Cyber-raga
Lyrics
Ohm sri guru bjor namaha
Hare Ohm
Svastika jabyaha
Pari va layanta
Meeahyayna margayna
Ma he ma he saha gobra nebyaha
Soomastu leetum
Nocah samasta
Sukino lavantoo
Cay yeahna bacha mana sen greeyarva
Boodyajmah nava brakri tes bavalvat
Cahrohn viel eyat
Saka lamparasmai
Naray anai aytee samarpayavee
Hare Ohm gotsade
Hare Ohm gotsade
Hare Ohm gotsade
Hare Ohm
Svastika jabyaha
Pari va layantah
Meeahyaynah margayna
Ma he ma he saha gobra nebyaha
Soomastu leetum
Nocah samasta
Sukino lavantoo
Cay yeahna bacha mana sen greeyarva
Boodyajmah nava brakri tes bavalvat
Cahrohn viel eyat
Saka lamparasmai
Naray anai aytee samarpayavee
Hare Ohm gotsade
Hare Ohm gotsade
Hare Ohm gotsade
Hare Ohm
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English Translation:
May all be well with mankind
May the leaders of the earth in every way
Protect the earth by keeping to the right path
May there always be goodness
For those who know the earth to be sacred
May all the world be happy
Whatever I do
Whether my body, mind, sense, organs, intellect, self
Or out of natural inclination
I make it all an offering to
The all-pervading supreme being
Credits
Written by Madonna and Talvin Singh
Produced by Madonna and Talvin Singh
Programming by Talvin Singh and Brad Munn
Tabla and harp by Talvin Singh
Engineered by Brad Munn
Album
Music (Asian/Australian Edition)
Song
This song was cut from the album. Instead it appeared as a bonus track on the Asian/Australian edition and as a B-single on the Don't Tell Me single (Europe) and the Music maxi-single (US). It can be seen as the follow-up to that other Sanskrit song Shanti/Ashtangi, which appeared on Ray Of Light. There's also an early version of the song, titled Mysore Style. Mysore refers to a city in India, a center of yoga and meditation study.
Cyber-Raga was the second track on the album of Groundwork 2001. Groundwork is a project that raises attention to hunger in the world. Madonna - as Honorary Chair of the Groundwork 2001 Advisory Committee - said: "The first casualty of hunger is hope. And the most subversive act you can perform is on behalf of someone's sense of hope. It's shameful how little it really takes to help, and how easily we are all discouraged from doing so. Groundwork has opened a door for a lot of us to do something meaningful and it's criminal not to walk through it." Net proceeds from Groundwork 2001 will be distributed by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to smallscale farming and food production projects around the world.
Tour
12 years later, Cyber-Raga was dusted off and used as an outro for I'm A Sinner on the MDNA Tour, making it an fitting addition to the mystical theme of the performance. Madonna sang the song together with the Kalakan trio, while playing the tambourine.