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Abhay Patil

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Mar 23, 1995, 10:11:06 AM3/23/95
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Why not have a thread to share some shers ( couplets ) from
Marathi poetry !

- I remember following couplets from an article written by
- kavi Suresh Bhat in Maharashtra Times some ten years ago.

sahan kelA mee ithe mAzAch bobhATA
(kAraN) kalLyAn.chee kALajee hotee
phulAn.chA mAmalA hotA

gAn.jale jyAnni malA
te sarva mAzech hote
hA kaLichA dansh hotA
to phulAchA vAr hotA


- Following couplets are from his "YalgAr"

adyApahee suryAlA mAzA sarAv nAhi
ajunahi puresA ha khol ghAv nahi

kAl petli tee vastee mujor hoti (!)
gAvAt sajjanAnchyA AtA taNAv nAhi

Othee tuzyA na Ale adyAp nAv mAze
an oth shodhaNyAchA mAzA swabhAv nahi

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Abhay

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Milind Bhandarkar

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Mar 23, 1995, 12:03:50 PM3/23/95
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p...@space.sce.carleton.ca (Jogalekar Prasad Prabhakar) wrote:

>
> ab...@tcs.com (Abhay Patil) writes:
>
> >Why not have a thread to share some shers ( couplets ) from
> >Marathi poetry !
>

> There are numerous such brilliant works by Suresh Bhat,
> would like to hear more on the net....
>
>
> Cheers,
> Prasad Jogalekar.

Some other famous gazals by suresh bhaT:

kewhaa taree pahaTe ulaToon raatra gelee
miTale chukoon DoLe haravoon raatra gelee

ushakkaal hotaa hotaa kaaLaraatra zaalee
are punhaa aayushyaachyaa peTavaa mashaalee

taruNa aahe raatra ajunee raajasaa nijalaas kaa re
evaDhyaatacha yaa kusheevar to asaa vaLalaas kaa re

ataach amrutaachee barasoon raatra gelee
ataach anga maaze bhijavoon raatra gelee

kuthalech phool aataa majalaa pasant naahee
kaLate are malaa haa maazaa vasant naahee

maadhav julian brought gazal into maraThee. Suresh bhaT is the
only worthy successor of him. naahi mhaNaayala mangesh
paaDgaaonkar vagairennee prayatna kele.paN bhaTaanchee sar naahi.
maaze mat. comments appreciated.

-milind

Jogalekar Prasad Prabhakar

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Mar 23, 1995, 12:58:51 PM3/23/95
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Milind Bhandarkar <mil...@cs.uiuc.edu> writes:

>kuthalech phool aataa majalaa pasant naahee
>kaLate are malaa haa maazaa vasant naahee

>maadhav julian brought gazal into maraThee. Suresh bhaT is the
>only worthy successor of him. naahi mhaNaayala mangesh
>paaDgaaonkar vagairennee prayatna kele.paN bhaTaanchee sar naahi.
>maaze mat. comments appreciated.

>-milind

Don't forget Bhausaheb Patankar, who popularized Gazal even
before Suresh Bhat.

Prasad
Prasad.

Milind Bhandarkar

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Mar 23, 1995, 1:17:11 PM3/23/95
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p...@space.sce.carleton.ca (Jogalekar Prasad Prabhakar) wrote:
>
> Milind Bhandarkar <mil...@cs.uiuc.edu> writes:
>
> Don't forget Bhausaheb Patankar, who popularized Gazal even
> before Suresh Bhat.
>
> Prasad

I thought Bhausaaheb Patankar wrote only "sher". There is a
subtle difference. (something to do with yamak and antya-yamak etc.)

-milind

mag

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Mar 24, 1995, 1:42:07 AM3/24/95
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In article <3ksdv7$c...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, mil...@cs.uiuc.edu (Milind
Bhandarkar)says...

No. Bhausaheb Patankar is a great poet and a Shair. He has at least 10+
"kawita &| gazal &| sher-o- shairi" books to his credit. I have personally
attended many his programs in Pune. He is outstanding, I am a big fan of
his.

I will post some of his Shairi soon. I have misplaced his book "Dost Ho"
which I brought from India.


makarand gadre

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Jogalekar Prasad Prabhakar

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Mar 23, 1995, 11:16:53 AM3/23/95
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ab...@tcs.com (Abhay Patil) writes:

>Why not have a thread to share some shers ( couplets ) from
>Marathi poetry !

Suresh Bhat was involved in some controversy over last Sahitya
Sammelan. He wrote a nice article in "Lokaprabha" after the Sammelan
full of his spontaneous shers.

"Zalo tari kuthe me , badanama bolawannee
Zala samudra keva , ghayala tarawannee" etc.

He goes on to describe the Sammelan...

