Hari Tuma Haro

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'''Hari Tuma Haro''' is an Indian [[bhajan]] or devotional song by [[Mirabai]], the 15th-century poet saint. It was [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s favorite song, who requested [[M S Subbulakshmi]]'s rendition for what was to be his last birthday celebrations.<ref>{{cite web | title = When the Queen of Song captured the West |work=The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/when-the-queen-of-song-captured-the-west/article6420267.ece |date=September 18, 2014| access-date = 2014-09-30 | first = Nitya | last = Menon }}</ref>
==Themes==
"[[Hari]] Tuma Haro Janki Peer", "Oh Lord, take away the pain from mankind" is prayer to God, for alleviating the suffering of the downtrodden and those suffering. <ref name="Narayan2010">{{cite book|last=Narayan|first=M.K.V.|title=Lyrical Musings on Indic Culture: A Sociological Study of Songs of Sant Purandara Dasa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-r7AxJp6NOYC&pg=PA53|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Readworthy|isbn=978-93-80009-31-5|pages=53–}}</ref>

==Lyrics==
'''Hindi''': <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bhajansonline.blogspot.com/2011/01/hari-tum-haro-lyrics-meaning.html|title=Hari Tum Haro -Hindi- bhajanonline}}</ref>

:हरि तुम हरो जन की पीर

:द्रौपदी की लाज राखी,
:तुम बढ़ायो चिर

:भक्त कारण रूप नरहरि,
:धर्यो आप शरीर

:हरिणकश्यप मार लीन्हो
: धर्यो नहिन धीर

:बूढ़ते गजराज राख्यो,
: कियो बाहर नीर

:दास मीरा लाल गिरधर,
:दु:ख जहाँ तहाँ पीर

'''Transliteration''': <ref>{{cite web|url=http://kksongs.org/songs/h/haritumharo.html|title=Hari Tum Haro -Transliteration- KKSongs}}</ref>

:hari tum haro jana kī peer

:draupadī kī lāj rākhī,
:tum baḍhāyo cīr

:bhakta kārana rūpa narahari,
:dharyo āp śarīr

:hiraṇyakaśyapa mār līnho,
:dharyo nāńhina dhīr

:būḍhate gaja rāja rākhyo,
:kiyo bāhar nīr

:dāsī mīrā lāl giradhar,
:duḥkha jahāń tahāń pīr

'''English Translation''': <ref>{{cite web|url=https://mmadan.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/ms-subbulakshmi-hari-tum-haro/|title=Hari Tum Haro -Translation- mmadan}}</ref>

:Hari, remove the sufferings of Your people.

:You protected the honor of Draupadi,
:Lengthening the garment that covered her.

:For the sake of Your devotee,
:You assumed the form of Nrsimhadeva.

:You killed Hiranyakasipu
:With Your fierce form.

:You rescued the drowning elephant Gajaraj,
:Taking him out of the water.

:Oh Master Giridhara! I am only Your maidservant, Mira.
:Here and there, there is only suffering and pain.

==History==
[[M. S. Subbulakshmi]] had previously visited Gandhi in Delhi, and sung [[Ram Dhun]]. Gandhi expressed the wish to hear Subbulakshmi sing the song. Subbulakshmi answered that she wasn't familiar with the song, and suggested that a noted singer should sing the bhajan. In turn, Gandhi replied that "he would rather hear her speak the words than hear someone else sing it". Feeling obliged, Subbulakshmi worked with her friends who knew the tune and lyrics, and when she got them right. The song was recorded at [[All India Radio]] (AIR) studios in Chennai, the night of October the 1st, finishing at 2 A.M. of October the 2nd. The following morning the recording was airlifted to Delhi, where it was played to Gandhi in the evening of his 78th birthday, October 2, 1947.<ref name="Murthi"/><ref name="Ahuja2006"/><ref>{{cite web | title =Subbulakshmi, M. S.: Biography | work =Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation | url =http://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/awardees/awardee/biography/228 | access-date =2014-09-30 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080606/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/awardees/awardee/biography/228 | archive-date =6 October 2014 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

A few months later, on 30 January, 1948, when AIR announced Gandhi's assassination, it was followed by playing of Subbulakshmi's recording of Hari Tuma Haro repeatedly.<ref name="Murthi">{{cite book|last=Murthi|first=R.K.|title=Encyclopedia of Bharat Ratnas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkF3avvFvb4C&pg=PA179|publisher=Pitambar Publishing|isbn=978-81-209-1307-3|pages=179–}}</ref><ref name="Ahuja2006">{{cite book|last=Ahuja|first=M. L.|title=Eminent Indians : Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xEypJnZcIbUC&pg=PT32|year=2006|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-1015-2|pages=32–}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
This song is sung by many renowned Indian singers such as [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjO2Ss101fU|title=Hari Tum Haro - M. S. Subbulakshmi}}</ref> and [[Jagjit Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKjpt9_vpH8|title=Hari Tum Haro - Jagjeet Singh}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Vaishnava Jana To]]
* [[Shri Ramachandra Kripalu]]
* [[Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram]]
* [[Thumak Chalat Ram Chandra]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gandhi}}

[[Category:Indian songs]]
[[Category:Hindu music]]
[[Category:15th-century songs]]
[[Category:Hindi poetry]]
[[Category:Bhakti movement]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Vaishnavism]]

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