Daaro Waari
Details
Category: chamber music
Instrumentation: Hindustani singer, string quartet
Year Composed: 2018
Duration: 5’
Recorded on: Beyond by Saili Oak and Salastina Music Society
Text
Mukha para chanda daaro waari |
Kutil kachu par bhaur vaaro, bhauha par dhanu vaari ||
Jay jay Sri Govinda Shyaam
Jay jay Sri Gopala Shyaam
Bhaal-kesari-tilak chavi par, madan-sar sat vaari |
Manu chali bahi sudha-dhara, nirakhi man dyon vaari ||
Nanda nandana kuwara Shyaam
Rupa sundara sughar Shyaam
Nain sursati-jamuna-ganga, upam daaro vaari |
Meen khanjan mrugaj vaaro, kamal ke kul vaari ||
Radha hridaya harana Shyaam
Bansi Adhara dharan Shyaam
— Sur Daas
Program Notes
Daaro Waari is a fantasy on a Sur Daas Bhajan by Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande.
“The Indian concept and sense of “Daaro waari” is difficult to translate in the non-Indian language. An approximation would be “I would renounce a valuable article in favor of something dear to my heart”. “Mukha par Chandra daro vaari” would mean "I would give up the beautiful moon for the Lord’s face...” and the chain of comparison and renunciation between objects of natural beauty and the Lord’s features goes on, never mentioning whose description it is. The song is interspersed with the periodic chanting of “Shri Govind Shyam”, which is not a part of the original text of the song and is an artistic liberty taken by the composer (Ashwini Bhide Deshpande).” -Saili Oak