Koreeva Hote, Kateeva Hote
Sarecha tethe Nirjeeva Hote (??)
PradhhyaPakancha hangaama ala,
Waktrutwa tyanche akheeva hote.
Dindeepudhe to ala shikhandee //(Sahitya dindi)
Tyachyacha hatee Gandeeva Hote!


Elgar, one of his books, has many excellent Gazals. Most of them are
famous. e.g. Malmali Tarunya Maze, Malawoona taka deepa etc.

One more:

Ranguni rangata sarya , ranga maza wegala.
Guntunee guntyata sarya , paya maza mokala.

Abhay Patil

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Mar 24, 1995, 8:05:26 AM3/24/95
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Milind Bhandarkar (mil...@cs.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: maadhav julian brought gazal into maraThee. Suresh bhaT is the

: only worthy successor of him. naahi mhaNaayala mangesh
: paaDgaaonkar vagairennee prayatna kele.paN bhaTaanchee sar naahi.
: maaze mat. comments appreciated.

IMHO, it is not a coincidence that both Suresh Bhat and Bhausaheb
Patankar belong to Vidarbha. Somehow the "aakhiv" and "kaativ"s
of Pune (;-)) and Mumbai have not excelled in this form.

Take for example this assertion of Bhausaheb Patankar:

shAyari aikun mAzi
jo mhaNel "AtA purey"
to ratilA chumbitAnnA
mhaNel ki
AtA purey !

Jogalekar Prasad Prabhakar

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Mar 24, 1995, 9:31:53 AM3/24/95
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ab...@tcs.com (Abhay Patil) writes:

>Patankar belong to Vidarbha. Somehow the "aakhiv" and "kaativ"s
>of Pune (;-)) and Mumbai have not excelled in this form.

>Take for example this assertion of Bhausaheb Patankar:

>shAyari aikun mAzi
> jo mhaNel "AtA purey"
>to ratilA chumbitAnnA
> mhaNel ki
> AtA purey !

By the way, Suresh Bhat is now PUNEKAR.

Are there any fans of Arti Prabhoo (Chi Tryan Khanolkar) around?
Would like to read some of his , (and others' like Grace, Ba Si
Mardhekar 's, and yes, Kusumagraj's !!) poetry on the net.

I could not find the poem "Nakshatranche dene" in the kawitasangraha
by Arti Prabhoo by the same name.
But I remember most of it....

Gele Dyayache rahun,
Tuze Nakshatranche dene.
Mazya hati ata kalya,
ani thodi oli pane....

Alo hoto hasata me
kahi shwasansathi phakta,
Diwasanche oze ata
Ratra ratra shoshi rakta...

Ata manacha dagad
Gheto kanhata ushala,
hote kalyanche nirmalya
ani panancha pachola......

Cheers,
Prasad

Niranjan R Pedanekar

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Mar 24, 1995, 12:40:06 PM3/24/95
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Milind Bhandarkar <mil...@cs.uiuc.edu> writes:

>Some other famous gazals by suresh bhaT:

>kewhaa taree pahaTe ulaToon raatra gelee
>miTale chukoon DoLe haravoon raatra gelee

>ushakkaal hotaa hotaa kaaLaraatra zaalee
>are punhaa aayushyaachyaa peTavaa mashaalee

>taruNa aahe raatra ajunee raajasaa nijalaas kaa re
>evaDhyaatacha yaa kusheevar to asaa vaLalaas kaa re

>ataach amrutaachee barasoon raatra gelee
>ataach anga maaze bhijavoon raatra gelee

is this same as
vachane malaa dilelii visaruun raatra gelii
DoLyaavaruun maajhyaa utaruun raatra gelii
sung by anuraadhaa pauDavaal(?) ?

>kuthalech phool aataa majalaa pasant naahee
>kaLate are malaa haa maazaa vasant naahee

to add

tuu nabhaatale taare maaLales kaa tevhaa
maajhiyaach svapnaanna gaaLales kaa tevhaa

hii kahaaNii tujhyaach nhaaNyaachii
??????????????????????????? paaNyaachii

maalavuun Taak diip chetavuun anga anga
raajasaa kitii disaat laabhalaa nivant sang

niranjan

>-milind

Niranjan R Pedanekar

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Mar 24, 1995, 12:56:26 PM3/24/95
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p...@space.sce.carleton.ca (Jogalekar Prasad Prabhakar) writes:

>ab...@tcs.com (Abhay Patil) writes:

>>Patankar belong to Vidarbha. Somehow the "aakhiv" and "kaativ"s
>>of Pune (;-)) and Mumbai have not excelled in this form.

>>Take for example this assertion of Bhausaheb Patankar:

>>shAyari aikun mAzi
>> jo mhaNel "AtA purey"
>>to ratilA chumbitAnnA
>> mhaNel ki
>> AtA purey !

i think you have got the wording wrong, since it seems out of meter.
i hope it is not that way originally...

from 'kaatiiv', can anybody please post the lyrics of
raan ole, chimba ole; tujhyaa kaatiiva leNyaannaa vastra laaghat laagale...
by na.dhon.mahaanor?

