Ji Waya La Lachhi Maduni

"Ji Wayā Lā Lachhi Maduni" (Devanagari:जि वया ला लछि मदुनि) ("It hasn't been a month since I came") is a traditional Nepalese song about a Tibet trader and his newly wed bride.

[1][2][3] This tragedy song has been cited as the source of "Muna Madan", a short epic story in the Nepali language composed by Laxmi Prasad Devkota in 1936.

[7] The title of the song "Ji Wayā Lā Lachhi Maduni" means "It hasn't been a month since I came" in Nepal Bhasa.

[8] The song's theme is based on the life and times of the merchants and artisans of Kathmandu who used to go to Tibet for long periods in the past.

[9][10] Wives and families were greatly concerned when the travellers left as they often died on the trek across the Himalaya mountains or of the harsh climate on the Tibetan plateau, and ballads describing their hardships are frequently sung.