meri maa ne meri maa ne laga diye solah button meri choli me
mere babul o mere babul tu ab jaldi se bithade mujhe doli me
meri maa ne laga diye solah button meri choli me
mere babul o mere babul tu ab jaldi se bithade mujhe doli me
mere babul tu ab jaldise bithade mujhe doli me

meri payal me satra ghungru main satra saal ki huyi
yahi to wo o yahi to wo umar hai
jis me ke sohni mahiwal ki huyi
yahi to wo o yahi to wo umar hai
jis me ke sohni mahiwal ki huyi
mere hatho mere hatho mere hatho me atharah chudiya
main chham chham nachdi phira
pichhe picche ho pichhe picche meri laj nighodi
main aage aage nachdi phira, balle balle balle
pichhe picche meri laj nighodi main aage aage nachdi phira

jhuti daari pe much lagake daga wo beiman de gaya
aaya banke o aaya banke gali ka darzi
kamiz ka wo naap le gaya
aaya banke gali ka darzi
kamiz ka wo naap le gaya
kaise de du hay kaise de du de du
kaise de du main dil tujhe sajana ye dil hai rumal to nahi
kaise le lu kaise le lu main tere kangna
kahi ye koi chaal to nahi
koi ladka pasand nahi aaya ke bas maine na kardi
naam uska naam uska magar jab aaya
to phat maine ha kardi, oye shava shava shava
kaise jaau sajana se milne main kaise ikarar karlu
sab puchenge o sab puchenge aayi kahase bahana taiyar kar lu
sab puchenge aayi kahase bahana taiyar kar lu

mere naino ke teer kaman se churake saare teer le gaya
main naha ke talab se nikli wo meri tasveer le gaya
kuchh de ke kya kuchh de ke use tu
wapas wo teri tasveer maang le
aisa na ho aisa na ho ke chaurahe pe wo teri tasveer taang de
aisa na ho ke chourahe pe wo teri tasveer taang de

mujhe sakhiyo mujhe sakhiyo aise na nachao ki ye hai sasural meri
mere lehange me ho mere lehange me ghungru lagao
to phir dekho chaal meri
mere lehnge me lghungaru lagao to phir dekho chaal meri
meri maa ne laga diye solah button meri choli me
mere babul o mere babul tu ab jaldi se baithade mujhe doli me
mere babul tu ab jaldise bithade mujhe doli me

My mother, my mother, stitched sixteen buttons on my bodice,
My father, oh my father, swiftly seat me in the palanquin.
My mother, my mother, stitched sixteen buttons on my bodice,
My father, oh my father, swiftly seat me in the palanquin,
My father, oh my father, swiftly seat me in the palanquin.

Seventeen bells in my anklets, I turned seventeen,
This is the age, ah, this is the age,
When Sohni became Mahiwal's queen.
This is the age, ah, this is the age,
When Sohni became Mahiwal's queen.
Eighteen bangles upon my wrists,
I dance, *chham chham*, I dance,
Behind me, oh behind me, my shameful bashfulness,
I dance ahead, I dance ahead, *balle balle balle*,
Behind me, oh behind me, my shameful bashfulness, I dance ahead.

Wearing a false beard and mustache, treachery, the deceitful one, he gave,
He came as, ah he came as, a tailor of the lane,
He took the measure of my blouse.
He came as, ah he came as, a tailor of the lane,
He took the measure of my blouse.
How can I give, alas, how can I give, give,
How can I give my heart to you, beloved, this heart is not a handkerchief,
How can I take, how can I take your bangles,
Lest this be a trick, is it not?
I didn't like any boy, so I refused,
His name, his name, but when he came,
Then I quickly said yes, oh *shava shava shava*,
How do I go to meet my beloved, how do I confess?
They will all ask, oh they will all ask, where did you come from? Let me prepare an excuse,
They will all ask, where did you come from? Let me prepare an excuse.

From the bow of my eyes, stealing all the arrows, he took them away,
I emerged from the pond after bathing, he took my picture away.
Give something, what do you give him,
And then ask for your picture back,
Lest it happen, lest it happen, that in the crossroads he hangs your picture,
Lest it happen, that in the crossroads he hangs your picture.

Sisters, sisters, do not make me dance like this, this is my in-laws' home,
In my skirt, oh in my skirt, if you put bells,
Then see my gait.
In my skirt, oh in my skirt, if you put bells, then see my gait.
My mother, my mother, stitched sixteen buttons on my bodice,
My father, oh my father, swiftly seat me in the palanquin.
My father, oh my father, swiftly seat me in the palanquin.