Paar chanaa de,
(Right there across the Chenab river)
Dissey kulli yaar di,
(Lies my beloved’s hut)
Ghadiya ghadiya aa ve ghadiya,
(Come on, clay-pot, let’s keep going) (x2)
Raat haneri nadi thathaan maardi,
(The night is deathly dark,
The river waves surge high around us)
Ariye ariye haan ni ariye,
Listen girl, don’t be stubborn)
Paar channa de,
(Right there across the Chenab river)
Dissey kulli yaar di,
(Lies my beloved’s hut)
Ghadiya ghadiya aa ve ghadiya,
(Come on, clay-pot, let’s keep going)
Raat haneri nadi thathaan maardi,
(The night is deathly dark,
The river waves surge high around us)
Ariye ariye haan ni ariye,
Listen girl, don’t be stubborn)
Kachi meri meeti kacha mera naam ni,
(I am a pot made of unbaked clay,
Bound to melt away in the river)
Haan main naakaam ni,
Ho main naakaam ni,
Haan main naakaam ni,
(Being unsound and unsteady,
I cannot but fail in carrying you across)
Kachi meri meeti kacha mera naam ni,
(I am a pot made of unbaked clay,
Bound to melt away in the river)
Haan main naakaam ni,
(Being unsound and unsteady,
I cannot but fail in carrying you across)
Kacheyaan da hunda kacha anjaam ni,
Hai gal aam ni,
(The unsound can only reach an unsound end
This is a truth known to all)
Kacheyaan te rakhiye na umeed paar di,
(Don’t rely on the unsound
To help you reach the shore)
Ariye ariye haan ni ariye,
(Listen girl, don’t be stubborn)
Raat haneri nadi thathaan maardi,
(The night is deathly dark,
The river waves surge high around us)
Ariye ariye haan ni ariye,
Listen girl, don’t be stubborn)
Paar chana de,
(Right there across the Chenab river)
Dissey kulli yaar di,
(Lies my beloved’s hut)
Ghadiya ghadiya aa ve ghadiya,
(Come on, clay-pot, let’s keep going)
Raat haneri nadi thathaan maardi,
(The night is deathly dark,
The river waves surge high around us)
Ariye ariye haan ni ariye,
Listen girl, don’t be stubborn)
Hooo…
Vekh chhallan paindiyan,
(Look, the waves are splashing higher and higher)
Naa chhadi dil ve,
(But don’t lose heart) (x2)
Ajj mahiwal nu,
(I must go to meet mahiwal)
Main jaana mil ve,
(This night at any cost) (x2)
Vekh chhallan paindiyan,
(Look, the waves are splashing higher and higher)
Naa chhadi dil ve,
(But don’t lose heart)
Haan laike khill ve,
(So help transport me there)
Ajj mahiwal nu,
(I must go to meet mahiwal)
Main jaana mil ve,
(This night at any cost)
Haan eho dil ve,
(Yes my heart insists on going)
Yaar nu milegi ajj laash yaar di,
(Tonight, a lover will be greeted
With the corpse of his beloved)(x3)
Ghadiya ghadiya aa ve ghadiya,
(Come on, clay-pot, let’s keep going)
Paar chanaa de,
(Right there across the Chenab river)
Dissey kulli yaar di,
(Lies my beloved’s hut)
Ghadiya ghadiya aa ve ghadiya,
(Come on, clay-pot, let’s keep going)
Raat haneri nadi thathaa maardi,
(The night is deathly dark,
The river waves surge high around us)
Ariye ariye haan ni ariye,
Listen girl, don’t be stubborn)
Paar chaana de disse khulli,
Haan kulli,
Ve kulli yaar di,
(Right there across the Chenab river)
(Lies my beloved’s hut)
Ghadiya ghadiya aa ve ghadiya,
(Come on, clay-pot, let’s keep going)
Raat haneri nadi thathaan maardi,
(The night is deathly dark,
The river waves surge high around us)
Ariye ariye haan ni ariye,
Listen girl, don’t be stubborn)
Hooo…
Phad pallara,
(Hold firmly to)
Phad pallara, pakke murshad da,
(Hold firmly to the sound guide)
Jehda tainu paar lagave,
(Who will take you safely to the shore)
Jehda tainu paar lagave,
(Who will take you safely to the shore)
Ghadeya, (x16)
(O clay pot)
Tainu paar lagaave,
(Ghadeya)
(Take you safely to the shore)
(O clay pot)
(x7)
