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Lilabali - Bangladeshi Wedding Song Lyrics
Verse-1:
Lilabali Lilabali.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
Groom her up meticulously.
Chorus:
** Lilabali Lilabali.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
Groom her up meticulously. **
Verse-2:
Her gait and getup is so angelic
Posture and vesture heavenly
Today she is getting married
Rightly to her Prince Charming
Rightly to her Prince Charming
Everybody is so cheery
** Chorus**
Verse-3:
For the hair-part a head locket
For the hair-part a head locket
Adding up a lace of jewelry
Adding up a lace of jewelry
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Verse-4:
Put a nose-pin so befitting
That should be emerald stoney
Should be emerald stoney
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Verse-5:
Doll her up with nice ear cuffs
That should be purely pearly
Should be purely pearly
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Verse-6:
We are restless to see the necklace
That should be made of diamond only
Should be made of diamond only
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Verse-7:
Feeling in heart a sublime romance
She is humming so gracefully
Happy one family they’ll be
Happy one family they’ll be
Like the pigeons lovey dovey
Like the pigeons lovey dovey
Let’s pray for an ever after happy
** Chorus**
Verse-8:
Put bangles on beautiful hands
Put bangles on beautiful hands
Those should be made of gold only
Should be made of gold only
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Verse-9:
For the waist a cool ornament
A silvery waist chain, buddy
Silvery waist chain, buddy
Groom her up meticulously
Anklet on the Alta-touch feet
Anklet on the Alta-touch feet
Jingle bells to be silvery
Jingle bells to be silvery
Groom her up meticulously
Put on a very fancy sharee
The scarf should be hemmed with jewelry
Scarf should be hemmed with jewelry
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Note: It's an English rendition (by Mozammal Hoque Tipu) of the original " Lilabali song" by Sree Radha Raman Dutta (1834-1915), a reverend prolific Bangladeshi musician of the 19th Century
Lilabali Lilabali.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
Groom her up meticulously.
** Lilabali Lilabali.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
It’s her wedding ceremony.
Groom her up meticulously. **
Her gait and getup is so angelic
Posture and vesture heavenly
Today she is getting married
Rightly to her Prince Charming
Rightly to her Prince Charming
Everybody is so cheery
** Chorus**
For the hair-part a head locket
For the hair-part a head locket
Adding up a lace of jewelry
Adding up a lace of jewelry
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Put a nose-pin so befitting
That should be emerald stoney
Should be emerald stoney
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Doll her up with nice ear cuffs
That should be purely pearly
Should be purely pearly
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
We are restless to see the necklace
That should be made of diamond only
Should be made of diamond only
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
Feeling in heart a sublime romance
She is humming so gracefully
Happy one family they’ll be
Happy one family they’ll be
Like the pigeons lovey dovey
Like the pigeons lovey dovey
Let’s pray for an ever after happy
** Chorus**
Put bangles on beautiful hands
Put bangles on beautiful hands
Those should be made of gold only
Should be made of gold only
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
For the waist a cool ornament
A silvery waist chain, buddy
Silvery waist chain, buddy
Groom her up meticulously
Anklet on the Alta-touch feet
Anklet on the Alta-touch feet
Jingle bells to be silvery
Jingle bells to be silvery
Groom her up meticulously
Put on a very fancy sharee
The scarf should be hemmed with jewelry
Scarf should be hemmed with jewelry
Groom her up meticulously
** Chorus**
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"Lilabali" is an almost-two-century-old Bangladeshi wedding song, originally written by Sree Radha Raman Dutta, a reverend prolific Bangladeshi musician. This English rendition is done by Mozammal Hoque Tipu, a literary translator of Bangladesh. The song features the bride's grooming-up by her buddies and their expression of demanding the befitting ornaments to be obtained from the groom or groom's guardian.
The song "Lilabali" name-drops a list of outfits and accessories to groom up the bride with as a part of the bride's preparation. The list not only includes a fancy list of outfits and ornaments but also specifies the intended quality and glamour of those accessories. The list goes on to include a head locket and a lace of jewelry for the bride's hair part, an emerald stoney nose-pin, purely pearly ear-cuffs, a diamond necklace, gold bangles, silvery waist chain, anklets with silvery jingle bells, a fancy sharee and a scarf hemmed with jewelry.
The inner meaning of their demand is that their "bride" is so valuable that the groom is lucky enough to marry such a worthy bride and so he should be great enough to gift all the ornaments demanded by the buddies of the bride. This particular occasion is marked by some friendly quarrelling and sometimes a loud one and still is a source of amusement for all especially the children around. Such a moment is a long desired one for not only the bride herself but also for all her family members and all her kith and kin and all and sundry of the vicinity. The occasion is marked by dancing and singing of the children and also grown-ups especially the grandmoms and siblings and cousins and friends of the bride. Lastly, the song resonates the merriment centering round the occasion of a Bangladeshi wedding that hints the prosperity, happiness and cultural soundness of this region of 19th century.
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