Meree pyaaree behaniyaa
banegee dulhaniyaa
Saj ke aayenge dulhe raajaa
Bhaiya raajaa bajaayegaa baajaa
Solah singaar meree
bahnaa karegee
Ṭeekaa chaṛhegaa
aur haldee lagegee
Bahna ke hȯthȯ pe
jhulegee nathaniyaa
Aur jhoomenge doolhe raajaa
Bhaiya raajaa…
Sej pe baiṭhegee vo
ḍolee pe chalegee
Dhartee pe bahnaa raanee
paav naa dharegee
Palko kee palkee pe
bahnaa ko biṭhaa ke
Le jaayenge doolhe raajaa
Bhaiyaa raajaa…
Sajnaa ke ghar chalee
jayegee jo bahnaa
Hȯṭh hȧsenge mere
royenge ye nainaa
Ratiyaa ke roj raanee
bahnaa ko bulaaoongaa
Leke aayenge doolhe raajaa
Bhaiyaa raajaa…
My beloved sister will soon become a bride! The groom will arrive to enhance the ceremony and her brother will play some songs that are fit for royalty.
The bride’s forehead with be adorned with sindoor and her skin will glow because of the haldi. Her jewelry will be so alluring as to make her groom dance with joy.
She will sit on her Dolee and will travel in style. This queen will not walk on the bare ground as her groom will always hold her up high!
My sister will go to her husband’s home; while I smile, my eyes fill with tears. My sister is a queen who I will see on the day of Rakhsa Bandhan when she and her partner will visit.
Sachaa Jhutha (1970), Kishore Kumar
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