Praan

This song is great. I love the melody, the instruments, and especially the voice of the woman who sings this. It has such a upbeat feel to it and the cadence is perfect.

It's even better when you see the video. It makes me smile every single time I watch it.

I know everyone, EVERYONE has given this 5 stars up to now. But this song is BETTER than you imagine. It's just an amazing tune, well orchestrated - I wouldn't change a thing. Coupled with Matt Harding's video, it's brilliant. The song stands on its own beautifully. It's now on my iPod, in my car, you name it.

Spend the 89 cents. You'll be glad you did, and the world will be just a wee bit better because of it.

Thanks, Garry, for a wonderful slice of music!

Garry Schyman's "Praan" is a joyous New Agey/easy listening version of a poem by renowned Indian poet Tagore. It is a song about the flow of life. On YouTube, it accompanies Matt Harding's travels around the world. He dances with faux French maids in Japan,at the DMZ in North Korea,with Bollywood dancers,among lemurs in Madagascar and with tribesmen in Papua New Guinea.

"Praan" expertly blends the contemporary with classical Indian music. It's like a mild curry with a hint of spice. It's a flowing,peaceful,life-affirming song. Garry Schyman should make an entire album,and showcase the talents of Indian singer Palbasha Siddique more! "Praan" is a happy song;the YouTube vid shows dance uniting people of diverse cultures. Dance around the world!

A wonderful song that is featured on the YouTube-Hit "Where the Hell is Matt" (2008) (Matt Harding) and was written by Garry Schyman and sung by young Palbasha Siddique.

The text is from the Bengali poem Gitanjali ("Stream of Life") from Rabindranath Tagore:

Bhulbona ar shohojete
Shei praan e mon uthbe mete
Mrittu majhe dhaka ache
je ontohin praan

Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami

Shei jhor jeno shoi anonde
Chittobinar taare
Shotto-shundu dosh digonto
Nachao je jhonkare!

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow. I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life. And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.

Simply love-food for my ears!

If you like this kind of music: try out the music from KÀ from Cirque du Soleil.

I accidentally stumbled upon this song, while looking for some new music, and I'm so glad I did. I could listen to this song over and over all day long.

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