02:23 – jump to Ranjha
Official video for ‘Ranjha’ from the album ‘Ranjha’ by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express. Available from 8th May on Limited Edition Coral & Red Splatter Gatefold vinyl, CD and digitally. Order here: https://worldcircuit.lnk.to/Ranjha
FILM CREDITS
Director – Ian Patrick
Colourist – Adam Clarke
Art Direction – Shin Katan
Producer – Jitin Abraham John
Ranjha – रांझा
तैनु मुकल समझ क़ुरान लिया
तेरे दर नु काबा जान लिया
रब बख़शे ना बख़शे ओदी रज़ा
असी यार नु सजदा कर बैठी
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रांझा रांझा करदी हुवा
मैं आपे रांझा होवी
सद्दो मैनूं ढीडो रांझा
हीर ना आंखों कोई
तख़्त हज़ारा ले चल बुलिया
सियाली मैली ना धोई
रांझा रांझा करदी हुवा
मैं आपे रांझा होवी
Ranjha – The Main poem
Translated by Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil
Ranjha, Ranjha I kept calling
Till I became Ranjha myself
So call me Dhido Ranjha.
Let no one call me Heer
Take me to Takht Hazara, O Buliya*,
The village where Ranjha was born
The deep stains of winter have not been washed
*Buliya refers to Bulle Shah
Ranjha’ by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express
Composed by Shye Ben Tzur
Arranged by Shye Ben Tzur and Jonny Greenwood
Produced by Sam Petts-Davies with Jonny Greenwood
Recorded, mixed and engineered by Sam Petts-Davies
Recording Engineer Oli Middleton
Mastered by Matt Colton
Shye Ben Tzur – Vocal, Guitar, Flute
Jonny Greenwood – Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ondes Martenot, Keyboard, Drum Machine & Computers
Zakir Ali Qawwal – Qawwali Vocal, Harmonium
Nathu Lal Solanki – Nagara
Aamir Bhiyani – Trumpet
Ehtisham Khan Ajmeri – Dholak, Qawwali Chorus
Nafees Khan Ajmeri Qawwali Vocal
Tom Skinner – Drums, Percussion
Jyotsna Srikanth – Carnatic Violin
Kirpal Singh Panesar – Esraj
Original project conceived by Sharona Katan
Art directors Shin Katan and Ian Patrick
Photography and Art by Shin Katan
Album Design and Visuals by Ian Patrick
Managed by Brian Message, Jitin Abraham and Julie Calland
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