Sonth Mubarakh - Spring is here!

सोंथ मुबारख !

Devanagari Transliteration: Vishal Kachroo

English Translation: Vishal Kachroo

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काव करान टाव टाव

हॉर वनान सोंथ आव

बिलबिच्यरो दिल शॆहलाव

टेंकॖबटनि जोश आव

नंगॖ कुल्यन पन द्राव

हॊख्यमत्यन ज़ुव च़ाव

कुकिलॖ छॖ बोलान गोविंद गू

पोशॖनूल छॖ वनान ही शम्बू

कसतूर छॖ वनान -

सोंथ हय आव

सोंथ हय आव

English Translation

The crow is cawing (tav tav - repeated caws of a crow, onomatopoeia)

The Mynah (haer) is saying Spring (sonth) is here!

O Bulbul (bilbichur - nightingale), calm your heart (Shehlawun is cooling something down)

The flower TenkBatany (Turkistan Anemone) is full of high spirit (Josh in hindi)

The naked trees are sprouting new leaves (Pun in kashmiri is foliage)

The shriveled and rotten (hokhymaety) have a new lease of life (zuv atchun)

The koyal is singing Govind Goo

The bird Poshinool (Golden Oriole) is saying Hee Shambu (Lord Shiva)

The kastoor (Tickell's thrush) is saying Spring (Sonth) is here, Spring is here!

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