Thumri 'Kaahe Ko Jhoothi Banaao Batiyan' (my rendition of the thumri by Late Ustad Faiyaz Khan)
Update: 2022-11-20
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I have attempted a favourite thumri composed in Raag Bhairavi by Hindustani music maestro Late Ustad Faiyaz Khan of the Agra Gharana in the 1920s-30s. The words, in the colloquial Hindi of Western Uttar Pradesh, express the hurt and anger of a woman whose beloved has been neglecting her. She chides him and asks why he is making false excuses for not visiting her when the real reason is that he has been callous and betrayed their love. She tells him that he should not come to her but rather should go back to his home and spouse where he spends all his nights anyway. She asks sarcastically if he was unable to move around because he had applied henna on his feet like some coy bride or whether it had been raining (just for him), that he couldn't visit her. If like he claimed, he couldn't get any opportunities in the day, didn't he have the night to make time for her!
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