It was only morning but the air was already thick with humidity – so classic for NYC summer. I met Hari on the street looking radiant in her turban and sunglasses. I was 8 months pregnant and felt like a sweaty balloon. Fortunately, the recording studio was completely empty and wonderfully air conditioned.
That day, with great love and reverence we recorded Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa’s touching translation of Japji. Three women, Hari Kaur, me and my daughter in my belly, 500 hundred years after the original was written, on the other side of the planet, in the room full of knobs and computer screens, we worked on the timeless words of the master.
That day we felt one spirit that moves within us all.
Thank you Ek Ong Kaar Kaur for creating this poetic translation that makes us fall in love with Guru Nanak over and over.
Zita Harkaran Vasilisinova
Download Japji Sahib – Song of the Soul – english translation, narrated by Hari Kaur from this link