Saturday, May 26, 2018

Taruna Aahe Raatra Ajuni - A beautiful Marathi Ghazal

This is a timeless Marathi composition - a rollercoaster of a composition, a Marathi Ghazal, originally written by Poet, Suresh Bhatt, and composed by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar, sung with ease and flair by none other than Asha Bhosle Ji.

This is a song about a woman trying to convince her lover to pay attention to her. She lovingly calls him her prince, imploring him to wake up and not miss the beautiful night with its sky adorned with garlands of stars, begging him to wake up and not ignore her!  She continues to tease him about how she would approach the Harvest moon. And how the cold westerly wind is asking if he has robbed the fragrance of the Nightqueen flowers?

A composition with a loving, beseeching tone in a "Shringar Ras", AshaJi's rendition, is unassuming yet so captivating that it lingers in the mind. 

I enjoyed learning and attempting this song. 

Song: Taruna Aahe Raatra Ajuni
Artist: Asha Bhosle
Music - Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Lyrics - Suresh Bhatt
Album: Jeevangane - Asha Bhosle - Vol. 1

Performed by: Swaravanshi
♪ Taruna Aahe Raatra Ajuni ♪

तरुण आहे रात्र अजुनी
राजसा निजलास का रे?
एवढ्यातच त्या कुशीवर
तू असा वळलास का रे?

अजुनही विझल्या न गगनी
तारकांच्या दीपमाला
अजुन मी विझले कुठे रे?
हाय! तू विझलास का रे?

सांग, ह्या कोजागरीच्या
चांदण्याला काय सांगू?
उमलते अंगांग माझे आणि
तू मिटलास का रे?

बघ तुला पुसतोच आहे
पश्चिमेचा गार वारा
रातराणीच्या फुलांचा
गंध तू लुटलास का रे?
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