Koka (Nose ring)
Lyrics: Traditional. Music: Traditional.
Sung in a 4 beat rhythm.
This Punjabi folk song is about a girl trying to convince her lover to buy her a nose ring.
Ve haniya koka karva de ve maiya koka, ve haniya...
Kar ke kaul nibhona nahi, O eh ta sajna thokha
Sajna pyariya da akha naiyo modida, jurda na ehho channa dil naiyo todida. Rab dilla vich rahai soneya, Bule Shah da hoka
Kar de ne oho loki badi channa bhul ve, puch de ne pyar di nishani da jo mul ve. Suche pyar da karida nahi, sajna lekha jokha
Sajna hussan mera denda e duhai ve, gore gore rang di tu kadar na paiye ve
Har savan di rut hai kanu, paie jave soka
O my love you promised to get me a gold nose ring.
So don't be deceitful and break your promise.
One should not deny the requests of a lover because a broken heart cannot be mended. As the great poet, Bule Shah* said, "a lover's heart is God's abode".
Those who put a price on love are sadly mistaken.
In true love you don't expect anything in return; you just keep giving.
My youth and beauty are crying out for you. In this romantic rainy season
why not appreciate my beauty with the gift of a nose ring.
*Bule Shah was one of the great Punjabi poets of the16th century.
Lyrics: Traditional. Music: Traditional.
Sung in a 4 beat rhythm.
This Punjabi folk song is about a girl trying to convince her lover to buy her a nose ring.
Ve haniya koka karva de ve maiya koka, ve haniya...
Kar ke kaul nibhona nahi, O eh ta sajna thokha
Sajna pyariya da akha naiyo modida, jurda na ehho channa dil naiyo todida. Rab dilla vich rahai soneya, Bule Shah da hoka
Kar de ne oho loki badi channa bhul ve, puch de ne pyar di nishani da jo mul ve. Suche pyar da karida nahi, sajna lekha jokha
Sajna hussan mera denda e duhai ve, gore gore rang di tu kadar na paiye ve
Har savan di rut hai kanu, paie jave soka
O my love you promised to get me a gold nose ring.
So don't be deceitful and break your promise.
One should not deny the requests of a lover because a broken heart cannot be mended. As the great poet, Bule Shah* said, "a lover's heart is God's abode".
Those who put a price on love are sadly mistaken.
In true love you don't expect anything in return; you just keep giving.
My youth and beauty are crying out for you. In this romantic rainy season
why not appreciate my beauty with the gift of a nose ring.
*Bule Shah was one of the great Punjabi poets of the16th century.