Rabb Jane

(Tere layi, t-tere layi)

(For you, f-for you)

(Laija)

(Take it away)

(Tere layi, t-tere layi)

(For you, f-for you)

(Laija)

(Take it away)

Tu na jane tere layi tadpe

You don’t know how I’ve suffered for you,

Duaawaan mangiyaan uth-uth tadke

waking up at dawn just to offer my prayers.

Tu na jane tere layi tadpe

You don’t know how I’ve suffered for you,

Duaawaan mangiyaan uth-uth tadke

waking up at dawn just to offer my prayers.

Ve changiyaan hoiyan na tethon

You haven’t done right by me,

(Haan, haan, haan, haan, haan, haan, haan)

(Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes)

Ve changiyaan hoiyaan na tethon

you haven’t done right by me,

Main rakhna nahin tere naal naata

and I don’t want to keep this bond with you anymore.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Wo-o, wo-o, wo-o, wo-o

Wo-o, wo-o, wo-o, wo-o

Kyun tod gaya ve tu meriyaan aasaan?

Why did you go and shatter all my hopes?

Dukh deke sanoon tu naale lai gaya haasa

You gave me such pain and stole my laughter away,

Naale lai gaya haasa

you took my laughter with you.

Tu ohdon bada jataunda si

You used to show me so much affection,

(Pyaar mainoon bada jataunda si)

(you used to show me so much love),

Tu ohdon bada jataunda si

You used to show me so much affection,

Jadon si ishq diyaan shuruwaataan

back when our love was just beginning.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Shah Ali samajh je lainda mainoon

If you’d only understood me, ‘the poet’ Shah Ali,

Hatth kade na chhad’da ve

you would’ve never let go of my hand.

Je painda farak tainoon

If it actually mattered to you,

Ve tu taan upron-upron si

but you were only ever shallow and fake.

(Haan, haan, haan, haan, haan, haan, haan)

(Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes)

Ve tu taan upron-upron si

You were only ever shallow and fake,

Jude saan assin naal jazbaataan

while I was connected to you through deep emotions.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Wo-o, wo-o, wo-o, wo-o

Wo-o, wo-o, wo-o, wo-o

Oh, tainoon paake lageya manzil haasil hoyi

Oh, finding you felt like I’d finally reached my destination,

Par tainoon, beqadra, saadi na qadar koyi

but you, ungrateful soul, never valued me at all.

Saadi na qadar koyi

You never valued me at all.

Ve hunn royi jaa kalla

Now you can go on weeping all alone,

(Haan, haan, haan, haan, haan, haan, haan)

(Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes)

Ve hunn royi jaa kalla

now you can go on weeping all alone.

Mile taan shayad karaange baataan

If we ever meet, perhaps then we’ll talk.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.

Rabb jaane, main na jaanaan

God knows, for I surely don’t,

Fer kadon hongiyaan mulaaqaataan

when our paths will ever cross again.