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Beero Binjaaro

Asif Hussain Samraat

Coke Studio | 2011

Music Rank
#1409
YouTube Views
267.96K
Category
Coke Studio
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The Story Behind Beero Binjaaro

Beero Binjaaro brings Asif Hussain Samraat's Marwari folk singing to Coke Studio Pakistan's fourth season. The recording appeared in the show's fifth episode in 2011, and Rohail Hyatt's upload credits him as producer. The song unfolds as a conversation with a wandering brother: a welcome prepared at home gives way to a sister's tears and a request to keep her sorrow from the family. Its returning address to the brother does much of the storytelling, first sounding like a greeting and later like a plea. Zahra Sabri's translation for Coke Studio clarifies the domestic details, from food made for the visitor to relatives whose reactions the sister fears. Samraat's vocal performance places an intimate family scene at the heart of this studio recording.

Meaning & Translation

Beero Binjaaro addresses a wandering brother in Marwari. Beero is a form of address for the brother, while binjaaro evokes a traveler or nomad. The speaker first welcomes him with the small rituals of home, then lets her sorrow show. Her soaked clothing and broken necklace express the force of her tears and sobs, rather than describing an ordinary accident. She asks him to keep her pain from their mother and father, who would grieve or worry, and from relatives who might spread the news. The repeated call binds tenderness to restraint: she trusts her brother enough to confess, yet wants to spare the household what she carries.

Details

Artist
Asif Hussain Samraat
Category
Coke Studio
Collection
Coke Studio Season 4
Released
2011
Language
Marwari
Genre
Folk
Mood
Melancholy
YouTube Views
267.96K

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