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102 languages

001Odia original

Odia

ମୋତେ ସପ୍ନ ଦେଖିବାକୁ ମନା ନାହିଁ

Intimate Odia lyric song with restrained Odissi inflections

1 audio · 1 video

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002Lyrics · review welcome

English

I Am Free to Dream

Contemporary Nashville country-folk

2 audio · 2 video

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003Lyrics · review welcome

Tamil

கனவு காண எனக்குத் தடையில்லை

Tamil mellisai-inspired acoustic lyric song

2 audio · 2 video

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004Lyrics · review welcome

Telugu

కలలు కనడానికి నాకు అడ్డులేదు

Calm Telugu indie-folk with speech-led melody and restrained Carnatic colour

1 audio · 1 video

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005Lyrics · review welcome

Bengali

স্বপ্ন দেখতে আমার মানা নেই

Modern Bengali poetic folk ballad with bhatiyali-inspired space

1 audio · 1 video

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006Lyrics · review welcome

Hindi

मुझे सपने देखने की मनाही नहीं

Contemporary Hindi geet with light-classical warmth

Recording to come

007Lyrics · review welcome

Malayalam

സ്വപ്നം കാണാൻ എനിക്ക് വിലക്കില്ല

Malayalam light-music ballad with idakka dialogue

1 audio · 1 video

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008Lyrics · review welcome

Kannada

ಕನಸು ಕಾಣಲು ನನಗೆ ತಡೆಯಿಲ್ಲ

Bhavageethe-inspired contemporary poetry setting

Recording to come

009Lyrics · review welcome

Marathi

स्वप्नं पाहायला मला मनाई नाही

Intimate Marathi bhavgeet

Recording to come

010Lyrics · review welcome

Bhojpuri

सपना देखे के मनाही नइखे

Tender Purabi folk ballad with kajri-inspired rain imagery

Recording to come

011Lyrics · review welcome

Haryanvi

मन्नै सपने देखण की मनाही कोन्या

Soft Haryanvi folk-geet with ragini-informed directness

Recording to come

012Lyrics · review welcome

Gujarati

મને સપનાં જોવાની મનાઈ નથી

Gujarati sugam sangeet with an intimate chamber arrangement

Recording to come

013Lyrics · review welcome

Punjabi

ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸੁਪਨੇ ਵੇਖਣ ਦੀ ਮਨਾਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ

Tender Punjabi folk-geet with an open vocal line

Recording to come

014Lyrics · review welcome

Assamese

সপোন দেখাত মোৰ বাধা নাই

Modern Assamese lyric song with a restrained western-Assam folk influence

Recording to come

015Lyrics · review welcome

Urdu

خواب دیکھنا منع نہیں

Sung nazm with ghazal-informed intimacy

Recording to come

016Lyrics · review welcome

Konkani

म्हाका सपनां पळोवपाक मनाय ना

Goan mando-inspired contemporary love ballad

Recording to come

017Lyrics · review welcome

Maithili

सपना देखबाक मनाही नहि अछि

Literary Maithili folk-geet with a close domestic scale

Recording to come

018Lyrics · review welcome

Nepali

मलाई सपना देख्न मनाही छैन

Nepali contemporary folk ballad with sarangi storytelling

Recording to come

019Lyrics · review welcome

Sindhi

مون کي خواب ڏسڻ جي منع ناهي

Sindhi kafi-informed secular poem-setting

Recording to come

020Lyrics · review welcome

Dogri

मिगी सपने दिक्खने दी मनाही नेईं

Dogri lyric song with a spare bhaakh-inspired vocal response

Recording to come

021Lyrics · review welcome

Sanskrit

स्वप्नान् द्रष्टुं न मे निषेधः

Luminous Sanskrit chamber song with spacious Dhrupad-informed resonance

Recording to come

022Lyrics · review welcome

Sambalpuri

ମତେ ସପନ୍ ଦେଖ୍‌ବାକେ ମନା ନାଇଁ

Tender western-Odisha folk ballad with a restrained regional pulse

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023Adaptation invited

Kashmiri

I Am Free to Dream — Kashmiri adaptation brief

Contemporary Kashmiri poetic chamber ballad

Recording to come

024Adaptation invited

Manipuri (Meitei)

