I do not really know if there are any really funny songs in maraathi. (I do remember one from gammat jammat - ashivinii ye naa, but the poem was not funny, the picturization was, with chaarushiilaa saabaLe doing the jhaaDuu dance). However aachaarya pra. ke. atre has created a whole new genre in marathi with his vidamban-kavitaa and thats what I plan to type here. If you find any funny songs please share those as well.

Being a tonedeaf and "bhasaaDaa aavaaj" kid, nobody ever asked me to sing songs or recite poems, except for the few "zhenDuchii fule" poems that I had memorized. Those were so funny that people seemed to tolerate my "aavaajii" for these. So I will start with one of my favourites, anandii aanand gaDe. This one, of course, is the viDamban of the well known baalkavii poem, anandii aanand gaDe, sung by lataa. The viDamban kavitaa has nothing to do with the original one, it is about daarubandii

(poem follows in the next post)

NM, in my Marathi 2nd std, there was a poem which I have never been able to locate again. All I can recall is the first four lines. I wonder if someone can tell me more about it. The poem starts like this:

vaaTaNa, phuTaNa shengdaNa
uDat chaalle TaNaTaNa
vaaTet bheTla tiLacha kaN
hasaayla laagle tighehi jaN

(the poem goes on to say how all three laugh at the tiny sesame seed, saying it is good-for-nothing. Eventually, sankrant comes, and all four are summoned to make halwa. The big three are scared when the 'paak' is made, but the 'tiL' isn't scared)

paN tiL paha kasa
haai naahi huye naahi haase fasafasa
....

has anybody heard of this poem?

devanaagarii

हातभट्टीचे गाणे

आनंदी आनंद गडे, दारूबंदी चोहीकडे
हातभट्टीला भाव चढे, गल्लोगल्ली मौज उडे
सरकारी उत्पन्न बुडे, गुंडाना धनलाभ घडे
तांदुळ भिजवा
गूळ्ही कुजवा
भट्टी शिजवा
घाला नवसागर त्यात, ग्रामोद्योगाची रीत

कशास जाता गोव्याला, दमण आणखी वापीला
मिळते अपुल्या गल्लीत, हवी तेवढी रस्त्यांत
जिन्याखालती अंधार, तिथे चोरटा व्यापार
जरी का आला,
कोणी साला
पोलिसवाला
हात करू त्याचा ओला, बरकत येई धंद्याला

शंका येई न कुणा जिथे, भट्टी लावा तुम्ही तिथे
मंत्र्यांच्या आवारात, किंवा ब्राह्मणवस्तीत
पोलिस चौकीसमोर वा, ख़ुशाल धंदा खोलावा
धाड आली जरी
कधी सरकारी
भिउ नका तरी
दडवा डबडी निर्धास्त, गटारांत संडासांत

माल पाठवू उघडपणे, इकडून तिकडे मौजेने
पायगाडीच्या रबरनळ्या, खुशाल न्याव्या भरुनी खुल्या
स्वच्छ दुधाच्या भांड्यात, किंवा लपवुनी मांड्यांत
मोटारीतुनी
पेटार्यातुनी
न्या भरभरूनी
नऊ महिन्यांच्या "गर्भवती", दारुबाटल्या प्रसवती

अन्नाचा दुष्काळ पडे, भूकबळी जिकडे तिकडे
गरिबांना नाहीत घरे, रस्त्यावर निजती सारे
पीक नीतिचे परी पिकले, रामराज्य भूवरी आले
चोरी मारी
आणी सुरेगिरी
वाढे भारी
धन्य धन्य परी बाळाजी अन् गाजी तो मुरारजी

itrans

haatabhaTTiiche gaaNe

aana.ndii aana.nd gaDe, daaruuba.ndii chohiikaDe
haatabhaTTiilaa bhaav chaDhe, gallogallii mauj uDe
sarakaarii utpanna buDe, gu.nDaanaa dhanalaabha ghaDe
taa.nduL bhijavaa
guuLhii kujavaa
bhaTTii shijavaa
ghaalaa navasaagar tyaat, graamodyogaachii riit

