BoliyanLohri songs and boliyan · ਲੋਹੜੀ ਦੇ ਗੀਤ ਤੇ ਬੋਲੀਆਂ
Lohri is celebrated on 13 January around a bonfire, with groundnuts, rewri and popcorn. Children go from door to door singing and asking for Lohri. Here are the old songs and some new boliyan.
2 traditional and 3 new verses on this page. Each has the Punjabi text, the same words in Roman letters and the meaning.
- ਰਵਾਇਤੀ · Traditional
Sundar Mundriye
ਸੁੰਦਰ ਮੁੰਦਰੀਏ, ਹੋ! ਤੇਰਾ ਕੌਣ ਵਿਚਾਰਾ, ਹੋ! ਦੁੱਲਾ ਭੱਟੀ ਵਾਲਾ, ਹੋ! ਦੁੱਲੇ ਧੀ ਵਿਆਹੀ, ਹੋ! ਸੇਰ ਸ਼ੱਕਰ ਪਾਈ, ਹੋ! ਕੁੜੀ ਦਾ ਲਾਲ ਪਟਾਕਾ, ਹੋ! ਕੁੜੀ ਦਾ ਸਾਲੂ ਪਾਟਾ, ਹੋ! ਸਾਲੂ ਕੌਣ ਸਮੇਟੇ, ਹੋ!
Sundar mundriye, ho! Tera kaun vichaara, ho! Dulla Bhatti vaala, ho! Dulle dhee viaahi, ho! Ser shakkar paayi, ho! Kudi da laal pataaka, ho! Kudi da saalu paata, ho! Saalu kaun samete, ho!
"Beautiful girl, who is there to care for you?" "Dulla of the Bhatti clan." Dulla gave the girl away in marriage as his own daughter and gave a seer of sugar as her gift. The girl's red wedding shawl is torn; who will mend it? The song remembers Dulla Bhatti, the folk hero of Punjab who protected poor girls. Everyone shouts "ho!" after each line. The lines after these differ from place to place.
- ਰਵਾਇਤੀ · Traditional
Asking for Lohri
ਦੇ ਮਾਈ ਲੋਹੜੀ, ਜੀਵੇ ਤੇਰੀ ਜੋੜੀ। ਦੇ ਮਾਈ ਪਾਥੀ, ਤੇਰਾ ਪੁੱਤ ਚੜ੍ਹੇਗਾ ਹਾਥੀ।
De maayi Lohri, jeeve teri jodi. De maayi paathi, tera putt chadhega haathi.
Give us our Lohri, mother, and may you and your husband live long. Give us a dung cake for the fire, mother, and your son will ride an elephant. Children sing this at each door, and the "elephant" is a blessing of good fortune.
- ਨਵੀਂ · New, written for this site
The Lohri fire
ਆਰੀ ਆਰੀ ਆਰੀ, ਲੋਹੜੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਰਾਤ ਨੂੰ, ਧੂਣੀ ਬਲਦੀ ਭਾਰੀ। ਮੂੰਗਫਲੀ ਤੇ ਰਿਓੜੀ ਵੰਡੀਏ, ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ੀ ਵੰਡੀਏ ਸਾਰੀ।
Aari aari aari, Lohri vaali raat nu, dhooni baldi bhaari. Moongphali te reori vandiye, khushi vandiye saari.
On the night of Lohri a great fire burns. Let us share groundnuts and rewri, and share all our happiness.
- ਨਵੀਂ · New, written for this site
A daughter's first Lohri
ਲੋਹੜੀ ਆਈ, ਲੋਹੜੀ ਆਈ, ਧੀ ਰਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਲੋਹੜੀ। ਧੀ ਪੁੱਤ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਇੱਕ ਬਰਾਬਰ, ਵੰਡੋ ਗੁੜ ਤੇ ਰਿਓੜੀ।
Lohri aayi, Lohri aayi, dhee raani di pehli Lohri. Dhee putt doven ikk baraabar, vando gud te reori.
Lohri has come: it is our little daughter's first Lohri. A daughter and a son are equal, so share out the jaggery and rewri.
- ਨਵੀਂ · New, written for this site
Winter is leaving
ਬਾਰੀ ਬਰਸੀ ਖੱਟਣ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ, ਖੱਟ ਕੇ ਲਿਆਂਦੀ ਰਜਾਈ। ਪੋਹ ਦਾ ਪਾਲਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ, ਲੋਹੜੀ ਨੇ ਧੂਣੀ ਲਾਈ।
Baari barsi khattan gaya si, khatt ke lyaandi rajaayi. Poh da paala jaanda jaanda, Lohri ne dhooni laayi.
He brought back a quilt. The cold of the month of Poh is on its way out, and Lohri has lit the bonfire.
Traditional verses are old folk verses with no known author, given as commonly sung; your village may sing them a little differently. New verses were written for this site in the old patterns.
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