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Hori khelat Janaka dulaari

Triveni — Sita plays Holi

Lyrics

Tek

Hori khelat Janaka dulaari

Janak’s beloved daughter plays Holi

Haath pichakaari

Pichkari in hand

Pad

Roop kay thaara gulaab bharay hai

She sprays colour with joy

Kanchan kay pichkaari

Sakhis gather round

Goray badan neelam bhara sohat

Janak’s daughter plays Holi

Jahaa aataran kay adhikaari

Songs of Phag rise in the courtyard

Pitambar kay kahane kaanche

Ram’s name mixes with the colours

Sirmay mukut sambaare

Janak’s daughter plays Holi

Bharat Lakshman ranga banaawat

Jahaa aataran kay adhikaari

Jaako bedha veda nahi paawat

Shesha Sharadha haari

Lakshman sangh phiray mahalan bheech

Koi laysaki ranga mukha maari

Galiyan galiyan dhoom machee hai

Phaag kalai nar naari

Bhagwan dass kahat kar jori kay

Hari charanan ki bali haari

Ullara

Bal bije sakhiyo cheera awadhe

Hori khele Raghubeera

Raam ke haathe dholak bal sohe

Bharat Shatruhan lai bisha kaarie

Maachi phaago doe dalki bijhe

Tulsidas holse prematoor

Lakshman haathe majeera

Sita ghori rang neera

Khelat Sarju teera

Meaning

Tek

Janak’s beloved daughter plays Holi Pichkari in hand

Pad

She sprays colour with joy Sakhis gather round Janak’s daughter plays Holi

Songs of Phag rise in the courtyard Ram’s name mixes with the colours Janak’s daughter plays Holi