Father! I Am Leaving Your Place

This is a popular poem written by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah about 130 years ago. Rajnish Manga has tried his best to translate it into English. बाबुल मोरा, नैहर छूटो ही जाए बाबुल मोरा, नैहर छूटो ही जाए Father! I am leaving your place Father! I am leaving your place चार कहार मिल, मोरी डोलिया सजावें मोरा अपना बेगाना छुटो जाए बाबुल मोरा... Four bearers spruce up my palanquin All my own and unknown depart without trace Father! I am leaving your place अंगना तो पर्बत भयो और देहरी भयी बिदेश ले बाबुल घर आपना मैं चली पिया के देश बाबुल मोरा... Courtyard's amountain and thy door is an isle Away from you, father! I go to my husband's place Father! I am leaving your place बाबुल मोरा, नैहर छूटो ही जाए बाबुल मोरा, नैहर छूटो ही जाए Father! I am leaving your place Father! I am leaving your place ** Note: Wajid Ali Shah (30 July 1822 - 1 September 1887) was the tenth and last Nawab of Awadh- A princely state in Northern India. He held this position for 9 years, from 1847 to 1856. During British rule, Awadh was annexed by the then Governor General Lord Dalhousie and the Nawab was exiled to Calcutta (now Kolkata) . It was then that Wajid Ali Shah composed this poem. Besides being a poet, he was a dancer (Kathak) and a singer who popularised THUMRI style of light classical music.