Saturday, June 5, 2010

Oriya rhymes from my grandmother's pen

My grandmother's rhymes in Oriya that I have sung as a child and now my girls sing them too:

Ania Sania dui ti bhai
Maacha mari gawley keuto sahi
dharile bhakura, khai munda
maa ku dele se nanguda khanda
maa kahila emiti maacha mu khaibi nahi
emiti pua mu bohibi nahi

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kau kemiti benga nela
nela bele godo naadi dela
koiyan patara jhaadi dela
jhaadi dela lo jhaadi dela

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Tuku musi tukei musi
dhana barana re khautha basi
tu tha mu jausi rusi
kaalia balada gaala re galaa re
handi kudu kudu kalaa

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Iti kili miti kili
phutigala kaincha
tumara amara
naali paincha
naali pein pein bajoi hira
gotika upare gotika jeera

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Aasa aasa paaraa dui ti
Mo pinda re basa
Khai baku debi tumaku
nadia ra rasa
Pee baku debi tumaku
benta pokari pani
soi baku debi tumaku
maali ghara khatuli
maali ghara khatuli re
baaunsa patiya
O mani ra paada re
suna ra jhuntia
suna ra jhuntia ku
baagha chori kala
janha mamu khanda dhari
khoji baharila
khoji khoji jai pahanche
agana agani baney
kau, koili raaba nahi
manisa nahi janey
bagha mari janha mamu
jhuntia aanila
mani paada re pindhei dei
baahaa kari dela
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bai chadhei lo bai chadhei
to maa jaichi gai charei
kali gai tharu khira aniba
khiri kari tatey khuai daba
kolo re basei kariba gela
lagei daba se haladi tela
soi pada arey bai chadei
to maa jaichi gai charei
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Kokkomina baya re
Mo bolo ti sunu
bila ka maacha
chila khaila
daudi gotiye bunu
to daudi mo daudi
piddha re pakei daba
aswini maasa madi ailey
nai re bhasei dabaa

10 comments:

  1. fine old days songs required to refine in some picturisation form through cartoon so that our next generation should love our language.

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  2. Dear Anasuya,
    thanks for such a sweet collection..please keep it updated with more songs...

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  3. Super awesome. Really appreciate the effort.

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  4. Wonderful! Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  5. U have passed on legendary stuff God bless

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  6. Awsome collection ,sweet childhood memory

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  7. Can't thank you enough. I thought I will never find these songs. Thank you for making my day, my year, my life better. I will make sure my future children sleep to these lullabies.

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