I Am Free to Dream — Manipuri (Meitei) adaptation brief

Meitei narrative song with voice and pena in dialogue

Recording to come

025Adaptation invited

Bodo

I Am Free to Dream — Bodo adaptation brief

Bodo contemporary folk ballad with sifung and serja

Recording to come

026Adaptation invited

Santali

I Am Free to Dream — Santali adaptation brief

Santali contemporary folk song with bowed banam and a shared refrain

Recording to come

027Adaptation invited

Marwari

I Am Free to Dream — Marwari adaptation brief

Maand-informed Marwari love ballad

Recording to come

028Adaptation invited

Tulu

I Am Free to Dream — Tulu adaptation brief

Contemporary Tulu lyric song with work-song-inspired response

Recording to come

029Adaptation invited

Khasi

I Am Free to Dream — Khasi adaptation brief

Khasi acoustic ballad centred on duitara

Recording to come

030Adaptation invited

Mizo

I Am Free to Dream — Mizo adaptation brief

Lengzem zai-inspired contemporary acoustic love song

Recording to come

031Adaptation invited

Garhwali

I Am Free to Dream — Garhwali adaptation brief

Garhwali love-dialogue-inspired mountain ballad

Recording to come

032Adaptation invited

Kumaoni

I Am Free to Dream — Kumaoni adaptation brief

Spacious Kumaoni solo-call ballad

Recording to come

033Adaptation invited

Magahi

I Am Free to Dream — Magahi adaptation brief

Intimate Magahi courtyard folk-geet

Recording to come

034Adaptation invited

Chhattisgarhi

I Am Free to Dream — Chhattisgarhi adaptation brief

Dadaria-inspired contemporary lyrical folk song

Recording to come

035Adaptation invited

Awadhi

I Am Free to Dream — Awadhi adaptation brief

Awadhi lyrical lok-geet with gentle Purab colour

Recording to come

036Adaptation invited

Gondi

I Am Free to Dream — Gondi adaptation brief

Contemporary Gondi narrative song with a carefully scoped Pardhan reference

Recording to come

037Adaptation invited

Ho

I Am Free to Dream — Ho adaptation brief

Ho contemporary folk song with a small communal refrain

Recording to come

038Adaptation invited

Braj Bhasha

I Am Free to Dream — Braj Bhasha adaptation brief

Braj lyrical folk song with restrained rasiya-inspired exchange

Recording to come

039Adaptation invited

Bundeli

I Am Free to Dream — Bundeli adaptation brief

Bundeli lyrical folk ballad with stanza-and-refrain storytelling

Recording to come

040Adaptation invited

Angika

I Am Free to Dream — Angika adaptation brief

Angika intimate oral-song setting with a gently rocking refrain

Recording to come

041Adaptation invited

Khortha

I Am Free to Dream — Khortha adaptation brief

Khortha nature-centred folk-geet with a quiet circling pulse

Recording to come

042Adaptation invited

Nagpuri / Sadri

I Am Free to Dream — Nagpuri / Sadri adaptation brief

Nagpuri geet with a restrained jhumar lift

Recording to come

044Adaptation invited

Kurukh

I Am Free to Dream — Kurukh adaptation brief

Kurukh lyrical song with a gentle drum-and-voice conversation

Recording to come

045Adaptation invited

Ahirani

I Am Free to Dream — Ahirani adaptation brief

Ahirani labour-and-life-inspired lyrical song

Recording to come

046Adaptation invited

Lambadi / Banjara

I Am Free to Dream — Lambadi / Banjara adaptation brief

Lambadi lyrical song with a gentle communal response

Recording to come

047Adaptation invited

Kangri

I Am Free to Dream — Kangri adaptation brief

Kangri intimate narrative ballad with a late answering voice

Recording to come

048Adaptation invited

Ladakhi

I Am Free to Dream — Ladakhi adaptation brief

Secular Ladakhi lyrical chamber song with spacious vocal phrases

Recording to come

049Adaptation invited

Garo

I Am Free to Dream — Garo adaptation brief

Garo acoustic lyric song with bamboo-string colour

Recording to come

050Adaptation invited

