कोणास ठाऊक कसा पण सिनेमात गेला ससा
सशाने हलविले कान, घेतली सुंदर तान
दिग्दशर्क म्हणाला, व्वा व्वा !
ससा म्हणाला, चहा हवा


कोणास ठाऊक कसा, पण सर्कशीत गेला ससा
सशाने मारली उडी, भरभर चढला शिडी
विदुषक म्हणाला, छान छान !
ससा म्हणाला, काढ पान

कोणास ठाऊक कसा, पण शाळेत गेला ससा
सशाने म्हटले पाढे आणि घडघड वाचले धडे
गुरुजी म्हणाले, शाबास !
ससा म्हणाला, करा पास

कोकिलेच्या तान्हुल्याचा...

किती वेळा सांगितला हो बाप्पा तुम्हाला...

See how this young girl describes the ten-day Ganesha (Ganpati) festival in her innocent manner. She requests Lord Ganesha to take care of his health and not to eat too many sweets. She advises Bappa to take care of his health as sweets will give him a stomach ache.

She lovingly calls him a voracious eater hinting at the large amounts of modaks offered to the Lord. She knows that Ganapati loves modaks and gobbles up everything that is offered to him.

The girl advises the lord to eat simple food such as varan bhaat which is easy to digest rather than oily and rich sweets. She tells him it is more nutritious and beneficial as compared to calorie-rich modaks.


Lyrics

किती वेळा सांगितल हो बाप्पा तुम्हाला
इतक गोड खाऊ नका, जपा जीवाला

दहा दिवसासाठी येता, रोज रोज मोदक खाता
हवा वरुन हो दुधाचा घोट कशाला

इतक गोड खाऊ नका जपा जीवाला

गोड गोड खाउन हो किडेल तुमचा दात
गोड गोड खाउन हो किडेल तुमचा दात

का नाही खात तुम्ही साधा वरण भात
का नाही खात तुम्ही साधा वरण भात

साध्या वरणभाताची हो भीती कशाला
इतका गोड खाऊ नका जपा जीवाला

पुस्तक नंतर वाचा...

A little one's friends ask him to do away with his study books as it is the time to play, dance and make merry.
Will we ever be able to give our children such a carefree childhood?

ह्या मोठ्यांना काही कळत नाही

A young boy is unhappy with his parents as they scold him. His plight is shared by a young one of a sparrow and a little puppy. They all remark that their parents do not understand them.

शाळा सुटली पाटी फुटली

A girl comes home from school and asks her mother for her favorite snack before she can run off to play in this Marathi children's song.

सुई सुई सुई सुई आम्ही निघालो

Bal Hanuman's monkey friends circle the skies clinging onto the tail of the mighty one as they chant Hanuman ki Jai in this Marathi song.

जंगल जंगल पता चला है

Mowgli's song from our childhood, we all loved this one...

जंगल जंगल पता चला है
चड्डी पहन के फूल खिला है
एक परिंदा वह शर्मिंदा
था वह नंगा
इससे तो अंडे के अन्दर था वो चंगा
सोच रहा है बहार आख़िर क्यूँ निकला है
चड्डी पहन के फूल खिला है, फूल खिला है

Sang Sang Bholanath lyrics; Lyricist:Mangesh Padgaonkar


सांग सांग भोलानाथ, पाऊस पडेल काय ?
शाळेभोवती तळे साचून, सुटटी मिळेल काय ?

भोलानाथ दुपारी आई झोपेल काय ?
लाडू हळूच घेताना आवाज होईल काय ?

भोलानाथ भोलानाथ, खरं सांग एकदा
आठवडयातनं रविवार, येतील का रे तीनदा

भोलानाथ उद्या आहे, गणिताचा पेपर
पोटात माझ्या कळ येऊन दुखेल का रे ढोपर


Where have all these bholanath's gone? I saw one in Bandra few days back and remembered how my sisters and I used to dance to this song as little girls.
Bugubugubugubugubugu...

मनीची पिल्ल...

A young girl describes tiny, cute kittens in this song. The girl is fascinated to watch the two kittens lovingly cuddling their mother and expresses her delight.

चिऊ चिऊ चिमणी...

This is a song about a sparrow that makes her nest with cotton। One day, a strong wind blows थे nest away, leading to the fall of the sparrow's offspring. A young girl tries to help the little one, but is bitten by it instead.

एक चिऊ आली

A little girl describes the birds that came to visit the new born baby boy and brought him small gifts.
Sparrow, parrot, pigeon and nightingale brought their gifts and placed them in a small basket, next to the baby. A crow however, arrived and flew away with the basket, much to the girl's bewilderment. Naughty crow!
I've noticed that crows have often been portrayed as those who fly away with others things. For most things that you don't want to give young children or take away from their hands, we just end up saying 'काउ घेउन गेला' :-)

चाणितले पीठ म्हणे...

A young girl is distressed when the dough refuses to sift from the strainer. Other objects in the room like the stick, puri and broom as well as the monsoon breeze back the dough.

Hmmm...imagine if these inanimate objects were the come to life and ask for their rights!

चांदोबा लपला झाडीत


The moon hides on seeing a little girl trying to look at him. But he quickly comes out when he sees a bowl of cream and sugar, in the girl's hand.
The hungry moon gobbles up the delicacy and runs away to the forest, leaving the girl bewildered.

इथे इथे बस रे काउ

One of the first nursery rhymes that we were all taught, I just love the way my baby enacts the song. The baby in the song invites a crow to sit with him so that he can feed him and give him some water. After the crow, the baby appeals to the peacock and the sparrow to sit besides him, have the food and flutter away happily.

इथे इथे बस रे काउ
बाळ घलाताय जेउ
खाऊ खा पाणी पी
आणि भुर्र कन उडून जा

अड़ गुल मड गुल

In this song Anjani, the mother of baby Hanuman, sings lovingly to him telling him that he is the cutest baby of all. She coos to her baby and pampers him with adoring words.

Lyrics of the song -

अड़ गुल मड गुल
सोन्याच कड़ गुल
रुप्याचा वाळा
तान्ह्या बाळा
तीट लाऊ

ये रे ये रे पाउसा

One of the first Marathi nursery rhymes that we all learn. The song in this video is slightly different from the easy one we know -

ये रे ये रे पाउसा
तुला देतो पैसा
पैसा झाला खोटा
पाउस आला मोठा
ये ग ये ग सरी
माझे मडके भरी
सर आली धाउन
मडके गेले वाहून

In this song, a young girl asks the rain if it is upset with her and begs it to come back again. She promises to enjoy the rains thoroughly once it starts pouring and hopes that her school would shut down if rain comes down heavily.

चिमणा चिम्णीच लगिन

It's the wedding day of the sparrows (he-sparrow and she-sparrow?). The crow, nightingale, parrot and peacock are all playing an active role in the preparations. The elephant, donkey, bear and tiger are not far behind.

एक होता काउ तो चिमणीला म्हणाला...

A sparrow is bewildered when a crow asks her to bathe him. Stunned by his request, the sparrow is further puzzled when the parrot asks her to pet him. A mouse, tortoise and eagle further add to her confusion with their requests.

I love the way the song rhymes,
काउ म्हणाला घाल न्हाऊ
घूस म्हणाली पूस
पोपट म्हणाला थोपट
कसाव म्हणाले चड्डी नेसव !