mera laung gawacha

A wonderful punjabi song that has enlightened many a marriage ceremony :). There have been many renditions of this song and of the lyrics
. 

Regarding the song,

Piche piche aaunda meri chal be na aaye 

dil valiyan vekhda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

nigha marda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

(

laung= Nose stud, नथ

gawacha- lost

dil valiyan- lover

vekhda-watch

nigha- eye

)

She is saying that she has lost hear nose stud and her lover should follow her and search for it.

Listen here

Piche piche aaunda meri chal be na aaye 

dil valiyan vekhda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

nigha marda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

Piche piche aaunda meri chal be na aaye 

dil valiyan vekhda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

nigha marda aaye ve mera laung gawacha

Dil de pariyan aankh maar maar jande ve 

milan main aayi tenu roti de bhavane ve 

roti de bhavane ve 

Dil de pariyan aankh maar maar jande ve 

milan main aayi tenu roti de bhavane ve 

roti de bhavane ve

milan aayi te milan ne te rus jaande sada lein 

mina karde manayi ve mera laung gawacha 

niga mar niga niga marda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

Piche piche aaunda meri chal be na aaye 

dil valiyan vekhda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

nigha mar niga niga marda aaye ve mera laung gawacha

Kaali kaali aayi si main kaliyan nu vekhadi 

Kaali kaali aayi si main kaliyan nu vekhadi

chad aaysi main avaaz nu dekhdi 

avaaz nu dekhdi 

Kaali kaali aayi si main kaliyan nu vekhadi

chad aaysi main avaaz nu dekhdi 

avaaz nu dekhdi

mainue shaq panda main nakh nu urake dig paiya hoon dung chaiyve mera laung gawacha 

nigha mar nigha nigha marda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

Piche piche aaunda meri chal be na aaye 

dil valiyan vekhda aaye ve mera laung gawacha 

nigha mar niga niga marda aaye ve mera laung gawacha

O mera laung gawacha 

Maye Ni Maye, Main Ek Shikra Yaar Banaya

Sublime...

Singer: Jagjit Singh

Lyricist: Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Maye Ni Maye,

Main Ek Shikra Yaar Banaya,

(Mother o Mother

I have befriended a hawk(shikra))

Ude Siir De Kalgi,

Te Ude Paryi Jhanjar,

O Chog Chuginda Ayaa,

(With a plume on her head,

 and bells on her feet

she came pecking for grains)

Ek ohde Roop Dee Dhup Tikheri,

O Duja Mehka Da Tirhaya,

(One,her beauty , sharp as sunlight

two,her fragrance.as if she was dipped in perfume )

Teeja ohda Rang Gulabi,

O Kise Gori Maa Da Jaya,

(third,her color ,that of rose

she must be a child of a fair mother)

Ishqe Da Ek Palang Nawari,

Weh Asa Chananiya vich daya,

Tan Di Chadar Ho Gayi Maili,

Os Pair Ja Palgi Paya,

(I made a bed of love,

 and laid it in moonlight.

sheet of my body was strained

when she set her foot on it)

Dukhan mere Naina De Koye,

Te vich Harh Hanjua Da Ayaa,

Sari Raat Gayi vich Socha,

Us Aye Ki zulm Kamaya,

(corners of my eyes hurt

overwhelmed with tears

all night went thinking

what I did to deserve this)

Subha Savere Layni Vatna,

We Asa Mal Mal os Navaya,

Dehi De vich Niklan Chinga,

Ni Sada Haath Gaya Kumlaya,

(early morning, with vatna(paste to cleanse skin)

I scrubbed and bathed her.

Embers exuded from her body

and my hands got burnt)

Churi Kuta Ta O Khanda Nahi,

Weh Asa Dil Da Maas Khawaya,

Ek Udari Aisi Mari, -2

O Mud Vatni Na Aya,

O Maye Nee,

Main Ek Shikra Yaar Banaya…………
(I crushed the food for her,but she never ate
so I fed her with the flesh of my heart.
She took such  a flight
that she never came back
O Mother 
I have befriended a hawk...)


