Nī mainūñ laggaṛā ishq avall dā
The first love has seized me
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Sister, the first love has taken me.
नी मैनूं लग्गड़ा इश्क अवल्ल दा ।
Love from before the first of days.
अवल्ल दा रोज़ अज़ल्ल दा ।
It casts the scorched back into the pan.
विच कड़ाही तल तल जावे, तल्यां नूं चा तलदा,
Sister, the first love has taken me.
नी मैनूं लग्गड़ा इश्क अवल्ल दा ।
It kills the dead anew, wrings the wrung heart again.
मोयां नूं इह वल वल मारे, वल्यां नूं चा वलदा,
Sister, the first love has taken me.
नी मैनूं लग्गड़ा इश्क अवल्ल दा ।
What spark hides in this straw? Each day it pierces my heart.
क्या जाना कोई चिनग कक्खी ए नित्त सूल कलेजे सल्लदा,
Sister, the first love has taken me.
नी मैनूं लग्गड़ा इश्क अवल्ल दा ।
Love's arrow lodges deep; no hand can loosen it.
तीर जिगर विच लग्गा इश्कों, नहीं हलाइआ हल्लदा,
Sister, the first love has taken me.
नी मैनूं लग्गड़ा इश्क अवल्ल दा ।
Bullah, the beloved's love will mingle with nothing.
बुल्ल्हा शहु दा नेहुं अनोखा, नहीं रलाइआ रलदा,
Sister, the first love has taken me.
नी मैनूं लग्गड़ा इश्क अवल्ल दा ।
Love from before the first of days.
अवल्ल दा रोज़ अज़ल्ल दा ।