TOTW # 47: Flora/ Plant life

Hello everyone!

Welcome to ToTW # 47.

Since we've already had a fauna theme earlier, it's time to move from the birds, butterflies and bees to the buds, bushes and boughs that they inhabit and thrive in!

Matlab, it's time for phool, patte, pedh, paudhe!!

• You can include songs that mention plant life in any form & any part of a plant/ tree.
• The lyrics can have specific or generic mentions of flowers, plants, trees, gardens in any language. If it's in a language other than English or Hindi, please tell us how it relates to the theme, you needn't provide a full translation of the song, just a brief one of the portion of the lyrics that pertain to the theme.
• If the title of the song does not include any mention of plant life, please post the portion of the lyrics that does.

As usual the following rules will apply:

• Songs of any language, any genre, any era are welcome.
• Do not make more than 5 posts at a time and give others a chance to post too.
• Try not to repeat songs (refer to the posted songs' list on Page 1 that I'll keep updated from time to time)
• It would be wonderful if you included credits to the people behind the song.
• Any songs with extreme themes or adult content can be posted under the 'Mature post' option and you can also mention a Trigger warning in your post.

Alright, so let's celebrate all the flora & their magnificent glory on God's green earth with some wonderful melodies!

Songs List

(Repeat songs are in Bold & underlined)

