Kinna Sohna Tenu Rab Ne Banaya
Punjabi
REFRAIN · LOOK AT THE BELOVED
Kinna sohna tenu Rab nay banayaaa
How beautifully God has made you!
MeaningThe singer marvels at the beloved's beauty as a gift from Rab, God. Repeating this praise transforms a compliment into grateful astonishment at creation itself.
Dil karay dekhda rawaan
My heart wants to go on looking at you.
MeaningThe deepest wish is not to possess or impress the beloved, but simply to remain in their presence. The longing to keep gazing suggests that one look can never feel sufficient.
Dil murda nahin lakh samjhayaaa
No matter how often I try to reason with it, my heart will not listen.
MeaningThe heart overrules the mind: rational arguments cannot lessen attachment. The supplied Roman spelling is somewhat uncertain, but in context the emotional point is the heart's refusal to be persuaded.
Kinna sohna tenu Rab nay banayaaa
How beautifully God has made you!
VERSE 1 · LOVE WITHIN THE HEART
Dil wich tera pyar wasa kay
After I have made a home for your love inside my heart.
MeaningThe Punjabi verb 'wasa' conveys dwelling or settling. Love is not a passing feeling; it has become something that lives within the singer's inner world.
Wekhi janwan kaul betha kay
i want to make you sit close to me and I want to keep gazing at you.
MeaningThe lover imagines bringing the beloved near enough to admire without interruption. Everyday proximity becomes the greatest luxury and a source of contentment.
Tenun dil walay sheeshay wich sajayaaa
I have adorned you in the mirror of my heart.
MeaningThe heart becomes a mirror that holds and beautifies the beloved's image. It suggests memory and affection: even when the person is absent, their image remains vivid inside.
Dil karay dekhda rawaan
My heart wants to go on looking at you.
VERSE 2 · BELOVED AS WORSHIP
Pyar teraa hai zindigi meri
Your love is my very life.
MeaningThe singer describes love as the animating force of existence. This is poetic emotional dependence, expressing the immense importance of the beloved rather than a literal statement about survival.
Karni ay mein pooja teri
I want to worship and honor you.
Meaning'Pooja' invokes the language of reverence or worship. Here it is a heightened romantic metaphor for devotion; it need not mean literal religious worship of a person.
Tenu ankhian day wich mein wasayaaa
I have given you a home within my eyes.
MeaningThe beloved is kept in the singer's constant field of vision and imagination. The eyes become a place of belonging, as if keeping someone close can overcome physical distance.
Dil karay dekhda rawaan
My heart wants to go on looking at you.
Kinna sohna tenu Rab nay banayaaa
How beautifully God has made you!