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Jham Jham Paryo Pani Lyrics - KTA HARU

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Jham jham paryo pani gurja ghataima

Jado badhyo saani aauna kakhai ma
Jham jham paryo pani gurja ghataima
Jado badhyo saani aauna kakhai ma

Mareni ko munal kanchho kati ramro jodi
Mareni ko munaal kanchho kati ramro jodi
Ghara mero lulang baasai sarne hoki
aahai, Jham jham jham jham

Jham jham paryo pani
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani

Myagdi khola baagi aayo gurja khani bata
Jiwan bhari saatha dinchhu samau mero hata
Motora ma ghumna jaani beni ko bajara
Moya launa lekhya raichha daiba le jurara

Aahai, Jham jham paryo pani gurja ghataima
Jado badhyo saani aauna kakhai ma
Jham jham paryo pani gurja ghataima
Jado badhyo saani aauna kakhai ma

Mareni ko munal kanchho kati ramro jodi
Mareni ko munaal kanchho kati ramro jodi
Ghara mero lulang baasai sarne hoki
aahai, Jham jham jham jham

Jham jham paryo pani
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani
Tagam bata ubo ubo lageko goru
Timi bina yo jiwan bachu ki maru
Tagam bata ubo ubo lageko goru

Timi bina yo jiwan bachu ki maru
Deurali ma boko kati bhakal gari aachhu
Deurali ma boko kati bhakal gari aachhu
Tuna muna pirati pagalai bhachhu
aahai, Jham jham jham jham

Jham jham paryo pani
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani
Jham Jham

Jham jham paryo pani gurja ghataima
Jado badhyo saani aauna kakhai ma
Jham jham paryo pani gurja ghataima
Jado badhyo saani aauna kakhai ma

Mareni ko munal kanchho kati ramro jodi
Mareni ko munaal kanchho kati ramro jodi
Ghara mero lulang baasai sarne hoki
aahai, Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani

Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
Jham jham paryo pani

Jham Jham Paryo Pani Lyrics — English Translation & Meaning

The rain came pouring down on the Gurja hillside

The cold has deepened, my dear — come into my lap
The rain came pouring down on the Gurja hillside
The cold has deepened, my dear — come into my lap

Mareni's Munal and Kanchho, what a fine pair they make
Mareni's Munal and Kanchho, what a fine pair they make
Is my house at Lulang going to shift its dwelling?
Aahai, jham jham jham jham

The rain came pouring down
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down

The Myagdi river came down in flood from the Gurja mine
I will keep you company all my life — take hold of my hand
Going off by motor for a spin round the Beni bazaar
It seems fate itself has written that we should fall in love

Aahai, the rain came pouring down on the Gurja hillside
The cold has deepened, my dear — come into my lap
The rain came pouring down on the Gurja hillside
The cold has deepened, my dear — come into my lap

Mareni's Munal and Kanchho, what a fine pair they make
Mareni's Munal and Kanchho, what a fine pair they make
Is my house at Lulang going to shift its dwelling?
Aahai, jham jham jham jham

The rain came pouring down
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down
The ox that went climbing up and up from Tagam —
without you, am I to live this life or die?
The ox that went climbing up and up from Tagam —

without you, am I to live this life or die?
At the Deurali I have come having pledged so many goats
At the Deurali I have come having pledged so many goats
This charm-bound love is turning me mad
Aahai, jham jham jham jham

The rain came pouring down
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down
Jham jham

The rain came pouring down on the Gurja hillside
The cold has deepened, my dear — come into my lap
The rain came pouring down on the Gurja hillside
The cold has deepened, my dear — come into my lap

Mareni's Munal and Kanchho, what a fine pair they make
Mareni's Munal and Kanchho, what a fine pair they make
Is my house at Lulang going to shift its dwelling?
Aahai, jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down

Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down

Sararara
Jham jham jham jham
The rain came pouring down

About "Jham Jham Paryo Pani" by KTA HARU

"Jham jham" is onomatopoeia for heavy, steady rain, and the song is built on it the way a folk song is built on a refrain — repeated until it becomes weather rather than words. "Sararara" joins it as the sound of rain running off.

What makes this more than a pop hook is how densely local it is. Gurja, Lulang, Tagam, Myagdi, Beni, Mareni — these are all real places in and around Myagdi district in western Nepal, and the song moves through them like a map. The Myagdi river floods down from the Gurja mine; a spin in a motor means a trip to Beni bazaar; the house at Lulang might shift. Nothing is generalised into "the hills" or "the village".

The courtship is correspondingly practical rather than poetic. Come into my lap because the cold has deepened. Take my hand and I will keep you company all my life. Somebody observes that Mareni's Munal and Kanchho make a handsome pair, which is how a village actually conducts a romance — in public commentary.

The most striking image is the vow at the Deurali. A deurali is the shrine at the top of a pass where travellers stop, and pledging a goat there is a real transaction with a real cost. He is not saying he loves her; he is saying he has been up the hill repeatedly making expensive promises to a god about it, and that the whole business has him behaving like someone under a charm.

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