Gauchha Geeta Nepali - Meena Niraula, Suraj Kumar Thapa

Recorded live during 'Paleti with Madhav Prasad Ghimire - February 2009'
Composer: Ustad Govinda Lal
Original Singer: Janardan Group

सङ्गीत: उस्ताद गोविन्दलाल
मूल गायन: जनार्दन समूह

Lyrics

युगल: गाउँछ गीत नेपाली ज्योतीको पंख उचाली
जय जय जय नेपाल सुन्दर शान्त विशाल

केटा: गण्डकी कोशी कर्णाली मेची र महाकाली
केटी: लेक र बेँसी बिउँझाउँछन् लहर लाखौँ उचाली
युगल: हिमचुली बोलाउँछ पहिलो झुल्का निकाली
सगरमाथा शिखरमा पुग्दछ पहिले नेपाली
केटी: सीताले सारा भिजाइन् दक्षिण लंका भारत
केटा: भृकुटी तारा उदाइन् उत्तर चीन तिब्बत
बुद्घले यहीँ पाएथे ज्ञानको पहिलो मुहान
शिवले यहीँ ल्याएथे सृष्टिको पहिलो बिहान

केटा: पश्चिम किल्ला काँगडा पूर्वमा टिस्टा पुगेथ्यौँ
केटी: कुन शक्तिको सामुमा कहिले हामी झुकेथ्यौँ ?
युगल: हामीले हिमाल उठायौँ एसियाको माझमा
संस्कृति बास बसेथ्यो आएर यहीँ साँझमा
केटी: यही नेपाली माटोमा दिलको पूmल रोपेर
केटा: यही पहाडी शिलामा प्रीतिको गीत कोपेर
बाँचौँला हामी नेपालमा चन्द्र र सूर्य ध्वजा लिई
नाचौँला हामी हिमालमा ज्योतिको पंख उचाली

Transliterated

Yugal: Gaunchha geet nepali jyotiko pankha uchali
Jaya jaya jaya nepal sundar shanta wishal

Keta: Gandaki koshi karnali mechi ra mahakali
Keti: Lek ra bensi biunjhaunchhan lahar lakhau uchali
Yugal: Himachuli bolaunchha pahilo jhulka nikali
Sagaramatha shikharma pugdachha pahile nepali
Keti: Sitale sara bhijain dakshin lanka bharat
Keta: Bhrikuti tara udain uttar china tibbat
Buddhale yahi paethe gyanako pahilo muhana
Shivale yahi lyaethe srishtiko pahilo bihana

Keta: Pashchim killa kangada purwama tista pugethyau
Keti: Kuna shaktiko samuma kahile hami jhukethyau ?
Yugal: Hamile himal uthayau esiyako majhma
Sanskriti bas basethyo aaera yahi sanjhama
Keti: Yahi nepali matoma dilko puml ropera
Keta: Yahi pahadi shilama pritiko geet kopera
Banchaunla hami nepalma chandra ra surya dhwaja lii
Nachaunla hami himalma jyotiko pankha uchali

Translated

Duet:
Raising wings of light the Nepalis sing this song
Long live Nepal beautiful peaceful and vast

Man:
Gandaki Koshi Karnali Mechi and Mahakali
Woman:
Highlands and flatlands arise waves in millions
Duet:
Himchuli beacons with first rays of light
A Nepali sets first foot on Sagarmatha’s peak
Woman:
Sita floods the entire south Lanka and India
Man:
Bhrikuti star rises in China Tibet to the north
The fountain of knowledge Buddha did find it here
Shiva brought here the first morning of creation

Man:
From the western frontier of Kangada
To the Tista in the east we had marched
Woman:
There is no power we ever bowed down low
Duet:
We raised the Himalaya in the heart of Asia
Culture arrived here to shelter that evening
Woman:
Planting flowers of heart in this Nepali soil
Man:
Carving songs of love on these mountain rocks
We live in Nepal holding flag bearing Moon and Sun
Dance we will in the Himalaya raising wings of light