Kesari bhaghava RAM.

 Kesariya rang chadhyo aaj,

Jaise suraj ne dharti ko varmālo pehnāyā,

Uss komal ujiyāre meñ

Mann ne Ramji ka darshan pāyā.

Bhagva jandha lehraayo halke se,

Thār ki hawā meñ geet ban kar,

Jaise kabhī tulasi ki pankeetiyoñ meñ

Shabdon ne liye ho Ram ka asar.

Kesariya vo prem ka rang,

Jo bhakt ke rom-rom meñ basi jāve,

Bhagwā vo tyag aur balidan.

Jo maryādā ke rāste par chalvāve.

Aur Ramji…

Vo to donoñ ke madhya ka sānt swar,

Patthar meñ bhī pran ko jagaane vāli āwāz,

Jo ek hi pal meñ

Krodh ko karuṇā meñ badal de,

Andhere ko ujiyāre meñ pighlā de.

Kesariya ho ya bhagwā,

Donoñ to bas Ramji ke hi rang,

Ek prem ka, ek dharma ka,

Ek mann ko jode, ek mārg ko sang.

Isī rang meñ doob kar dekho,

Dil ho jāye Thar ki shaam ki tarah garam,

Aur antar ke mandir se uth kar bole:

“Shri Ram… tere bina sab kuch adhūram.”

Scale: Sa Re Ga Pa Dha Pa Ga Re Sa

Mood: Warm, devotional, slightly folk.

1. “Kesariya rang chadhyo aaj”

Tune:

Sa — Re Ga, Ga Ga Pa — Pa Ga Re

(Hum it as: “Ke-sari-ya rang cha-dhyo aaj” rising softly on “aaj”.)

2. “Jaise suraj ne dharti ko varmālo pehnāyā”

Tune:

Re — Ga Ma, Pa — Pa Dha Pa Ga

Ga — Re Sa Sa — Re Ga

(Falling gently at “pehnāyā”.)

3. “Bhagwā jhanda lehraayo halke se”

Tune:

Sa — Re Ga Pa, Pa Dha Dha Pa

Pa — Ga Re, Re — Sa

(Feel the swing of “lehraayo”.)

4. “Thār ki hawā meñ geet ban kar”

Tune:

Re — Ga Pa, Pa Pa Dha Pa

Ga — Re Sa

5. “Kesariya vo prem ka rang”

Tune:

Sa — Re Ga Ga Pa, Pa Ga

Ga — Re Sa

6. “Bhagwā vo tyāg aur balidān”

Tune:

Re — Ga Pa Pa Dha, Pa Ga

Ga — Re Sa

7. “Aur Ramji…”

Tune:

Sa —— Dha Pa (soft glide downward)

8. “Vo to donoñ ke madhya ka sānt swar”

Tune:

Sa — Re Ga Pa, Pa Dha Pa

Pa — Ga Re Sa

9. “Shri Ram… tere bina sab kuch adhūram.”

Tune:

Pa — Dha Dha Pa, Pa Ga Re

Re — Sa —— Sa

1. “Kesariya rang chadhyo aaj”

taa–naa naa–naa naa–naa—naa

taa–naa taa–naa taa–naa—naa

(Glide slightly upwards on the last naa.)

2. “Jaise suraj ne dharti ko varmālo pehnāyā”

naa–naa taa–naa taa–naa—naa

taa–naa taa–naa naa–naa—naa

naa–naa taa–naa taa–naa—naa

(Soft wave pattern, like a bhajan.)

3. “Bhagwā jhanda lehraayo halke se”

taa–naa naa–naa taa–naa—naa

taa–naa taa–naa naa–naa—naa

(At “lehraayo” add a little sway: naa~naa.)

4. “Thār ki hawā meñ geet ban kar”

naa–naa taa–naa taa–naa—naa

taa–naa taa–naa—naa

5. “Kesariya vo prem ka rang”

taa–naa taa–naa taa–naa—naa

taa–naa naa–naa—naa

6. “Bhagwā vo tyāg aur balidān”

taa–naa taa–naa naa–naa—naa

taa–naa taa–naa—naa

7. “Aur Ramji…” (soft drop)

naa–naa———— taa–naa

taa–naa — (pause)

8. “Vo to donoñ ke madhya ka sānt swar”

taa–naa naa–naa taa–naa—naa

taa–naa taa–naa naa–naa—naa

naa–naa taa–naa taa–naa—naa

9. “Shri Ram… tere bina sab kuch adhūram.”

naa–naa naa–naa taa–naa—naa

taa–naa naa–naa—naa

naa—————naa