Love Panjab Lyrics English Translation | Jordan Sandhu

kujh vi nahin khaande
[They don’t eat anything]
ithe vaddhe ton bina
[here without a big bite]
chaldi ni kahi daati
[The hoe and sickle don’t work]
jhande ton bina
[without a flag (symbol of pride/identity)]

motor te raunak ni
[There’s no life at the farm’s tube-well]
manjhe ton bina
[without a traditional woven cot]
lagdi ni roti changi
[The bread doesn’t taste good]
gande ton bina
[without an onion]

jinah hunda ghar da
[However much homegrown]
kamaad vijja
[sugarcane is sown]
unhan kadhi hundi
[that much is always]
laazmi sharab sajjna
[distilled into liquor, my friend]

himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]
himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]

jithe beriyan nu
[Where the enemies]
vattiya ji beran karke
[are crushed like jujube fruits]
ghaata khaada ae pindan ne
[the villages have suffered losses]
thoda shehran karke
[because of the cities]

seer rotiyan da
[A pile of rotis]
chhaba lammiyan te
[in a basket, long and]
lanjhiyan jaan
[thin, are taken]
jattiyan khetaan nu
[The Jat women go to the fields]
lagdiyan changiyan
[they look good]
chadd pizze, burger
[Forget pizzas and burgers]
khaane faaltu
[eating that useless food]
baathu pa ke
[with bathua (a green leafy vegetable) added]
banya ae saag sajjna
[saag (a traditional dish) is made, my friend]

himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]
himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]

ithe kinne hi taan rabb de
[Here, so many have become]
mureed hoye aa
[disciples of God]
dhanna guru prahlaad te
[Like Dhanna, Guru Prahlad and]
fareed hoye aa
[Fareed have been]

jihda paani di
[Whose body]
lehr te sareer tar giya
[floated on the water’s wave]
ithon bandagi
[From here, through devotion]
de aasre kabir tar giya
[Kabir was saved]
ek nanaki da veer nahiyo
[One, Nanaki’s brother (Guru Nanak)]
jaana bhulya
[can’t be forgotten]
dooja baala
[secondly, Bala]
mardana te rabab sajjna
[Mardana and his rabab, my friend]

himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]
himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]

baabe bulle diyan kaafiyan da
[Baba Bulleh Shah’s couplets]
bhariya bhandaar
[are a full treasure]
sultan bahu hasham
[Sultan Bahu, Hasham]
anekaan kise kaar
[and many other storytellers]

babu ji da chand changa
[Babu Ji’s (Babu Rajab Ali) beautiful moon (poetry)]
mooh ton nahi lathda baabe
[never leaves the lips, brother]
shaunki diyan vaaran
[On the ballads of Shaunki]
utte kaun nahi oh nachda
[who doesn’t dance?]
shaunki diyan vaaran
[On the ballads of Shaunki]
utte kaun nahi oh nachda
[who doesn’t dance?]

karamath keh lao chahe mehr rabb di
[Call it a miracle or God’s grace]
ithe kaniyaan pava dinde raag sajjna
[Here, melodies can make it drizzle, my friend]

himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]
himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]

saade sachche kirdaar
[Our true characters]
ikk laakhi dekh lai
[are one in a lakh, you can see]
saade baniyan chon chall ke
[Walking through our history]
visakhi dekh lai
[you can see our Vaisakhi]
shaam siyo atari jassa singh
[Sham Singh Attari, Jassa Singh]
naluwa parh ke janga di
[Ahluwalia, read about them and the battles’]
kera saakhi dekh le
[sagas, just see]

ho duniyaan te kite
[Oh, wherever in the world]
koi bipta pave
[any calamity falls]
ja ke punjab saar
[Punjab goes and takes care of it]
pehlan hi rave
[before anyone else]
aap da punjab
[Punjab itself]
bahut kujh chal giya
[has endured a lot]
guruan di kirpa
[By the grace of the Gurus]
na uthda rava
[it keeps rising up]
dil surgana ton sohne si
[The hearts were more beautiful than heaven]
Mandeep Maavi aa
[Oh Mandeep Maavi]
jadon raja ranjit da si raaj sajna
[when it was the reign of Raja Ranjit, my friend]

himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]
himmat daleri qurbani jazba
[Courage, bravery, sacrifice, passion]
pyaar da hi dooja naa
[Is the second name of love]
punjab sajjna
[Punjab, my friend]