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Attaust, 1926 1
MARRIAGE SONGS IN NORTHERN INDIA
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Basuk, king of the Earth, is dark. Kanhaiyari of Gokul is dark : Kanhaiya of Gokul is dark:
3. . Uncle, there is one thing on my mind : Unclo, there is one thing on my mind. Uncle, there is one thing on my mind : Uncle," I am fair, my husband dark.
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Daughter, 14 make no trouble for your mind : Darling, make no trouble for your mind. Basuk, king of the Earth, is dark: Kanhaiya of Gokul is dark.
Daughter, in your very home your father is dark : Darling, in your very home your uncle is dark Daughter, in your very home your brothers are dark. Darling, in your very home your unclers is dark.
6. Darling, make no such trouble in your mind : Darling, make no such trouble in your mind. Daughter, what is written in one's fate doth one receive : Darling, what is written in one's fate doth one receive.
8. A Mangal Song. Sung by a Brdhmani of Ohhiwdrd, District Farrukhabad, and recorded by Dr. W. Crooke.
• Explanation by Ramgharib Chaube. This song illustrates the great chase taken by the maternal uncle in the marriage of hia nioce.
Text.
Kahe karan bhain supariyan? Kahe kåran kusum? Kahe karan jeh dhỉ upjin? Sajan, karo bychår. Pan chaban ko boin supariyan : rang ko boge kusum. Nem dharam ko e dhi upjín. Sajan, karo byohar.
Dhao, re nata : dhawo, re baiya: dhấy khabari lai dyo. Aggim dhundho: Pachobhim dhundho : dhundo dhur Gujrat.. Ketik log baráti aye? Ketik nautik har ?" "Assi piyado ! sau mawar : baráti or na chhor."
3. Itani jo suni babul mere kampe, "Ab, dhi, rahAhu kundri. “Jin, babul, halo. Jin, b&bul, dolo : karo barothe ko char.
Bhát raudh more mama dihain : chachul karáhîn biyah. 79 Kanhaiya Krishna, who as king of Gokula, is also always represented as black. 73 The bride addresses both maternal and paternal uncles in the vomacular. 74 All girls in a family are "daughter" to the older generation. 15 Maigi is mother's sister's husband : unclo-in-law.
