Sawan Rut Ayi Dekho Balam – Piya Basanti

Singers – Ustad Sultan Khan , KS Chitra

Composition – Sandesh Shandilya

Prelude –Piya Basanti Re album was released in 2000 when I was in 7^th standard . Though the song Piya Basanti Re of the album created ripples throughout our music-loving nation , I didn’t realize how much of a great album composer Sandesh Shandilya had created, until my early twenties . The whole album is a treat to music lovers who want to go to the mountains and hear the ballad of the wind. Ustad Sultan Khan’s rustic vocals and the placid voice of KS Chitra take me to the untold mysteries of the gust of wind . The song Sawan Rut Ayi celebrates the season of monsoon and the love brought by the rain drops . 

Sawan rut ayi dekho balam

Look my beloved ! The season of monsoon has come

Kare kare badra jiya tarsaye

The dark clouds make my heart long for my beloved. 

Chali hai purwayi dekho balam

Look my beloved ! The eastern wind is blowing. 

 

Patton pe pani ki cham cham chede jiya sargam

The tinkling raindrops falling on the leaves produce musical notes in my heart

Indradhanush ban gaye do bahein

My two arms have become a rainbow

Aayi hain angdayi dekho balam

Look my beloved ! I am stretching my arms in a dreamy state , waiting for you. 

 

Satranga akash ka aangan

The courtyard of the sky is seven hued

Laaj main jiyun dulhan

The bride lives in shyness. 

Mujh main gunji preet ke jaise ek shehnai dekho balam

Look my beloved ! The love echoing within me sounds like a shehnai ( a wind instrument played during weddings ) . 

 

Postlude – The season of monsoon has allured poets and lyricists for a long time. Nature starts playing a symphony with the onset of monsoon . The rumbling of the clouds and the dripping sound of the water drops from leaves set nature into a jamming session . Sawan Rut Ayi takes us through the longing of the new bride waiting for her husband after he had gone out to trade for many months.