Kokborok

I Am Free to Dream — Kokborok adaptation brief

Kokborok lyrical love song with plucked-and-bowed dialogue

Recording to come

051Adaptation invited

Mising

I Am Free to Dream — Mising adaptation brief

Mising contemporary love song with Oi Nitom inspiration

Recording to come

052Adaptation invited

Ao

I Am Free to Dream — Ao adaptation brief

Ao contemporary acoustic song growing from solo to shared voice

Recording to come

053Adaptation invited

Kutchi

I Am Free to Dream — Kutchi adaptation brief

Kutchi lyrical ballad with flute-and-bowed-string dialogue

Recording to come

054Adaptation invited

Malvi

I Am Free to Dream — Malvi adaptation brief

Malvi lyrical storytelling with a restrained maach-informed exchange

Recording to come

055Adaptation invited

Mewari

I Am Free to Dream — Mewari adaptation brief

Mewari lyrical folk song with a gentle circular refrain

Recording to come

056Adaptation invited

Bagheli

I Am Free to Dream — Bagheli adaptation brief

Bagheli nature-centred lyric song with a spacious rain refrain

Recording to come

057Adaptation invited

Mundari

I Am Free to Dream — Mundari adaptation brief

Mundari lyrical song with an intimate solo and shared refrain

Recording to come

058Adaptation invited

Karbi

I Am Free to Dream — Karbi adaptation brief

Karbi contemporary lyric song with pongsi-and-cheng colour

Recording to come

059Adaptation invited

Lepcha

I Am Free to Dream — Lepcha adaptation brief

Lepcha flute-led chamber song with patient vocal space

Recording to come

060Adaptation invited

Kodava

I Am Free to Dream — Kodava adaptation brief

Kodava contemporary narrative lyric with measured vocal responses

Recording to come

061Adaptation invited

Badaga

I Am Free to Dream — Badaga adaptation brief

Badaga contemporary acoustic lyric with a gradual shared vocal ending

Recording to come

062Adaptation invited

Kui

I Am Free to Dream — Kui adaptation brief

Kui intimate narrative folk song with an unhurried communal response

Recording to come

063Adaptation invited

Adi

I Am Free to Dream — Adi adaptation brief

Adi contemporary narrative song with a gradually shared refrain

Recording to come

064Adaptation invited

Nyishi

I Am Free to Dream — Nyishi adaptation brief

Nyishi contemporary lyric with speech-led verses and a walking pulse

Recording to come

065Adaptation invited

Galo

I Am Free to Dream — Galo adaptation brief

Galo contemporary lyric with a recurring vocal motif

Recording to come

066Adaptation invited

Apatani

I Am Free to Dream — Apatani adaptation brief

Apatani contemporary chamber lyric with long narrative lines

Recording to come

067Adaptation invited

Tenyidie

I Am Free to Dream — Tenyidie adaptation brief

Tenyidie intimate vocal song with a late shared response

Recording to come

068Adaptation invited

Tangkhul

I Am Free to Dream — Tangkhul adaptation brief

Tangkhul contemporary melodic ballad with an answering instrumental line

Recording to come

069Adaptation invited

Dimasa

I Am Free to Dream — Dimasa adaptation brief

Dimasa contemporary lyric with restrained khram and muri colour

Recording to come

070Adaptation invited

Rabha

I Am Free to Dream — Rabha adaptation brief

Rabha contemporary folk lyric with kham-and-brangshi dialogue

Recording to come

071Adaptation invited

Chakma

I Am Free to Dream — Chakma adaptation brief

Chakma contemporary narrative love song with a soft returning motif

Recording to come

072Adaptation invited

Rajbanshi

I Am Free to Dream — Rajbanshi adaptation brief

Rajbanshi poetic folk ballad with restrained bhawaiya-inspired warmth

Recording to come

073Adaptation invited

Sikkimese Bhutia

I Am Free to Dream — Sikkimese Bhutia adaptation brief

Sikkimese Bhutia secular chamber lyric with a measured plucked refrain

