Yaar Daddi
Punjabi/Saraiki · Love and spiritual fire
OPENING · LOVE'S FIRE
Yaar daadhi ishq aatish layi hai
My beloved has kindled love's fierce fire.
MeaningThe beloved is figured as the spark, and the heart as its fuel. The Punjabi 'daadhi' intensifies the description: this love burns powerfully.
Ve dost saanu lag gayi be-akhtyari
O friend, we have fallen helplessly under its spell.
MeaningBe-ikhtiyari describes a loss of self-control. The lover is overwhelmed by emotion that arrives without asking permission.
Seenay de vich na samayi hai
This burning feeling will not fit inside my chest.
MeaningLove exceeds the heart's capacity to contain it. The physical image makes an invisible passion feel almost too large for the body.
VERSE 1 · LOVE ARRIVES
Hul hulake ishq jo aaya
Love came surging in, all at once.
MeaningThe arrival is sudden and forceful, as if love were a storm or wave. The listener feels the impossibility of controlling its timing.
Mohabbat wala shor machaya
It stirred up the great commotion of affection.
MeaningThe heart becomes noisy with feelings that demand attention. The phrase 'shor machaya' suggests an inner uproar that spills into outward expression.
Ghati ghati shaam aayi hai
Dusk has spread across every valley—[approximate].
MeaningThe uploaded phrase 'ghati ghati shaam' is uncertain. Read literally, it paints a spreading evening whose shadow can mirror the lover's unrest. The Roman Punjabi pronunciation in the handwritten material should be checked with the vocalist.
VERSE 2 · THE RESTLESS LOVER
Ishq awerha bahan na denda
Such a love will not let me rest.
MeaningIshq refuses the comfort of ordinary life. Its force keeps the singer awake, occupied, and restless.
Thi gadaagar mast karenda
It turns me into a wandering beggar, lost in ecstasy—[approximate].
MeaningThe lover relinquishes status and self-possession. The supplied Punjabi spelling is uncertain, but its imagery suggests humility mixed with overwhelming feeling. The Roman Punjabi pronunciation in the handwritten material should be checked with the vocalist.
Ghati ghati shaam aayi hai
Dusk has spread across every valley—[approximate].
CLOSING POETRY · LOVE AND FIRE
Ishq tey aatish dohon barabar
Love and fire are alike in their burning.
MeaningThe opening establishes fire as an image for ishq, overwhelming love. Its intensity can describe both the pain of desire and the heat of spiritual transformation.
Atey ishq da tah wadhera
But love's fire burns even more fiercely.
MeaningOrdinary flames only affect what they touch; love changes thought, identity, and memory. The comparison raises love's power beyond physical heat.
Aatish sadey hai kakh te kaane
Fire burns straw and dry reeds.
MeaningThe poet begins with a concrete, familiar image: easy-to-ignite materials vanish in flames. It establishes how a fire consumes its fuel.
Atey ishq sadey dil jhera
But love burns the heart itself.
MeaningThe contrast moves from external objects to the lover's inner being. Nothing visible need burn for the suffering to be real.
Aatish paani naal bujhaindi
An ordinary fire can be extinguished with water.
MeaningPhysical damage has a clear remedy. The poet uses this common fact to prepare the more difficult question of what could calm love.
Aatish paani naal bujhaindi
An ordinary fire can be extinguished with water.
Atey ishq da daaru kehra
But what medicine can extinguish the fire of love?
MeaningDaru means remedy or cure in this context. The question implies that longing cannot be treated as easily as a physical blaze.
Ghulam Farid, uthay chah na rakhien
Ghulam Farid, do not nurture hope in that place...
MeaningThe poet addresses himself, a conventional poetic signature. The warning is self-directed because he understands how risky intense attachment can be.
Jithay ishq laaye da gera
...where love has already made its camp.
MeaningLove is imagined as a power that occupies territory and refuses to leave. The line suggests that once it settles, ordinary calculation becomes useless.