Meaning, Summary and Listening Notes
This Punjabi song, "Mehndi Song," sung by Harman Maan, explores a young woman's deep affection and her desire to express it while respecting her family. She navigates the conflict between personal longing and familial expectations.
What it means
The lyrics convey a young woman's secret love and her wish to marry her beloved, expressing her devotion through mehndi rather than a permanent tattoo to avoid her parents' disapproval and uphold family honor.
Listen forthe repeated contrast between a tattoo and mehndi as expressions of lovethe speaker's internal conflict regarding family respect and personal desirethe plea for the beloved to send a matchmaker to formalize their unionimagery of traditional punjabi family values and a desire for a domestic future
Moodromanticemotionalreflective
Themeslovelongingdevotionfamily
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Lyrics
Oye dardi na kise naal bolan soneya
Tere naal raaz sare kholan soneya,
Oye allarh jehi umar ch pyar pe gaya
Rabb vi haye karda kalolan soneya.
Chit kare tere naa da tattoo khunwa lawan
Fer daraan jaan nu main
Panga jeha na pa lawan (x2).
Bapu mera adab subha da (x2),
Naal shakki nazran na vekhe maa ve.
Tattoo nal pain ge puwaade soneya
Ve taiyon mehndi nal likhan tera naa ve
Tattoo nal pain ge puwaade soneya
Ve likh mehndi nal karaan poore cha ve.
Ghardi main ladli aan
Gabli tabaadli aan
Tahin nazran ch mainu rakhde
Ho jatti hai jawaan hogi
Sire di rakan hogi
Kalle kalle nakhre aa lakh de (x2).
Par tera pyar laike mainu beh gaya
Tera pyar laike mainu beh gaya
24 ghante naam laindi aa zubaan ve.
Tattoo nal pain ge puwade soneya
Ve taiyon mehndi nal likhan tera naa ve
Tattoo nal pain ge puwade soneya
Ve likh mehndi nal karaan pure cha ve.
Pyar tainu kardi aan
Tere utte mardi aan
Viah vi haye tere naa karauna ae,
Par maapeyan gadaar hoke
Kehne ton hai baahar hoke
Izzat nu main daag na haye launa ve (x2).
Taiyon bhej de vichola dub janeya
Bhej de vichola dub janeya
Kahnu payi jana ainvaye tu sama ve,
Tattoo nal pain ge puwaade soneya
Ve taiyon mehndi nal likhan tera naa ve
Tattoo nal pain ge puwaade soneya
Taiyon mehndi nal karaan poore cha ve.
Maan likh bahn
Kar chunni di haye shaan
Naale ghar deyan ton rehni haan lakauni aan,
Ho changi noohn main ban na aa
sara kam karna aa
Roti vi haye gol gol launi aan (x2).
O shehar chhad pind tere vas jaan
Shehar chhad pind tere vas jaan
Yuvi Noorpur tera aa garaan ve.
Tattoo nal pain ge puwade soneya
Ve taiyon mehndi nal likhan tera naa ve
Tattoo nal pain ge puwade soneya
Ve likh mehndi nal karaan poore cha ve.