kashaas jaataa govyaalaa, damaN aaNakhii vaapiilaa
miLate apulyaa galliit, havii tevaDhii rastyaa.nt
jinyaakhaalatii a.ndhaar, tithe choraTaa vyaapaar
jarii kaa aalaa,
koNii saalaa
polisavaalaa
haat karuu tyaachaa olaa, barakat yeii dha.ndyaalaa

sha.nkaa yeii na kuNaa jithe, bhaTTii laavaa tumhii tithe
ma.ntryaa.nchyaa aavaaraat, ki.nvaa braahmaNavastiit
polis chaukiisamor vaa, Kushaal dha.ndaa kholaavaa
dhaaD aalii jarii
kadhii sarakaarii
bhiu nakaa tarii
daDavaa DabaDii nirdhaast, gaTaaraa.nt sa.nDaasaa.nt

maal paaThavuu ughaDapaNe, ikaDuun tikaDe maujene
paayagaaDiichyaa rabaranaLyaa, khushaal nyaavyaa bharunii khulyaa
swachCha dudhaachyaa bhaa.nDyaat, ki.nvaa lapavunii maa.nDyaa.nt
moTaariitunii
peTaaryaatunii
nyaa bharabharuunii
na_uu mahinyaa.nchyaa "garbhavatii", daarubaaTalyaa prasavatii

annaachaa dushhkaaL paDe, bhuukabaLii jikaDe tikaDe
garibaa.nnaa naahiit ghare, rastyaavar nijatii saare
piik niitiche parii pikale, raamaraajya bhuuvarii aale
chorii maarii
aaNii suregirii
vaaDhe bhaarii
dhanya dhanya parii baaLaajii an.h gaajii to muraarajii

Mandrake and nm,

Speaking of poems taught in school, I have been looking for a couple of those that I remember:

1. It was titled 'Ya Zhopadiit Maazha' .. spoke of fearlessness, calm and peace available in a hut as compared to mahal ...
Some lines / phrases that I recall are:
daraat naahi dorya, kandeel-shaamdaane

oh and one whole couplet !!!!

paahunii saukhya maazhe, devendra tohii laaze
shaanti sada viraaze, ya zhopadiit maazha

Anyone has its lyrics ?? audio file ??

I in fact received a very good applause for my rendition of this poem in my class !! had actually sung it to the tune of Geeta Dutt's "Ae Dil Mujhe Bata De"

2. A few lines of another poem that I recall:

aavaDto mala aphaaT saagar, athaang paaNi niLe
niLya-zaamBhLya zaLaat keshar saayankaaLi miLe

phes-phulaanche safed shimpit vaaTevarti saDe
hazaar laaTa naachat yete, gaat kinaarya kaDe

mau-mau retiit kadhi mii kheL kheLto kitii
dangal daryaavar karNaarya vaaryaachya sangatii

khaDakaavarunii kadhii paahato maavaLnaara ravi
Dhaga-Dhagaala phuTate tevhaa sonerii paalavi

something something.. ends with..
saangtaat te majala aata, ghari zaayala have !

again.. lyrics ?? audio file ??

Was also looking for a third one for a loong time till only a few years back when I disovered Asha's version of "jhuk jhuk jhuk jhuk agiinagaadi"

Sorry to butt in the thread. Didnt want to create a separate thread just for a couple of poems.

Vivek

U know something Vivek.......my mom taught me to sing that poem [ ya zhopadeeta majhyaa ] in the same tune... .......lagta hai har madrasi ne ye poem aise hee by heart kiya we had one more....phulapakharu chaan kiti disate...yaa velee vara phulaan barobar...gooda kiti hasate...pulapaakharu

lata and vivek, this is a haasya ras thread, why are you bringing bhuule-bisare poems in it?

As a matter of fact I wanted to start another thread about marathi poems in general, may be time to start it where we can discuss all the poems (and I will write chhan kiti disate, phulapaakharuu from my memory there )

Heyyy!!!!
Coincidence!!!

Just today morning, after yeeeaarrrs, I was humming 'ya zopadit maazya' in the same tune - 'ai dil mujhe bataa de'....

wow!!!!

sorry NM, will keep these things out of this thread.

Sorry NM oK one more.....tap tap tap tap taakita taapa chale majha ghoda.....forgot the rest

oh no, no I love the discussion, I am just saying that lets move it to a separate thread.

(btw, I have written the poem as I remember in the marathi kavita thread)