Vhoir Vhoir Dongrar - Dekhni

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 Vhoir Vhoir Dongrar 

Up on the hilltop

Type: Deknni

Source: Lourdinho Barreto. Goemchem Git.

Musical form: Ternary

Literary form: Ethnological aspects

Translated by Romano Abreu, Moira, Goa, June 2003

Vhoir(i), vhoir(i) dongrar,

Up on the hilltop,

Udok(o) kong(u)rem,

Water is flowing in eddies,

Udok(o) kongrem ani,

Water in eddies and

Kolvont hanv Mog(o)rem.

I am the dancing girl Mogrem.

Paiank panzonnam

For the feet anklets with bells.

Nakak(u) notem,

For the nose pendant.

Soro, soro, soro, soro kon'aka bai

Liquor, liquor, liquor for whom is it, baby?

Paiam kadd(i) zotem.

Remove sleepers from feet.

Dekhṇi (also spelled Dekni, Dekni, Dekhṇi) is a semi classical Goan (Indian) dance form. The plural of dekṇi in Konkani remains the same.

One of the most famous Deknni songs is Hanv Saiba Poltodi Vetam by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira (1860–1926) first published in Paris in 1895 and then in Goa in 1926. The song was adapted by Raj Kapoor as Na mangoon sona chandi in his Hindi movie Bobby. The story that is depicted in this song is about two temple dancers who want to go for Damu's wedding and they approach the boatman to ferry them across the river. The boatman says, "No! The river is rough!" The dancers offer the boatman their gold jewellery; but the boatman is still firm. "No!" he says. So the dancers dance for the boatman and this time he ferries them across the river.

One of the earliest deknnis which may be dated around 1869 is Kuxttoba in which he is called “heir to India and terror of Goa”, implying resistance to Portuguese rule. Kuxttoba was a member of the Salekar branch of the Rane family. Information about his birth, the reason and the course of his rebellion and the manner of his end are vague. He did rebel as an individual against the rule of the Portuguese in Goa but he presented no concept for a free Goa.

 Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Vetam (I'm Crossing to the Other Side of the River)Konkani lyrics  TranslationFirst stanzaHanv Saiba Poltoddi Vetam,
Dalmulea lognak(u) vetam,
Mhaka saiba vatt(u) dakoi,
Mhaka saiba vatt(u) kollona.Oh, to the other side I'm crossing,
I'm going for Damu's wedding,
Show me the route, I pray,
For I do not know the way.Second stanzaDamulea matt(u) vant(u),
Kolvontacho kell(u),
Damulea matt(u) vant(u),
Kolvontacho kell(u).In the tent of Damu's wedding
The dancing girls are playing.
In the tent of Damu's wedding
The dancing girls are playing. Refrain Ghe, Ghe, Ghe (Take it, Sir!) Konkani lyrics  TranslationGhe, ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe ga saiba,
Mhaka nakka go, mhaka naka go.
Him mhojea paianchim painzonnam, ghe ga saiba.,
Mhaka nakka go, mhaka naka go.Take it, take, take, take, oh!,
No, I don't want, I don't want it, oh no!,
These anklets from my feet, do take them, go!,
No, I don't want, I don't want it, oh no! 

Other deknni songs are:
 Arê tanddela
 Tendulechim tendulim
 Vaingem kazar zata mhunn
 Voddekara
 Vhoir vhoir dongrar
 Xeutim mogrim abolim

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वर्ग:Konknni
वर्ग:देखणी / Dekhnni
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