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Most Beautiful Time of the Day

 


I’ve always been more of an early bird rather than a night owl. There is just something majestic about the early hours of the morning, and it is not just that light is taking over the darkness of the night, although that is beside the point. There is a different energy in the early morning hours and anyone who is used to getting up early would agree with me.

It is just beyond words; the fresh air in the morning, fewer people out on the streets, people getting ready for their day, birds chirping and filling the atmosphere with music, the soft sunlight. It makes you feel like you can do anything in the world. Perhaps this is why Robin Sharma has emphasized the significance of the 5AM Club.

I had never quite found the perfect song to describe the beauty of the early morning hours. But this song from Rajamati movie describes it perfectly.


 मिरिमिरी ज: लुल/बिहाँ चुली


मिरिमिरी ज: लुल चिला वन खिमिला

सुथ: जुल नानि मयजु दने त्यल: आ:ला

मिरिमिरी ज: लुल चिला वन खिमिला


पलिपलि आयेपा भुलि ह्याउँ निभा खल रे

चुक न:नि बाहा: ल नं मिखा कना हल: रे

छेंखा: छेंखाँ पतिकं पुना हल व:सि बँ

छिलि छिलि चुरा यागु शबद मताल

( मिरिमिरी ज: लुल चिला वन खिमिला

सुथ: जुल नानि मयजु दने त्यल: आ:ला

मिरिमिरी ज: लुल चिला वन खिमिला )


पुरब या पुलाम्ह: द्यो लुया वल रे

पिखा लखुई सौ बँ ईला मत बिया हल रे

लुँया खुसि म्ह्वो ल्हुया पर्बतमाला

नकतिनि दना वथें गुलिजक बाँला

( मिरिमिरी ज: लुल चिला वन खिमिला

सुथ: जुल नानि मयजु दने त्यल: आ:ला

मिरिमिरी ज: लुल चिला वन खिमिला )

 

Here is the English translation to this Nepal Bhasa song so that you can awe at this beautiful song, too:


Slowly, slowly, it is becoming brighter

The darkness is being overtaken

Morning has come, little lady,

It is time to wake up now.

Slowly, slowly, it is becoming brighter

The darkness is being overtaken.

 

Between each brick on the roof, the sunlight is coming through

The chowk has opened its eyes due to the sunlight.

At each house, the front door is being swept clean

Can’t you hear the cling cling of the glass bangles

(Slowly, slowly, it is becoming brighter

The darkness is being overtaken

Morning has come, little lady,

It is time to wake up now.

Slowly, slowly, it is becoming brighter

The darkness is being overtaken)

 

The Old God of the East has been found

The main entrance of the Bahal is being purified with gobar of cow and giving light

Taking a bath in a river of gold

The Himalayas look so beautiful as if it has just woke up

(Slowly, slowly, it is becoming brighter

The darkness is being overtaken

Morning has come, little lady,

It is time to wake up now.

Slowly, slowly, it is becoming brighter

The darkness is being overtaken)

 

These lines take me back to one of my favorite early morning memories.

लुँया खुसि म्ह्वो ल्हुया पर्बतमाला

नकतिनि दना वथें गुलिजक बाँला

It was the year 2012. We were in Dhampus, Pokhara for a college trip. Having slept late into the night, all of us were deep in sleep. Astha , our friend woke up everyone and urged us to come look outside. We grudgingly lifted ourselves from the warmth of our beds and took a step out of our rooms with half closed eyes when we saw the most majestic view. The Himalayas look very very close from Dhampus and on that very morning as the golden sun rays hit the snowcapped mountains, it was like we had struck on a gold mine. Our half closed eyes flew open in awe. We were in heaven at that very moment.

Early morning is the most beautiful time of the day. There is not a doubt in my mind about that. And if this song doesn’t inspire you to get up early, I don’t know what will. Take a look at my How to Get Up Early in the Morning article to give it a try. My mother always says that you can get so much more done when you wake up early in the morning and it could not be more true. You feel more energized, more accomplished. You can exercise, you can clean up, you can go for a walk, you can just watch the sunrise and you still have plenty of time for the rest of the day. I’m telling you, there is something magical about the early hours of the morning.

Listen to the song for yourself.



Comments

  1. SanyamJune 18, 2021 at 7:44 PM

    Such a beautiful article and it so true. There is something magical about the early mornings.

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