This song poses a series of riddles: two moons touching, the daughter being the mother's mother and the son who dies at the mother's touch. Lalon Phokir says at the end, "If you don't know what this means, you weren't meant to be a Phokir!"
folk music
sufi
india
bangladesh
bengali
rural
bengal
south asia
baul
kushtia
lalan fakir
lalan shah
lalon fokir
lalon phokir
man of the heart
Story behind the song
Some scholars believe that this song is not by Lalon Phokir. But internal evidence and similar songs written by Lalon's disciples in response to the questions posed in the song, confirm Lalon's authorship.