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Public-domain and traditional songs with the full text, transliteration and an English translation, and credits, meaning and the official video for 78+ songs from Malayalam to Arabic.

Featured songOm Jai Jagdish Hareॐ जय जगदीश हरेOm Jai Jagdish Hare aarti in Hindi with transliteration, our English translation and the story of Shardha Ram Phillauri, who wrote it around 1870.Read the words and meaning

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We do not publish the words of copyrighted songs. These pages carry the credits, the official video and our own notes on each song.

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A black vinyl record with a red label and a gold winged-eyeliner stroke on a dark background, with the title Back to Black at 20: the story and songs of Amy Winehouse's 2006 albumAlbum ReviewsAmy Winehouse's Back to Black at 20: The Story, Songs and Meaning Behind the AlbumA marigold wedding garland and a broken golden bow on a deep red and saffron background, with the title Mangal Rang: the Rama and Sita wedding song from RamayanaLyrics ExplainedMangal Rang Song from Ramayana: Meaning, Singers and Five Language VersionsA harmonium silhouetted against a warm sunburst with sound-wave bars, under the title Deva (1950-2026): the composer who took gaana to Tamil cinemaArtist ProfilesComposer Deva's Legacy: Best-Known Songs, Gaana and the Rajinikanth SoundA lone figure walking down a neon pink chamber toward a glowing blue screen, with the title Dopamine Chamber and the words Fontaines D.C.'s fifth album: meaning, themes and backstoryAlbum ReviewsFontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber Explained: Album Meaning, Themes and BackstoryA glowing damaru drum and crescent moon over Mount Kailash at night, with the title Ravana Tandav and the words song, credits and the Shiva Tandava StotramLyrics ExplainedRavana Tandav Song from Ramayana: Credits, Meaning and the Shiva Tandava Stotram Behind ItAn open book with a quill and a sheet of music under the words Vande Mataram, 1875 to 2026, on a saffron, white and green backgroundMusic HistoryWho Wrote Vande Mataram? The Story Behind India's National Song

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Free songs, in full. Lullabies, hymns, folk songs, national songs and poems whose writers died long ago are in the public domain. We print them with the source, a transliteration and our own English translation.

Copyrighted songs, never copied. For film and pop songs we write about the song instead: who made it, what it means and where it came from, next to the official video.

Official videos only. Every embed is the label, performer or broadcaster upload, checked to be public and embeddable, with credit under it.