Babul (Hindi word)

The term is now mainly used in Bollywood songs in the context of a newly married daughter leaving her father's home.

In India, the conclusion of a daughter's marriage, marked by the bidaai (farewell) ceremony, is a profoundly sad occasion, because after this she leaves her father's house and permanently relocates to her husband's family.

The expression of this sentiment varies, but is usually in the formed of hushed sobs, while maintaining sober calmness and composure.

Wajid Ali Shah (1822–1887), the last nawab of Awadh, wrote a popular bhairavi thumri "Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye", where he likens bidai to death, and his own banishment for his beloved Lucknow[1] (video search for Saigal's 1938 rendition): बाबुल मोरा, नैहर छूटो ही जाए चार कहार मिल, मोरी डोलिया उठायें ... मोरा अपना बेगाना छूटो जाए |... आँगना तो पर्बत भयो और देहरी भयी बिदेश ... जाए बाबुल घर आपनो मैं चली पीया के देश | बाबुल मोरा ...

Shakuntala must go to-day, I miss her now at heart .. What must a father feel, when come The pangs of parting from his child at home?

[6] Shakeel Badayuni wrote this song for the 1957 classic Mother India: "Pee ke ghar aaj pyaari dulhaniya chali"[7]

In the month of Savan (Shravana), the bride is supposed to return to her father home, now as an outsider.

A song by Shailendra (movie Bandini) expresses this (video search): अब के बरस भेज भैयाको बाबुल सावन में लीजो बुलाय रे लौटेंगी जब मेरे बचपन की सखियाँ दीजो संदेशा भिजाय रे