड़ना आपनी मेहर करके,
नानक सिंह एह करे पुकार सतिगुर।
PRAYER TO GURU GOBIND SINGH
O Father mine with the turban plumed
I bow at thy feet, my Divine Guru.
Messiah of the meek,
Saviour of the poor, my Divine Guru.
Burdened with sin, this boat of