The days after Diwali are family days. Bhai Dooj comes two days after Lakshmi puja (Diwali is on 8 November 2026, so check your local panchang for the exact Bhai Dooj date where you are), and in Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh, Chhath follows within the week. Many brothers and sisters are not in the same city for either.
A short song with your sibling’s name, sung in the language you grew up speaking, is a gift that travels well: you send a link, they hear it on the train or in the hostel, and it gets played again on video call. Here is how to make one with AI, with sample lines in Hindi, Bhojpuri and Maithili.
What to put in a Bhai Dooj song
The best sibling songs are part blessing, part teasing. Pick three or four of these and you have a verse and a chorus:
- The name, or the nickname only family uses.
- The ritual: tilak on the forehead, the aarti thali, the mithai, the gift that is always “next year”.
- One childhood memory: fighting over the remote, the school bus, the first cycle.
- A blessing: long life, success, coming home soon.
- Who it is from, especially if the song is from several sisters or the whole family.
Step by step on Autunes
- Step 1: On the Create page, set the vocal language. Bhojpuri and Maithili are separate choices from Hindi, so pick the one you actually want to hear.
- Step 2: Paste your lyrics in Devanagari with [Verse] and [Chorus] tags, or describe the song in one line (“a Bhai Dooj song from Anjali to her brother Vikas who lives in Bengaluru”) and let the AI write it. Edit anything that does not sound like your family.
- Step 3: Describe the sound, for example “warm Bhojpuri folk song, female vocal, dholak, harmonium, bansuri, 92 BPM”.
- Step 4: Generate. On the free plan, writing your own lyrics lets you use Zori5.5 XL (15 credits); a song from a description uses Zori5 Turbo (10 credits). The 15 free signup credits cover one song.
- Step 5: Listen once with headphones, then share the link. If one word is wrong, change just that part (3 credits) rather than making the song again.
Sample lines in Hindi, Bhojpuri and Maithili
These are starting points. Replace the names, and change any word to the way your own family says it; the singer reads exactly what you write.
Hindi:
- [Verse] टीका लगाऊँ माथे पे, भैया तेरी लंबी उमर हो
- जहाँ भी जाए तू दुनिया में, खुशियों भरी हर डगर हो
- [Chorus] भाई दूज का दिन है आया, विकास भैया घर आ जाओ
Bhojpuri (लिलार is the forehead):
- [Verse] भइया हमार अइलें अंगना, टीका लगाइब लिलार पर
- [Chorus] जुग-जुग जिअ हो भइया, बहिनी के इहे आस
Maithili (in Mithila the day is called भरदुतिया):
- [Verse] भरदुतिया के दिन, भैया अहाँ के तिलक लगाएब
- [Chorus] जुग-जुग जीबू भैया, हमर आशीष अहाँ संग
Prompts for sibling songs
- Sweet and emotional: “Hindi Bhai Dooj song, soft female vocal, acoustic guitar, flute and light tabla, nostalgic, 84 BPM”
- Folk and festive: “Bhojpuri folk song, female vocal, dholak, harmonium, jhaal, festive village feel, 96 BPM”
- From a brother to a sister: “Hindi pop song, warm male vocal, piano and strings, grateful and light-hearted, 92 BPM”
- Maithili traditional: “Maithili folk geet, female vocal with women’s chorus, dholak and harmonium, gentle and homely, 88 BPM”
- Funny version: “playful Hinglish song roasting my younger brother, bouncy beat, claps, cheeky male vocal, 110 BPM”
A family Chhath geet, the same way
Chhath geets are devotional, slow and usually sung by the women of the house. If you want a version with your family’s own lines, for relatives who cannot travel home or for the ghat playlist, the same steps apply with a gentler sound. Our separate Chhath Puja guide covers writing the geet in depth.
Keep the arrangement traditional, for example “Chhath geet, soft female vocal with women’s chorus on the refrain, dholak, harmonium, bansuri, 76 BPM, dawn at the ghat”. Avoid words like “dance” or “club” in the style; the model follows the prompt, and the mood will be wrong. Write the geet in Devanagari exactly as your family sings it, with Chhathi Maiya and Surya Dev spelled the way you say them.
For a long devotional set of 10 minutes or more, Long Forms on the Pro and Creator plans makes pieces up to about 12 minutes for a flat 30 credits.
Small things that help
Write in Devanagari, not Roman letters: “bhaiya” in Latin script can be read several ways, “भइया” only one. Keep each line to one breath. Repeat the chorus line exactly each time it comes back. And make two versions with different voices; it costs a few credits and you will usually prefer one clearly.