Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #91958 by Pawar Subhadra

Village: शिरसगाव - Shirasgaon

F:XV-3.1a (F15-03-01a) - Sister’s attachment to brother / Praising brother’s demeanour / Light complexion

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पवार सुभद्रा - Pawar Subhadra

सावळी सुरत वेड लागल गोरीला
दादा नाही घरी धोतर वाळत दोरीला
sāvaḷī surata vēḍa lāgala gōrīlā
dādā nāhī gharī dhōtara vāḷata dōrīlā

✎ The woman was enamoured with the wheat-complexioned face
My brother is not at home, his dhotars* are drying on the line
▷ Wheat-complexioned (सुरत)(वेड)(लागल)(गोरीला)
▷ (दादा) not (घरी)(धोतर)(वाळत)(दोरीला)

pas de traduction en français

dhotar ➡ dhotars

When the singer says that she goes to her village with dhotar, it means that she is just carrying a cloth to bring things from maher (a married woman’s parental home). Similarly, she sometimes means that she is carrying a stole.

Sections of semantic classes:

Light complexion

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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #91958 by Pawar Subhadra

F:XV-3.1a (F15-03-01a) - Sister’s attachment to brother / Praising brother’s demeanour / Light complexion