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Senraan Ra Baairya

Asif Hussain Samraat, Zoe Viccaji

Coke Studio | 2011

Music Rank
#1278
YouTube Views
421.18K
Category
Coke Studio
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The Story Behind Senraan Ra Baairya

Senraan Ra Baairya brought a traditional Rajasthani song in the Marwari language to Coke Studio Pakistan's fourth season in 2011. Asif Hussain Samraat leads the performance, with Zoe Viccaji adding soft alaaps, while Rohail Hyatt is credited as producer. The arrangement keeps the folk melody at the center and colors it with the delicate phrasing of thumri, touching violin lines and a restrained contemporary studio setting. That balance gives Samraat's earthy delivery room to carry the song's desert imagery, while Viccaji's lighter phrases answer and lift it. Released as part of Season 4's second episode, the recording presents regional folk material without crowding its melodic character, making the contrast between the two voices the performance's defining musical feature.

Meaning & Translation

The title can be understood as "Listen, O breeze," an address to the wind that carries the song's feelings of love and longing. In the Marwari verses, the breeze is asked to blow softly and sweetly from the direction where the beloved lives. Images of offering one's heart, a prince arriving at the palace, abundance falling like rain, and a cool wind turning toward home make devotion feel physical and close. Rather than telling a linear story, the song circles around a single emotional idea: distance becomes bearable when nature seems to bring a trace of the loved one back.

Details

Artist
Asif Hussain Samraat, Zoe Viccaji
Category
Coke Studio
Collection
Coke Studio Season 4
Released
2011
Language
Marwari
Genre
Folk
Mood
Romantic
YouTube Views
421.18K

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