🎶 ZONA-READY SONG SHEET 🎼
Title: SEVA KARNE WALA GULAM
(Thondu Seyyum Adimai — Hindi Adaptation)
🎼 MUSIC & STYLE PLAN (NOT TO BE SUNG)
Genre: Hindustani Protest · Freedom March
Mood: Satirical · Accusatory · Awakening
Tempo: Medium (≈ 84–88 BPM) — steady march feel
Raag Feel (choose one):
Raag Desh (freedom, awakening, irony)
Raag Bhairavi (grounded, biting social critique)
Taal:
Keherwa (8 beats) OR
Slow Dadra (6 beats) for heavier satire
Instruments:
Harmonium (lead, dry tone)
Dholak / Pakhawaj (march-like restraint)
Tanpura drone (low, constant)
Occasional shehnai / flute phrases (ironic emphasis, not melodic luxury)
Voices:
Male lead (firm, unsentimental)
Soft chorus ONLY for Pallavi (unison, no harmony overload)]
[🎵 PALLAVI (CHORUS)]
Sevā karne vāle gulām —
kyā tujh mein svatantratā kī soch hai?
kyā tūne use kabhī jānā hai,
yā uske yogya bhī nahī̃ hai?
[Instruction:
Sing the Pallavi once at the beginning.]
[🎵 SARANAM 1]
Kyā jāti ke jhagaṛe miṭ gaye?
kyā dharm ke vivād miṭ gaye?
nyāy kī bāt karne āyā,
par ā̃khõ ke sāmne khaṛā bhī na ho sakā.
Kyā bhay se mukta huā, o gulām?
kyā puruṣārth kā bhār uṭhāyā?
bhīkh par jīne kī ichchhā ko
kyā sach-much choṛ pāyā?
[Instruction:
After completing Saranam 1, repeat the Pallavi once.]
[🎵 SARANAM 2]
Kyā jahāz par chaṛhega, o gulām?
kyā samudra pār karegā?
kūṛe se prem karne vāle kutte ko
kyā kabhī siṁhāsan miltā hai?
Kyā tūne ekatā sīkhī hai, o gulām?
kyā tere śarīr mein bal hai?
khokhlī vijay kī bātẽ mat kar —
kyā tū sāhas aur vīrya jāntā hai?
[Instruction:
After completing Saranam 2, repeat the Pallavi once.]
[🎵 SARANAM 3]
Kyā tum milkar jīoge?
kyā tumhāre tuchchh guṇ miṭ gaye?
kyā hārkar gir paṛne kī ādat
aur ālasya tumne choṛ diyā?
Gore rang ko dekhkar
kyā ab kā̃pnā choṛ diyā?
sach sun le — svatantratā
terī nahī̃ hai, ise yād rakh.
[Instruction:
After completing Saranam 3, repeat the Pallavi once.]
[🎵 SARANAM 4]
Deś kī rakṣā karne ke liye —
kyā tujh mein thoṛī bhī buddhi hai?
pahle apnā ghar to bachā!
Deś kī rakṣā karne ke liye —
kyā tujh mein thoṛī bhī buddhi hai?
pahle apnā ghar to bachā!
[Instruction:
After completing Saranam 4, sing the Pallavi as the outro and fade out slowly over the tanpura drone.]
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[🔚 END NOTE (NOT TO BE SUNG)
A protest poem against moral slavery and colonial sycophancy. Title: SEVA KARNE WALA GULAM
(Thondu Seyyum Adimai — Hindi Adaptation of Subramania Bharathiar' Poem)
A CREAM Production by SubuAsksubu]
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