Radha Lyrics - Swoopna Suman
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(Female - Intro/Chorus) Bijuli baleko hola Mai jaane putali relai ma Bijuli baleko hola Mai jaane putali relai ma (Male - Verse 1) Yo mayalai mai laanchu chorera... ho ho Yo mayalai mai laanchu chorera Bhairu daada misin le fodera (Female - Chorus) Bijuli baleko hola Mai jaane putali relai ma Bijuli baleko hola Mai jaane putali relai ma (Male - Verse 2) Kaha hola mayale boleko... ho ho Kaha hola mayale boleko Shital bhayo hridaye poleko (Female - Chorus) Bijuli baleko hola Mai jaane putali relai ma Bijuli baleko hola Mai jaane putali relai ma (Male - Bridge 1) Kadam ko chhaya ma baat marau la Mitha kura kaani le aat bharau la Kadam ko chhaya ma baat marau la Mitha kura kaani le aat bharau la (Male - Bridge 2) Joban le se jaane ho dhalkera Aaye ma ta timrai pachi palkera Timilai nai pirati chainna ra? Alikati bolna ni painna ra? (Female - Bridge 3 / Response) Bolna lai bolna ta paincha Bolne pani tarika chahincha Bolna lai bolna ta paincha Bolne pani tarika chahincha (Female - Chorus) Bijuli baleko ho
Radha Lyrics — English Translation & Meaning
(Female — Intro / Chorus) The lights must have come on by now I am going, on the butterfly train The lights must have come on by now I am going, on the butterfly train (Male — Verse 1) I will steal this love away and carry it off... ho ho I will steal this love away and carry it off, breaking straight through the Bhairu ridge with a machine (Female — Chorus) The lights must have come on by now I am going, on the butterfly train The lights must have come on by now I am going, on the butterfly train (Male — Verse 2) From where might my love have spoken... ho ho From where might my love have spoken? The burning heart has been cooled (Female — Chorus) The lights must have come on by now I am going, on the butterfly train The lights must have come on by now I am going, on the butterfly train (Male — Bridge 1) In the shade of the kadam tree let us talk a while With sweet words let us fill ourselves with courage In the shade of the kadam tree let us talk a while With sweet words let us fill ourselves with courage (Male — Bridge 2) Youth goes tilting away and fading I came following along behind you Do you feel no love at all, then? Am I not even allowed to speak a little? (Female — Bridge 3 / Response) As for speaking, one may certainly speak but speaking requires a manner as well As for speaking, one may certainly speak but speaking requires a manner as well (Female — Chorus) The lights must have come on
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About "Radha" by Swoopna Suman
"Radha" is built as a dohori — the Nepali call-and-response form in which a man and a woman trade improvised verses, with the exchange itself as the entertainment. Knowing that changes how the song reads: this is not a duet where two people sing the same feeling, it is a contest with rules.
The male verses escalate steadily. He will steal this love and carry it off. He will drive straight through the Bhairu ridge with a machine to do it. He proposes talking in the shade of the kadam tree, notes that youth is already tilting away, and finally complains — am I not even allowed to speak a little?
The woman's answer is the best line in the song and the reason it works: bolna lai bolna ta paincha, bolne pani tarika chahincha. As for speaking, certainly, one may speak — but speaking requires a manner as well. She does not refuse him. She critiques his technique, which in dohori is both a genuine rebuke and a move in the game.
Her chorus is doing something quieter. While he is making grand declarations about ridges and machines, she keeps returning to a practical observation and a departure: the lights must be on by now, and she is leaving. He is negotiating; she has somewhere to be. Swoopna Suman's arrangement keeps the folk structure intact rather than flattening it into a pop duet, which is what lets that contrast land.
"Radha" is a nepali song by Swoopna Suman, and this page includes the official music video above so you can listen while you read along. The lyrics open with “(Female - Intro/Chorus)”. You can read the complete, 40-line lyrics (across 10 sections) in full on this page — free, with no sign-up.
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