Saturday, September 6, 2008

BIR GORKHALI-MANTRA

About the song: Dedicated to Gorkha soldiers who laid their lives for this country. Originally I wanted to put “kahile pani kahile gham dhero sishnu hamro maam..”, but I don’t know why the band preferred “sishnu..” over “dhero..” and it is indeed “sishnu..” in the song. I must confess here that it was Vasker Dewan, who wanted me to write a song on Gorkhas. He probably contacted Binay Dewan, co writer of this song too, besides me for the lyrics. Finally, we (Binoy Dewan and I) wrote it together and the song surpassed definitely my own expectations. This song was also sung by Indian Idol3 Prashant Tamang, during his final round of the reality show. It had become so hit that, even a 3 year old kid in my village sang it in his childish accent. What more a lyricist’s could have asked for…..

Music: Vasker Dewan
Lyrics: Sudarsan Tamang and Binoy Dewan
Proggrammed and arranged by: Mantra
Recorded at: EARS studio, Darjeeling
Mixed and Marketted by: Indreni company, Kathmandu/ then by Taal music and also by SONY for Prashant Tamang
lyrics:
Gorkhali ko cchoro ma Gorkhe mero naam
Ayi lagne satru ko garcchu kaam tamam
Itihash paltai hera ya purkhalai sodha Jite kai cchau sansara lai
Aru ko jastai dukha ccha hamilai
Nirdai ta hoinau hami pani
Bir bir bir gorkhali, bir bir bir Gorkhali
Pahara ko cchoro ma gorkhe mero naam
Kahile pani kahile gham dhero sihnu hamro maam
Angal cchu jati lai Sangit ra sanskar lai
mato ko maya cchadai ccha ni
Gaucchu paharai ma deusi ra bhailo ma
Garbaccha malai afnai panma
Bi bir bir gorkhali bir bir bir gorkhali

watch the music-video of the song

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