This poignant vidai folk song emerges from the lived reality of desert life, where water was scarce and survival depended on care, planning, and community. As the bride prepares to leave her parental home, the pain of separation is softened by reassurance from her brothers, who promise that she will never lack what sustains life. Water—spoken of metaphorically as a pond of pure gold (sacho hem ro)—becomes a symbol of protection, dignity, and enduring familial love.
Through rich and layered imagery, the song reflects emotional abundance in a land of material scarcity. References to wells, ponds, canals, ornaments, and written fate (lekh) convey how the family prepares the bride not only materially but emotionally for her new life. Each assurance offered is an act of care, meant to calm fear and affirm that she remains cherished even as distance grows.
The repeated metaphors elevate everyday necessities into expressions of devotion and responsibility. In this song, separation is not abandonment—it is accompanied by memory, blessing, and promise. The desert landscape intensifies the emotion, making the assurance of water synonymous with assurance of life itself.
This composition stands as a powerful reminder of how Rajasthani folk music preserves social values—love, reassurance, and responsibility—through poetic symbolism and ritual song.
Please check the links provided below and listen to both renditions for a deeper and more complete understanding of this song.
ए माताड़ी मावड़ी मोजो हमे रे, डाडाणो रे माँ मोजे
रहगयों अलगो माड़ी दूर, दूर मोजे अमे
डोरो मोजो रे, साचो हेम रो
हे मावड़ी रे अमराणो ए, रहगयों अलगो माड़ी दूर,
डोरो मारो रे साचो हेम रो
धोरिए धोरिए, धोरिए धोरिए,
होजी रे गुढ़लोए
माड़ी मोजे रे, कुन रे
गुढ़ला, गावड़ियों रा उस
डोरियों मोजे हचोड़े हेम रो ॥
अरे किन जी खोदाया, नाडाए।
होजी नाडीयोए मावड़ी मोजे अमे रे .. कीनजी
खोड़ायोडो ऐ भीमा रो तलाब…
होवे डोरो ए, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो॥
(अतिरिक्त बोल दोहा १ , दोहा २ )
अरे बाबेजी जी खोदाया, नाडा,
हवे बीरे जी, बंधाई सरवरिए री पाल
डोरियो ए, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
मोजे भाभतड़ी पो गुँथ्यो धीयल बाई रे
शिषडीयेलो रे , मोजे साथनियाँ गाल्योड़ी सुरमोड़ी सींध,
सींधोडी, रे डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
अरे भाभतड़ी रंगियोए, धीयल थारे…
चूड़लिओ रे , रंगिया दोनौं धीयल रा हाथ
हाथडा रे, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
हवे रे माँ, मोजे लिखियो
लिखियो लेखड़ो रे पूगलगढ़ रो लेख
लेखड़ो रे, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
हवे बीरेजी, मोलयों धीयल बाई रे
कोमजीओ रे, मोलयों गलूडे रो हार
डोरूड़ो डोरियो ए, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
मोजे बीरेजी शिणगारयो ऐ धीयल बाई रे…
दिनोडी माँ मन्ने सीख..
सीख माँ मन्ने, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
सोवणिये री तीजों रा म्हनो
ओणनिया रे, ओणनिया तेड़ीया मेल,
मेल मा, डोरियो ए, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
डाडोणे रा धोरिया, धीयल..
धुँधला रे, अरे अलगो मोजे लिखीयो पुगलगढ़ रो लेख..
लेख मा, डोरियो ए, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
हवे मारिगिया बुजारों..
बाजुड़े री लूंब सो जोवां म्हरे पी री बाट
बाटडी, डोरियो ए, डोरियों हांचोड़े हेम रो ए॥
कृपया दिए गए लिंक ज़रूर देखें और दोनों गीत सुनें—बेहतर समझ के लिए यह अत्यधिक अनुशंसित है।
E Matadi Mavdi mojo hame re,
Dadaano re maa moje
Rah gayo alago maadi door,
Door moje ame
Doro mojo re, saacho hem ro
He Mavdi re Amrano e
Rah gayo alago maadi door,
Doro maro re saacho hem ro
Dhorie dhorie, dhorie dhorie,
Ho ji re gudhlo e
Maadi moje re, kun re gudhla,
Gavadiyon ra us
Doriyon moje hachode hem ro
Are kin ji khodayaa, nadaa e
Ho ji nadiyo e Mavdi moje ame re
Kin ji khodayodo ai Bhima ro talaab…
Hove doro e, doriyon hachode hem ro
Are Babeji ji khodayaa, nadaa,
Have Biire ji, bandhaai Sarvariye ri paal”
Doriyo e, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Moje bhaabhatadi po gunthyo Dhiyal bai re
Shishadiyelo re, moje saathaniya
Galyodi surmodi seendh, seendhodi re
Doriyon hachode hem ro e
Are bhaabhatadi rangiye e, Dhiyal thare…
Chudalio re, rangiya dono Dhiyal ra haath
Haathda re, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Have re maa, moje likhiyo
Likhiyo lekhado re Pugalgarh ro lekh
Lekhado re, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Have Biireji molayo Dhiyal bai re
Komajiyo re, molayo galude ro haar
Dorudo doriyo e, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Moje Biireji shringarayo ai Dhiyal bai re…
Dinodi maa manne seekh
Seekh maa manne, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Sovaniye ri teezon ra mhano
Onaniya re, onaniya tediya mel
Mel maa, doriyo e, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Dadonay ra dhoriya, Dhiyal…
Dhundhla re, are alago moje
Likhiyao Pugalgarh ro lekh
Lekh maa, doriyo e, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Have marigya bujaro…
Bajude ri loomb so
Jovan mhare pi ri baat
Baatdi, doriyo e, doriyon hachode hem ro e
Please do check the links and listen to both songs — it is highly recommended for better understanding.

