We go back to the vicinity of the kotha now where our nayika has been wounded by the dart that is her lover’s eyes. The urdu couplet sung in this thumri elevates its slightly crass context and makes its lyrics so much more worthy. The tabla plays very interestingly here and has been kept a little abstract on purpose to counter the obvious mukhada of the thumri
lyrics
करेजवा में रामा लग गई चोट
नैनो के तीर मर गयो सैंया |
आना अचानक हो रामा
जाना मनमानी गुइंया
घायल करके सिधार गयो सैंया |
जख्म ने दाद न दी तंगिए दिल की या रब
तीर भी सीना-इ-बिस्मिल से पर-अफशा निकला,
बाकी रही चोट |
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