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\startsong
\stitle{kevhaa tarii pahaaTe}%
\film{}%
\starring{}%
\singer{Asha Bhonsle}%
\music{Hridyanath Mangeshkar}%
\lyrics{Suresh Bhat}%
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% Contributor: arati@soma.rice.edu (Arati Deo)
% Niranjan R Pedanekar <pedaneka@ecn.purdue.edu> 
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\printtitle
\font\englfont=cmr9\englfont % need small english font for this song
#indian % Begin indian text....same as ##
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%Subject: Marathi "ghazals" - lyrics
%In this article, I am posting the lyrics (and their literal English meanings) 
%of two Marathi songs. [Ed: in m1.s and m2.s]
%To me, these songs represent the Marathi
%version of the "ghazal" - they seem to satisfy the necessary constraints
%i.e. each song is a series of couplets based on a single theme/emotion.
%Also, each couplet
%is complete by itself.  However, you all can decide for yourselves if they are 
%"ghazals" or not.  
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%(I am posting only the literal meanings of the words.
% Anyone with a better grasp of either language is welcome to improve on these.
%I leave the interpretation to each reader's own imagination)
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%Not coincindentally, I suppose, both these songs have been written by the same 
%person - Suresh Bhat. 
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%I am sure all of you (who listen to Marathi songs) must have heard the first
%one (happens to be one of my favourites !).
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%Its music is by Hridayanath Mangeshkar and its most popular version is the
%one sung by Asha Bhonsle.  Her voice and HM's music really elevate the
%beautiful lyrics to a higher plane.
%Here's a perfect example of how good lyrics and good music combine to
%make a whole which is greater than the sum of the parts (re: the discussion
%sometime back on the net about Lyrics vs. Tune)
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gaayikaa: aashaa bhosale
sa.ngiit: hR^idayanaath ma.ngeshakar
kavii : suresh bhaT
chitrapaT: nivaDu.ng

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ke.nvhaa tarii pahaaTe, ulaTuun raat gelii,
    ## (sometime at the break of dawn, the night passed away) ##
miTale chukuun doLe, haravuun raat gelii
    ## (the eyes shut for a moment and the night was lost) ##

saa.nguu tarii kase mii, vay kovaLe u.nhaache,
    ## (how can I tell the age of the young sunlight) ##
usavuun shvaas maaza, fasavuun raat gelii
    ## (undoing? my breath, cheating me, the night went away) ##

kaLale malaa na ke.nvhaa, suTalii miThii zaraashii
    ## (I did not realize when my embrace slackened a little) ##
kaLale malaa na ke.nvhaa, nisaTuun raat gelii
    ## (I did not realize when the night slipped away) ##

urale uraat kaahii, aavaaz chaa.ndaNyaanche,
    ## (all that was left in me, were a few sounds of the stars) ##
aakaash taarakaanche, uchaluun raat gelii
    ## (lifting the sky of stars, the night went away) ##

smaralyaa malaa na te.nvhaa, maajhyaach giit pa.nktii
    ## (I couldn't remember then, the lines of my own song) ##
mag oL shevaTaachii, suchavuun raat gelii
    ## (then hinting at the last line, the night slipped away) ##

ke.nvhaa tarii pahaaTe \threedots
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