Dil tadap tadap ke .. Szla dzieweczka do gajeczka ..

Song: Dil tadap tadap ke
Movie: Madhumati (Hindi, 1958)
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
Music Director: Salil Chowdhury
Actors: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala Bali
Director: Bimal Roy

Dil tadap tadap ke will conclude my trilogy of posts on Salilda songs inspired by western music. Here, the inspiration was the Polish folk song – Szla dzieweczka do gajeczka. Some information on the original:

“The song is a very popular folk-song that originated in the Silesian (South-Western) part of Poland i.e., from the regions of Slask Gorny (High Silesia), Cieszyn and Opole regions. The ethnographer Juliusz Roger identifies it as coming from Rybnik, which is near the Czech border. That is where the famous Polish jazz pianist, Adam Makowicz, and the famous Polish composer, Henryk Gorecki, come from. It has been very popular throughout Poland for many years, for various celebratory occasions like namesday, youth gatherings etc. It has been recorded by the professional Folk Song & Dance Ensemble, ‘Slask’ produced by Polskie Nagrania, by the Lira Ensemble of Chicago and by popular singers like Maryla Rodowicz and popular Polish dance bands.  As far as the pronunciation, it goes something like this…

Szla dzieweczka: shwah jeh-vehtch-ka
do laseczka: duh lah-sech-kah
do zielonego: duh zhyeh-loh-neh-go
nadeszla tam mysliweczka: nah-desh-wah tahm mih-shlee-vetch-kah
bardzo szwarnego: bahr-dzoh schwahr-neh-goh
O moj mily mysliweczku: Oh mooy mee-lyh mih-shlee-vetch-koo
dalabym ci chleba z maslem: dah-wah-bim chee hleh-bah z mahs-wem
alem juz zjadla: a-lehm yoosh zyad-wah”

Above is information from the website, itwofs.com – chronicles of plagiarism in indian film music.  Research done by Karthik S, site-owner of itwofs.com, supported by his Q&A on this topic with Ms. Wanda Wilk, Director of Polish Music Center at the University of Southern California.  Visit itwofs.com if you ever come across a non-Indian tune that feel (you) have heard somewhere in some Bollywood movie.  Chances are the connection you are looking for has already been documented on this site.  If not, you are welcome to send your entry for the benefit of others (like me!).

Now, here is a remixed version that I created of the Hindi video with the Polish folk song (sourced from itwofs.com). Enjoy Szla dzieweczka do gajeczka (Polish original) as soundtrack for the Madhumati video:

Also, the “original” Hindi version of Dil tadap tadap ke (Madhumati, 1958):

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