Srijanalaya produced this book with the support of The Asia Foundation’s Book for Asia program. Srijanalaya is an NGO based in Nepal that creates safe spaces of learning through the arts. For more information, visit srijanalaya.org Title : Hé‘Makaw’ (2018), originally sung in Chulichiya Chan Chan (1991) Writer : Durga Lal Shrestha Illustrator : Ashish Shakya Editors : Niranjan Kunwar, Sharareh Bajracharya and Muna Gurung

𑐴𑐾 𑐩𑐵𑐎: ! 𑐖𑑄𑐐𑐮𑐷 𑐩𑐵𑐎:

𑐩𑐶𑐏𑐵𑐩𑐵𑐏𑐵 𑐥𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐎:
𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐷 𑐕𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐎:
𑐀𑐥𑑂𑐥𑐵𑑄 𑐕𑑂𑐫𑐵:𑐠𑐾𑑄
𑐏𑑂𑐰𑐵:𑐴𑐾 𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐎:

𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐫𑑂‌𑐩𑐟𑐾 𑐁𑐩𑑂𑐠𑐾 𑐩𑐣 𑐴𑐾 𑐐𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐎𑑂𑐎
𑐴𑐾 𑐩𑐵𑐎: ! 𑐖𑑄𑐐𑐮𑐷 𑐩𑐵𑐎:

𑐑𑐵𑐬𑐵𑐑𑐸𑐬𑐸 𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐔𑐵 𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵:𑐔𑐶𑐫𑐵 𑐨𑐶𑑄𑐔𑐵
𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐏𑑃𑐫𑑂 𑐢𑐵:𑐳𑐵 𑐟𑐵𑑄 𑐢𑐵𑐮𑐾 𑐟𑐶𑑄𑐔𑐵

𑐦𑐸𑑃𑐂𑐦𑐵𑑃𑐫𑑂 𑐴𑐵𑐎𑐣𑑄 𑐠𑐸𑐮𑐶 𑐟𑐔𑑂𑐰:𑐎𑐶
𑐠𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐩𑐵: 𑐕𑑄 𑐴𑐾 𑐕𑐸𑐔𑐸𑐣𑐫𑑂 𑐏𑐶𑑄𑐔𑐵

𑐄𑐎𑐶𑑄 𑐮𑐵 𑐖𑐹𑐐𑐸
𑐕 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐧𑐮𑐾𑑄 𑐫𑐵𑐎:
𑐴𑐾 𑐩𑐵𑐎: !
𑐖𑑄𑐐𑐮𑐷 𑐩𑐵𑐎:

𑐕𑐾𑑃 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑑂𑐰𑐵:𑐩𑑂𑐴, 𑐧𑐸𑑃 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑑂𑐰𑐵:𑐩𑑂𑐴

𑐳𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐔𑑂𑐰𑐫𑑂 𑐴𑐸𑐳𑑂𑐮𑐸𑑄 𑐥𑑂𑐰𑐷𑐡𑐸𑐳𑐵 𑐐𑐵:𑐩𑑂𑐴

𑐴𑐾 𑐖𑐎 𑐩𑐵𑐎: 𑐔𑐾 𑐔𑐾 𑐢𑐵𑐫𑐎𑐵 :
𑐟𑐶𑑄𑐎 𑐄𑐏𑐾𑑄 𑐠𑐸𑐏𑐾 𑐟𑐶𑑄𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐸𑐂

𑐣𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵:𑐩𑑂𑐴 𑐢𑐟𑑂𑐟𑐾𑐬𑐷 𑐐𑐫𑑂 𑐖𑐎 𑐴𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐖𑑂𑐫: 𑐥𑐵𑐎:
𑐴𑐾 𑐩𑐵𑐎: ! 𑐖𑑄𑐐𑐮𑐷 𑐩𑐵𑐎:

𑐣𑐫𑑂 𑐟𑐮𑐵 𑐣𑐫𑑂 𑐳: 𑐥𑐵𑐎𑐵𑑄 𑐥𑐵𑐎𑐵𑑄
𑐣𑐶𑐥𑐵𑐮𑑂𑐴𑐵:𑐟𑐶𑑄 𑐣𑑄 𑐎𑐫𑑂 𑐎𑐫𑑂 𑐔𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐔𑑂𑐫𑐵𑑄

𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐫𑑂𑐖𑐎 𑐟𑐶𑑄𑐏𑐾, 𑐧𑐸𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐶 𑐮𑐵 𑐴𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐵𑑄

𑐥𑑂𑐫𑐥𑑂𑐥𑐵𑑄 𑐔𑐸𑐫𑐵𑐖𑑂𑐰𑐷
𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐟𑐵𑐟𑐵𑑄

𑐄𑐎𑐶𑑄𑐮𑐵 𑐠𑐵:𑐐𑐸 𑐣𑐶 𑐣𑐸𑐐𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐴𑐵𑐎:
𑐴𑐾 𑐩𑐵𑐎: ! 𑐖𑑄𑐐𑐮𑐷 𑐩𑐵𑐎:

About the Author

Durga Lai Shrestha is a famous poet of Nepal Bhasa and Nepali. As a teacher of Nepal Bhasa at Kanya Mandir Higher Secondary School in the 1950s to 70s, he created songs to inspire children to express themselves in their mother tongue. His songs became widely known throughout the Kathmandu Valley and collections of his children’s songs have been through over reprints and are still About the Illustrator Ashish Shakyais a recent graduate of the Lalit Kala Campus in Kathmandu, Nepal. He has a diploma in animation and visual effects from Black box academy. He has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist and animator for Fire studio, Arcoiris studio and various freelance projects.

Acknowledgments

First and fore-most we would like to thank the open-ness with which Durga Lai Shrestha has embraced this project. He is an inspiration for the next generation of creative thinkers. A warm thank you to the illustrator Amber Delahaye from Stichting Thang who held illustration workshops. And finally, this book would not have been possible without Suman and Suchita Shrestha, who are Durga Lai Shrestha’s children, and his wife, Purnadevi Shrestha, who is always by his side.

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Contributing translators: Ritica Lacoul