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Jhanjar

Karan Aujla

O tinn tole dia kude baaliyan

Those gold earrings of yours weigh three tolas, girl

Das kihde kehnde utte laah lia

Tell me, who convinced you to take them off?

Mera tainu cheta zara aaya ni

Did you even spare a thought for me?

Kihde gal jaake baahan paa liya

Around whose neck have you been wrapping your arms?

Mainu pakka pata kithe jaake aayi ae

I know exactly what games you've been playing

Ni hun turi firdi shareefa wangra

Now you're playing the innocent card, walking like a saint

Ho ghaira de vehde ch chhannka ke aayi ae

I know you were clinking your trinkets in someone else's yard

Ni jatt diyan dittiyan banake jhanjran

Those anklets I gifted you, the ones made of Jatt pride

Oh mera favorite ni tu paake kala suit gayi

You put on my favorite black suit to go cheat on me

Banke cute gayi, ho kyun mute gayi

Looking so sweet, but now you’ve gone dead silent

O rooh teri gandali kara ke aayi ae

You've completely stained your soul, haven't you?

Ni jaake saaf honi ni maseeta mandira

No amount of praying in temples or mosques will scrub you clean

O jedi meri naal kari baahli changi gal ni

Everything we had was perfect until you ruined it

Bigdi tu kal ni te aaj paraa chal ni

You went off the rails yesterday, now get out of my sight

O mainu chhan chhan karke das gye si

The tell-tale chime told me the whole story

Ni ghungroo tereyan pairan de

The bells on your ankles gave you away

Ki geda kadd ke aayi aein

I know exactly where you were dancing behind my back

Saddi jhanjar vehde ghairan de

My gift, jingling away in someone else's space