>By the way, Suresh Bhat is now PUNEKAR.

and by the way, shayarii has come from the northerners. as a result,
the naagapuurkars and vidarbhiiya are bound to copy them, rather
than puNe/mumbaiikars.

>Are there any fans of Arti Prabhoo (Chi Tryan Khanolkar) around?
>Would like to read some of his , (and others' like Grace, Ba Si
>Mardhekar 's, and yes, Kusumagraj's !!) poetry on the net.

could you please explain the meaning of 'samaiichyaa shubhra kaLyaa'
by aaratii prabhuu? thank you.
(tyaa kavitechii parshvabhuumii kaLavalii tarii chaalel.)

niranjan

>I could not find the poem "Nakshatranche dene" in the kawitasangraha
>by Arti Prabhoo by the same name.

>Prasad

Milind Bhandarkar

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Mar 24, 1995, 2:35:29 PM3/24/95
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peda...@widget.ecn.purdue.edu (Niranjan R Pedanekar) wrote:
>
> Milind Bhandarkar <mil...@cs.uiuc.edu> writes:
>
> >ataach amrutaachee barasoon raatra gelee
> >ataach anga maaze bhijavoon raatra gelee
>
> is this same as
> vachane malaa dilelii visaruun raatra gelii
> DoLyaavaruun maajhyaa utaruun raatra gelii
> sung by anuraadhaa pauDavaal(?) ?
>

No. the first gazal is sung by suresh waaDkar in a beautiful
album with asha bhosale. i dont remember the name but there is only
one such album.

-milind

Satish Y Deodhar

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Mar 24, 1995, 3:01:23 PM3/24/95
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Isn't there a one poem/gazal by Bhat: Mi asa tya basooricha soor hoto.

Satish

Abhay Patil

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Mar 26, 1995, 11:22:05 AM3/26/95
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I saw the following lines on a blackboard outside Vikhroli local
railway station in Mumbai. This board was serving as a "Bhitti patrak"
for a Dalit organization. I remember only two stanza's which are
written in "Sher" style. The second one, I found, especially touching.

dagaDAchA dev yethe
dagaDAlA bhAv Ahe
bAkichyA janAvarAnnA
mANus he nAv Ahe

janmAlA yAve
an khushAl marun jAve
itkA udAr ithalA
pratyek gAv Ahe !

-- Abhay

Abhay Ghaisas

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Mar 27, 1995, 12:56:23 AM3/27/95
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ab...@tcs.com (Abhay Patil) writes:

|> Why not have a thread to share some shers ( couplets ) from
|> Marathi poetry !

This is another by Suresh Bhat. I read it after the collapse
of 'Janata Govt.'. That time it felt highly appropriate. (No, I don't
know if Suresh Bhat also wrote it regarding the same)

Here it is.

hehii asech hote, tehii tasech hote;
aapaapalyaa ThikaaNii, saare sasech hote.

kele na banD koNii, tyaa ghoshhaNaach hotyaa;
jyaannii uThaav kele, tehii tasech hote.

tyannaa na sparsh hotaa, kevhaach chandanaachaa;
saare ugaaLalele, te koLasech hote.

Abhay.
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Abhay Patil

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Mar 28, 1995, 9:52:37 AM3/28/95
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--Not exactly "sher", but following 4-liners from Vindaa Karandikar
--are beautiful.

--The origin of dimple- khaLee

swargAtun yetAnna bAlak
amrut tyAche kADhoon ghetee
ure rikAmee vATee javaLee
teech khaLee tee gAlAvaratee


--Following two are very relevant in todays times.

rAmAyaN vachooniyA nantar
bodh koNatA ghyAvA ApaN
shreerAmAsam miLatA nAyak
vanar suddhA mAriti rAvaN


itihAsAche avajaD ozey
do-i-var gheuni nA nAchA
karA padasthal tyAche ANik
chaDHoonee tyAvar bhavishya vAchA


-- On evolution ( I might have missed/replaced some words.)

mAkaD hasaley tyAch kshaNAlA
vanar meley mANoos zAla
pardu:khAne radalA prANee
dev prakaTalA tyAch THikANee

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Milind Bhandarkar

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Mar 28, 1995, 9:58:58 AM3/28/95
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ab...@tcs.com (Abhay Patil) wrote:
>
> --Not exactly "sher", but following 4-liners from Vindaa Karandikar
> --are beautiful.
>
> itihAsAche avajaD ozey
> do-i-var gheuni nA nAchA
> karA padasthal tyAche ANik
> chaDHoonee tyAvar bhavishya vAchA
>

I am just curious. This is the first place where I have seen
the word "padasthal" being used in the sense of "pedestal".
Is this a standard use of the word, I wonder.

-milind

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