Recording to come

074Adaptation invited

Limbu

I Am Free to Dream — Limbu adaptation brief

Limbu contemporary love lyric with palam-informed vocal dialogue

Recording to come

075Adaptation invited

Gojri

I Am Free to Dream — Gojri adaptation brief

Gojri intimate narrative ballad with a welcoming refrain

Recording to come

076Adaptation invited

Halbi

I Am Free to Dream — Halbi adaptation brief

Halbi contemporary lyric with a compact refrain and gentle shared pulse

Recording to come

077Adaptation invited

Saurashtra

I Am Free to Dream — Saurashtra adaptation brief

Saurashtra lyrical chamber song with restrained Carnatic colour

Recording to come

078Adaptation invited

Warli

I Am Free to Dream — Warli adaptation brief

Warli contemporary lyric with a restrained tarpa-inspired instrumental return

Recording to come

079Adaptation invited

Car Nicobarese

I Am Free to Dream — Car Nicobarese adaptation brief

Car Nicobarese contemporary acoustic love song with a shared vocal ending

Recording to come

080Adaptation invited

Jeseri / Dweep Bhasha

I Am Free to Dream — Jeseri / Dweep Bhasha adaptation brief

Jeseri contemporary lyric with an Oppana-informed lead-and-response idea

Recording to come

081Adaptation invited

Mahl

I Am Free to Dream — Mahl adaptation brief

Minicoy Mahl contemporary ballad with a patient recurring pulse

Recording to come

082Adaptation invited

Kurmali

I Am Free to Dream — Kurmali adaptation brief

Kurmali Jhumur-informed lyric with a circling refrain

Recording to come

083Adaptation invited

Surjapuri

I Am Free to Dream — Surjapuri adaptation brief

Surjapuri contemporary conversational ballad with open phrase endings

Recording to come

084Adaptation invited

Nimadi

I Am Free to Dream — Nimadi adaptation brief

Nimadi contemporary storytelling lyric with an intimate shared refrain

Recording to come

086Lyrics · review welcome

Spanish

Soy libre de soñar

Latin American acoustic bolero-inspired ballad

Recording to come

090Adaptation invited

Sora / Saora

I Am Free to Dream — Sora / Saora adaptation brief

Sora contemporary lyric with a work-song-informed shared pulse

Recording to come

091Adaptation invited

Kuvi

I Am Free to Dream — Kuvi adaptation brief

Kuvi contemporary lyric with free verses and a gently returning invitation

Recording to come

092Adaptation invited

Koya

I Am Free to Dream — Koya adaptation brief

Koya contemporary folk lyric with a restrained drum-and-response design

Recording to come

093Adaptation invited

Korku

I Am Free to Dream — Korku adaptation brief

Korku contemporary love lyric with a light dance-song-informed refrain

Recording to come

094Adaptation invited

Kharia

I Am Free to Dream — Kharia adaptation brief

Kharia contemporary poetic song with a refrain shaped by complete sentences

Recording to come

095Adaptation invited

Pnar

I Am Free to Dream — Pnar adaptation brief

Pnar contemporary lyric with a returning duitara figure

Recording to come

096Adaptation invited

Sumi

I Am Free to Dream — Sumi adaptation brief

Sumi contemporary vocal ballad with a shared refrain that grows gradually

Recording to come

097Adaptation invited

Lotha

I Am Free to Dream — Lotha adaptation brief

Lotha contemporary lyric with a work-song-informed rhythmic exchange

Recording to come

098Adaptation invited

Konyak

I Am Free to Dream — Konyak adaptation brief

Konyak contemporary narrative ballad with a compact returning vocal motif

Recording to come

099Adaptation invited

Balti

I Am Free to Dream — Balti adaptation brief

Balti contemporary poetic chamber song with spacious melodic replies

Recording to come

102Lyrics · review welcome

Italian

Sono libero di sognare

Intimate Italian acoustic cantautore ballad

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