P#1

1. Evergreen Tree

2. Daffodil Lament

3. The leaves that are green turn to brown

4. Main bhanwra tu hai phool

5. Paaon choo lene do phoolon ko inayat hogi

6. Phool gendva na maro

7. Poo pookkum osai (Tamil)

8. Roja poo aadi vandhadhu (Tamil)

9. Poomaalai vaangi vandaal (Tamil)

10. Phool jaisi muskaan teri

11. Genda phool

12. Phool ahista phenko

13. Tya phulanchya gandhkoshi (Marathi)

14. Mogara phulala (Marathi)

15. Raat kali ek khwab mein aayi

P# 2

16. Rajnigandha phool tumhare

17. Chandamama raave (Telugu)

18. Phoolon ka taaron ka

19. Patta patta boota boota

20. Phool tumhe bheja hai khat mein

21. Phool hai baharon ka

22. Likhe jo khat tujhe

23. Parbaton ke pedhon par

24. Phoolon ke rang se

25. Ye paudhe, ye patte, ye phool

26. Baharon phool barsao

P # 3

27. Chaman ke phool bhi

28. Na phoolon ki duniya

29. Phoolon ki duniye se

30. Patjhad, sawan, basant, bahar

31. Phool ban jaoonga

32. Dhundi kalyanna (Marathi)

33. Sunflower

34. Flowers

35. Dandelions

36. I just called to say I love you

37. Your love is like a flower

38. Baagon mein bahaar aayi

P # 4

39. Kaliyon ne ghunghat khole

40. Baagon mein bahar hai

41. Shokhiyon mein ghola jaye

42. Khilte hain gul yahan

43. Baag mein kali khili

44. Phir chidi raat baat phoolon ki

45. Octopus's Garden

46. Ae Gulbadan, phoolon ki mehek kaanton ki chubhan

47. I beg your pardon (I never promised you a rose garden)

48. Spanish Harlem

49. Every rose has its thorn

P # 5

50. Love story

51. Running out of roses

52. Trampoline

53. Chaman mein rehke virana

54. Kali ke roop mein

55. Boojh mera kya naam re

56. Lo ek kali muskai

57. Phool kahoon, shabnam kahoon, khushboo kahoon

58. Patte patte par dil ka ikraar likh diya

59. Phoolon ke dere mein

60. Dil ki kali yoonhi sada

61. Jab jab bahar aaye

62. Bagh mein phool kisne khilaye hain

63. Koi phool na khilta

64. Badal jaye agar mali

P # 6

65. Bhanwra bada nadaan

66. Ae phoolon ki Rani

67. Gunguna rahe hain bhanwre

68. Mile na phool toh

69. Kaanton se kheencke ye aanchal

70. Kaanta laga

71. Ek dushman pe pyar aaya hai

72. Raju ka tha ek

73. Maajhi albele

74, Jai jai ShivShankar

75. Dekh sakta hoon main

76. Aankh se chalka aansoo

77. Mohabbat kitne rang badalti hai

78. Ae dost mere maine duniya dekhi hai

79. Bhanwre ne khilaya phool

80. Ye kali jab talak phool banke khile

81. Kaliyon ka chaman jab khilta hai

82. Kaanton mein phasa aanchal

P # 7

83. Phoolon se poocha

84. Sone se jivan ki maan ki kaliyon ko

85. Suna hai phool kaliyon se

86. Gaon galiyon, phoolon kaliyon

87. Vrukshanni ra (Telugu)

88. Gorinta Poochindi Komma Lekunda (Telugu)

89. Tere umar ki phulwari

90. Tere honton ke do phool pyare pyare

91. Kashmir ki kali hoon main

P # 8

92. Tere phoolon jaisa rang

93. Maine kaha phoolon se

94. Phoolon sa mehka hua

95. Kyun

96. Lei lo champa, chameli, gulaab lei lo

97. Baagon mein kaise ye phool khilte hain

98. Aankhon mein masti sharab ki

99. Phoolon ki sej pe jeevan

100. Meri dua hai phoolon si

101. Kajra lagake gajra sajake

102. Roz roz daali daali

103. Dekha ek khwab

104. Baharon ne kiya sajde

105. Ek chameli ke mandve tale

106. Phir kahin koi phool khila

107. Rahein na rahein hum

108. Teri pyari pyari soorat ko

109. Jasmine flower (Chinese)

P # 9

110. Mast baharon ka main aashiq

111. Titli udi, ud jo chali

112. Jab jab phool khile

113. Jhilmil sitaron ka aangan hoga

114. Motiyon ki ladi hoon main

115. Har kali kali ke labh par

116. Desert Rose

117. Phoolon sa chehra tera

118. Rang le aayenge, roop le aayenge, Kaagaz ke phool

P # 10

119. Khile hain sakhi aaj phulwa mann ke

120. Phulwa band mehke

121. Gulmohar ke laal laal phulwa

122. Tujhe chand kahoon ya phool

123. Chand aahein bharega

124. Rang rang ke phool khile hain

125. Khiza ke phool per aati

126. You don't bring me flowers

127. Lemon tree

128. Flowers never bend with the rainfall

129. Main hoon Miss Lali

130. Gulshan gulshan kali kali

131. Kabhi khili dil ki kali

132. Mitwa

133. Phoolon ke iss shaher mein

134. Zindagi ke safar mein guzar jaate hain

135. Dali par baithi chotisi chidiya

136. Ye mera jeevan

137. Ambva ki daali par bole re koyaliya

138. Mehendi Mehendi

139.

Starting off with this evergreen classic

Evergreen Tree - Cliff Richard

Album: Me & my Shadows (1960)

Songwriters: Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder

Oh, darling, will our love be like an evergreen tree?

Stay evergreen and young as the seasons go

Your kisses could make love grow like an evergreen tree

Bloom in the summer's sun and the winter's snow

On every branch will blossom

Dreams for me and you

Our tree of love will stay evergreen

If our hearts stay ever true

Oh, darling, I love you so, don't you know that I'll be

True 'til the leaves turn blue on the evergreen tree?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5y1uy3abDM

This song speaks of erasing the past and new beginnings

Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries

Album: No need to argue (1994)

Songwriters: Dolores O'Riordan

I have decided to leave you forever

I have decided to start things from here

Thunder and lightning won't change what I'm feelin'

And the daffodils look lovely today...

And the daffodils look lovely today...

Look lovely today

Through your eyes I can see the disguise

Through your eyes I can see the dismay

Has anyone seen lightning?

Has anyone, looked lovely?

And the daffodils look lovely today...

And the daffodils look lovely today...

Look lovely today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQVREq-MKVI

The leaves that are green turn to brown - Simon & Garfunkel

Album: Sounds of silence (1966)

Songwriter: Paul Simon

Time hurries on

And the leaves that are green turn to brown

And they wither with the wind

And they crumble in your hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwOgXWOX-iE

Some Hindi songs:

Main bhanwra tu hai phool

Film: Mela (1948)

Music: Naushad

Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni

Singers: Mukesh, Shamshad Begum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MpHd0D3ySE

Paaon choo lene do, phoolon ko inayat hogi

Film: Tajmahal (1964)

Music: Roshan

Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi

Singers: Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNfWpzwQ8k

Phool gendva na maro

Film: Dooj ka chand (1964)

Music: Roshan

Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi

Singer: Manna Dey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_8TpSCyBY

Now for some Tamil songs

Poo in Tamil means Flower

Poo pookkum osai adai kekka thaan aasai

Pul viriyum osai adai kekka thaan aasai

(I wish to hear the sounds of flowers blooming

I wish to hear the sounds of the grass spreading)

Film: Minsara Kanavu (1997)

Music: A.R. Rahman

Lyrics: Vairamuthu

Singer: Sujatha Mohan, Malaysia Vasudevan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXqdAaMi6VY

Roja poo aadi vandhadhu

Rajavai thedi vandhadhu

(The rose flower arrives dancing, seeking the King)

Film: Agni natcchatiram (1988)

Music: Ilaiya Raja

Lyrics: Vaali

Singer: S, Janaki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXCuA4gUnN8

Poomalai vaangi vandaal, pookkal illaye

(When I bought a garland, (I found) there were no flowers)

Film: Sindhu Bhairavi (1985)

Music: Ilaiya Raja

Lyrics: Vairamuthu

Singer: K.J. Yesudas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZZ6cfm0AS0

Song : Phool jaisi muskaan teri

Movie : Taqdeerwala

Song Credits:

Singer(s): Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam

Music Director: Anand-Milind

Lyricist: Sameer

https://youtu.be/M-hj2DUbYls?si=sYvx3jLqkDK7dFt5

Song - Genda Phool

Film - Delhi-6

Singer - Rekha Bharadwaj, Shraddha Pandit, Sujata Majumdar

Lyricist - Prasoon Joshi

Music Director - A R Rahman, Rajat Dholakia

https://youtu.be/nqydfARGDh4?si=e4p3ajD62Vr0DCS6

Song: Phool ahista phenko

Movie: Prem Kahani (1975)

Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal

Artist: Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh

https://youtu.be/RPw-Ush4mkE?si=by2EgqJRaDOTlVLG

Here are Marathi songs composed by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar.

Song: Tya phulanchya gandhkoshi

Artist: Hridaynath Mangeshkar

https://youtu.be/SD84K-KtheA?si=YQGc9N7xzPnfE0M_

Song: Mogara phulala (bloomed jasmine)

Artist: Lata Mangeshkar

https://youtu.be/W2DGUX1xAks?si=1zIQhWMMV0aJkaEm

Song : Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein Aayee

Movie: Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)

Singer : Kishore Kumar

Music Director: R. D. Burman

Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri

https://youtu.be/qgsbn8IoUqc?si=w4tLp2sbdefvYTj9