Punjabi Boliyaan

Recently we had a wedding in the family.  The mehendi or "ladies' sangeet" was a small, family affair which meant that there were just a few of us who had to do all the singing and dancing. It was a lot of fun  except that there was a bit of a problem when it came to gidhha. Now, the secret to having a good round of gidhha is either having a well-trained group of gidhha girls who have practiced  their boliyaan numerous times or having a big enough gathering that there is no lack of boliyaan and the ladies are actually competing with each other to get theirs' out first. But such was not the case at our party.Here we had just one person who knew quite a few but the majority of the junta was no good. Its not that we don't know it, its just that most of the time we end up listening and dancing to recorded bolis or Punjabi songs and so when we had to really sing the boliyaan, they didn't come immediately to mind. That's when I thought of doing a post on this to chronicle the ones that I remember..

 Boli payiey taan boli payiey lalkaar ke

Aashkaan da dil tor jayiey addi maar ke.

Nee main haarey di mitti, ni main chulle di mitti,

Kaale reethrey nu viahi nee main saaban di tikki.

Chaulaan da paani asaan boohey aggey doleya

Aaunda, jaanda fisal gaya nee

Mera rondi da hassa nikal gaya nee

Baari barsi khattan gaya si

Khatt ke leyaandi kikkar

Vey kad paavenga, kurtey naal di nikkar

Main nachaan, nachaan, nachaan,

Nee main agg vangu machaan

Main charh-charh peengaan pavaan

Maar hularey sikhar charavaan

Meri nachdi di jhanjar khnakey nee

Main nachlaan patola bann ke  nee                

Harey harey ghaa uttey sapp foonka       

Bhajo veero vey baapu kalla majhaan charda

Horna de mahiye taan lam-sallamey

Mera mahiya gith muthiya

Jivein sarak uthey rurhda fitfitiya

Je mundeya mainu nachdi vekhna

Suit sava de fit mundeya

Meri nachdi di photo khich mundeya

Laung paa ke aayi aa

Nathh paa ke aayi aa

Vekh lambra Nihaal kure aayi aa

Saarey gehney taan mere mapeyaan ne paaye

Ikko taveet uhdey ghar da nee

Jadon larda tann behja behja karda nee

Aap taan khaanda makki di roti

Mainu dinda kanak di

Main talli vangu chhanakdi

Madhaniaa, madhaaniaa, madhaniaa
Pekey dovein bhainaan nachiye
Sahurey nachiye daraniaan jethaniaan

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