<The translation is to the best of my understanding. For any modification/rectification please let me know>

Mae ni mae mere geetan de..

Singer: Nusrat Fateh ali Khan

Lyricist: Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Mae Ni Mae

Mae Ni Mae Mere Geetan De Nenaan Wich Birhon Di Rarrak Paway

Addhi Addhi Raati, Uth Ron Moe Mitraan Noon,

Maae Sanoon Neend Na Paway

(Mother, o mother,

My songs are like eyes

That sting with the grains of separation.

In the middle of the night ,

They wake and weep for dead friends.

Mother, I cannot sleep)

Mae Ni Mae….

Bhain Bhain Sogandhia Wich Bana Phe chananee De, Ta We Sadi Peer Na Saway

Kosay Kosay Sahaan De Mein Karan Je Takoor Mae

Sagon Sanu Khan Nu Pawey

(Upon them I lay strips of moonlight

Soaked in perfume,

But the pain does not recede.

I foment them

With warm sighs,

Yet they turn on me ferociously.)

Mae Ni Mae….

Ape Ne Mein Balaree Ha, Haley Apee Mata Jogi

Mat Kera Ais No Dawey,Akh Sun Maye Nu Roye Bul Chit Tene

Jag Kithey Sun Na Lawey

(I am still young,

And need guidance myself.

Who can advise him?

Mother, would you tell him,

To clench his lips when he weeps,

Or the world will hear him cry.)

Mae Ni Mae….

Aakh Suni Kha Laye Tuk Hijran Da Pakhya, Lekhaan De Ne Puthre Tawey

Chat Le Tarel Nu We, Ghuma De Ghulab To Ee

Kalje No Hosla Rahwey

(Tell him, mother, to swallow the bread

Of separation.

He is fated to mourn.

Tell him to lick the salty dew

On the roses of sorrow,

And stay strong.)

Mae Ni Mae….

Keriya Saperioyn Tu Manga Kunj Mael Di Mein, Mael Di Koi Kunj Dawey

Kera Ane Ghuman Diyen Rogian De Daran Utey,

Wang Khara Jogian Rahwey

(Who are the snake handlers

From whom I can get another skin?

Give me a cover for myself.

How can I wait like a jogi

At the doorstep of these people

Greedy for gold?)

Mae Ni Mae….

Peeray Ni Peeray , Pyaar Aise Titlee Hai Jeri Sada Suul Te Bawey

Pyaar Aisa Bohr Ha Ni, Jideh Kolon Ashna Wee

Lakhan Kohan Duur He Rawey

(Listen, o my pain,

Love is that butterfly

Which is pinned forever to a stake.

Love is that bee,

From whom desire,

Stays miles away.)

Mae Ni Mae….

Pyaar Woh Mehal Hai Ni, Jide Wich Pankhuan De Baaj Kuj Hor Na Rawey

Pyaar Aisa Aangna Hai Jide Wich Waslaan Da

Raatra Na Palang Dawey

(Love is that palace

Where nothing lives

Except for the birds.

Love is that hearth

Where the colored bed of fulfillment,

Is never laid.)

Mae Ni Mae….

Aakh Mae Adhi Adhi Raati Moe Mitraan De Uchi Uchi Naam Na Lawey

Mate Sadey Moeyan Peechun Jag Eeh Shareekra Na

Getaan No Wi Chandra Kahwey

(Mother, tell him not to

Call out the name of his dead friends

So loudly in the middle of the night.

When I am gone, I fear

That this malicious world,

Will say that my songs were evil.)

Mae Ni Mae….

Mae Ni Mae Mere Geetan De Nenaan Wich Birhon Di Darrak Paway

Addhi Addhi Raati Uth, Roon Moe Mitraan Noon,

Mae Sanu Neend Na Pawey

(Mother, o mother

My songs are like eyes

That sting with the grains of separation.

In the middle of the night ,

They wake and weep for dead friends.

Mother, I cannot sleep)

Mae Ni Mae…

(Mother, o mother)

<Translation is as per the video shared. For any modification/rectification please do let us know>