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PaGLi

from PaGLi by Tritha

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In a good mood in the summer of 2008 and provoked by her soundrecordist friend Tim Alazraki in Paris and talking about the need of craziness in art to make avant-garde steps in music, Tritha imagined herself as a madwoman on the streets of Kolkata and started penning down the lyrics of this amazingly original song, and composed "PaGLi" which was going to sow the seeds of her debut album eventually.

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Oi dekho ekta idur (Look, there is a rat)
idurer pechone ekta beral (Behind the rat, there is a cat)
beraler pechone ekta kukur (Behind the cat, there is a dog)
Kukurer pechone ekta pagli (Behind the dog, there is a crazy woman)
Pagli ta ke? (who is that madwoman?)
Sheta aami... (That's me...)

Pagli aami Pagli ( I am a crazy woman)

Jokun tokhun boli (I speak whenever i feel )
aamar nei kono bhoy (I have no fear)
Aashar srabone (in the season of spring and rain)
aami jayi ulto paye (I walk with my feet reversed)

Aaami hoye gelam ma ( I have become a mother)
meye na hoye karur (without ever being a daughter)
Shorir norom aamar (My body is soft with use)
Hridoy ta patla (My heart is very thin)

Oi dekho ekta paakhi (Look! There is a bird )
Paakhi ta ulto dike urche (That bird is flying in the opposite direction)
Ki moja Ki moja (What fun!! So much !!)

Aamar moner moddhe kichu nei akhuno (There is nothing still inside my heart)
Amar ei deshe kichu nei akhuno (There is nothing still inside my country)
Aamar akhuno kono jama nei shorire (I have no clothes on my body)
Moner moddhe nei kono aamar... (In my heart, I have no elements of... )
...Chao Paoa (Desiring, Receiving)
Deoa Neoa (Giving, Taking)
Na neoa ta aache kintu (No, actually I love to take....)


Pagli aami pagli.... (I am crazy woman)
Pagli aami pagli ... (I am a mad woman)

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from PaGLi, released December 19, 2021
Tritha: vocals / Samples and percussions: Tim / Mixed by Tim Alazraki, Paris 2008

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Tritha New Delhi, India

A versatile voice, agile & profound with a plummy richness of sound. Tritha’s throbbing intensity, moving emotional commitment entrance her audience leaving them spell bound. Born in Kolkata, Tritha trained in North Indian classical music since age of five. An ardent supporter of women’s rights with lyrics dealing with women’s liberation, social oppression & sexual exploitation” (Hindustan Times) ... more

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