23 Lyrics English Translation — Cheema Y (Feat. Gur Sidhu)

Ho ikk mile life te do vadde risk ne
[Oh, you get one life and there are two big risks]
Tin thalle gaddiyan chaar utte ke hisaab
[Three cars downstairs, what’s the count for the ones upstairs?]
Panj mere vaira chhe paaiyan goliyan
[Five of my enemies have been shot six times]
Satt lagge diamond kadde da jehda base
[Seven diamonds are set, the one that forms the base]
Yaar tera athvin ch ho gya si fer ni
[Your friend was already established in the eighth grade]
Nau vaari aayi athraetji di gher ni
[The strategic unit surrounded him nine times]
Das mainu das tu pagaunda kehda vairaag
[Tell me, tell me, what sorrow are you enduring?]
Yaaran jaiye ho mera vadda bai kehra
[Let’s go, friends, who is my elder brother?]

Maaran mainu gor hathaan de vich
[I die in the hands of the fair one]
Lahiran tera tere vandi da aa babeyan di
[Your waves are divided among the holy men]
Mera gona guna ho gya kile da jehda rate si
[The price of my fort has multiplied]
Deedar mere pandraan dinan de jinne wait si
[My appearance was awaited for fifteen days]
Sola vich kaddhi si sharaab pehli vaar ni
[I brewed alcohol for the first time at sixteen]
Satraan kilo si paaye seena de thaar ni
[Seventeen kilos of gold were worn on the chest]
Atharaan vaari chauki ch shikayat meri aa gayi
[A complaint was filed against me at the police station eighteen times]
Te une vich labhya yand doki la layi
[And in nineteen, I found and married my soulmate]

Vee din aaukhe kaddhe si ni main
[I have spent twenty difficult days]
Cap jitte kiven ch khadi si Scat Pack
[How I won the cap, the Scat Pack was standing]
Rap te bai bai karde ne billo chinde kadd te
[They praise my rap, girl, I’ve silenced my critics]
Teyi saal aiven neechi ni ithe kadd te
[I haven’t spent twenty-three years here with my head down]
Teyi saal aiven ni chimmi ni ithe kaddde
[I haven’t spent twenty-three years here just pinching cheeks]
Teyi saal jatt ni aiven ni assi kaddde
[This Jatt hasn’t just spent twenty-three years here for nothing]

Ikk meri life te do kole phone ne
[I have one life and two phones]
Duniya count chaar vadde loan ne
[The world counts four big loans]
Panj bai kitiyaan president roliyan te
[Five times I’ve dealt with presidential matters]
Six ch chhe vaari kaddiyan main goliyan
[In six, I fired shots six times]

Satt vaari kabje chhadaaye ni main gharaan de
[Seven times I’ve freed homes from possession]
Te table te fisher shrimp ath tarhan de
[And on the table, there are eight types of fisher shrimp]
Nau vaari keeta main prove rog jag nu
[Nine times I’ve proven my ailment to the world]
Te das vajje pakka time jaayida club nu
[And at ten o’clock sharp, it’s time to go to the club]
Gyarah vaari hoya eh pyaar ikko kudi na
[I’ve fallen in love with the same girl eleven times]
Baarven’ch nappda si asla main toodi na
[In twelfth grade, I used to grab weapons like they were nothing]
Terah vaari laggiyan ne mainu hath kadiaan
[I’ve been handcuffed thirteen times]
Te chaudan vaari so pai chhad de tu adiyan
[And for the fourteenth time, I swear, stop being stubborn]
Andaran ch pehli vaari taaj mahal dekhya
[I saw the Taj Mahal for the first time inside]
Te solan ch hazoor sahib ja ke matha tekiya
[And at sixteen, I went to Hazur Sahib to pay my respects]
Kitiyaan satraan vaari sair main pahaadan di
[I’ve traveled to the mountains seventeen times]
Te atharaan vaari palliyon krai bera yaaran di
[And eighteen times, I’ve helped my friends cross over]
Unni vaari aasra hoi mainu leeni
[Nineteen times, I had to take support]
Vee vaari rack kraaya main clean ni
[Twenty times, I got the rack cleaned]
Ikk vii saui sadi ch saade jeha koi si ni
[In the twenty-first century, there was no one like us]

Te bai karde ne saare jhande vi main kadd te
[And everyone praises me, I’ve hoisted the flags]
Te bai karde ne saare jhande vi main kaddde
[And everyone praises me, I’ve hoisted the flags]
Te teyi saal jatt ne aiven ni ithe kaddde
[And this Jatt hasn’t just spent twenty-three years here for nothing]
Teyi saal jatt ne aiven ni ithe kadd te
[This Jatt hasn’t just spent twenty-three years here for nothing]
Teyi saal sandhu aiven ni ithe kadd te
[Sandhu hasn’t just spent twenty-three years here for nothing]