Rabbi Shergill - Ishtihaar

      Ishtihaar with English Translation


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[Chorus]
G
Ik kudi
(A girl)
C
Jihda naam mohabbat
(Whose name is love)
G
Saad muradi
(Simple, dainty)
C
Sohni fabbat
(A lovely sight)
G
Ik kudi
(A girl)
C
Jihda naam mohabbat
(Whose name is love)
G
Saad muradi
(Simple, dainty)
C
Sohni fabbat
(A lovely sight)
F
Gumm hai gumm hai
(She is lost)
F
Gumm hai
(Lost)
F
Gumm hai
(Lost)
F
Gumm hai
(She is lost, I haven't found her -yet-)


[Verse 1]
C
Surat osdi
(Her face)
C
Parian vargi
(A fairy's likeness,)
G              C
Seerat di ooooooo
(Her temper is that of)
C
Mariam lagdi
(A picture of mary)
C         G
Hasdi hai taan
(When she laughs)
C
Phul ne jhardhey
(The petals fall)
C         G
Turdi hay taan
(When she walks)
C
Ghazal hai lagdi
(A melody plays)
F
Lamm salami
(Her graceful height)
F
Saru kadd di
(Like a wicker tree)
F
Umar ajey hai mar ke agdi
(Her years are still of nascence)
G
Par naina di
(But the language of eyes)
C
Gal samajhdi
(She comprehends)


[Chorus]
G
Ik kudi
(A girl)
C
Jihda naam mohabbat
(Whose name is love)
G
Saad muradi
(Simple, dainty)
C
Sohni fabbat
(A lovely sight)


[Verse 2]
F              C
Gummian janam janam han hoye
(She is (i have) lost (her) from many births ago)
F           C
Lagda iyon jyon kal di gal hai
(Though it seems as affair of yesterday)
F           C
Iyon lagdai jyon ajj di gal hai
(Why, it seems an affair of today)
G           C        G       Dm
Iyon lagdai jyon hun di gal hai
(Why, it seems this moments affair)
F              Dm
Hune taan mere kol kharhi si
(Just now she stood by my side)
F             C
Hune tan mere kol nahi hai
(And now she has vanished)
Am       G    C    G
Ai keha chhal kehi bhatkan
(What trick what chase is this?)
G       C    Dm  C
Soch meri    hairaan barri hai
(My senses, they're mystified)
C    G  C
Os kudi nu tol rahi hai
(Searching for that girl)


[Chorus]
G
Ik kudi
(A girl)
C
Jihda naam mohabbat
(Whose name is love)
G
Saad muradi
(Simple, dainty)
C
Sohni fabbat
(A lovely sight)
G
Ik kudi
(A girl)
C
Sohni fabbat
(A lovely sight)


[Interlude]
Em C Em C B G C


[Verse 3]
C                        G
Os kudi nu meri saunh hai
(I call out to that girl in my name)
C                         G
Os kudi nu apni saunh hai
(I call out to that girl in her name)
C  G    C
Os kudi nu meri saunh hai
(I call out to that girl in my name)
G           Em          G
Os kudi nu  apni saunh hai
(I call out to that girl in her name)
Em      C
Os kudi nu sab di saunh hai
(I call out to that girl in everyone's name)
C
Os kudi nu rab di saunh hai
(I call out to that girl in the name of god)
G                Em          C
Jey kittey parhdi sunhdi hovey
(If she reads or hears this)
Em                         C
Jeyundi jan o mar rahi hovey
(If she be alive or dying)
G           C
Ik vari aa ke mil javey
(Come and meet me once)
C
Vafa meri nu daag na laavey
(Do not sully my love)
F
Nahi tan maithon jia na janda
(Lest I can't live)
F
Geet koi likhia na janda
(Nor write a word)
F
Nahi tan maithon jia na janda
(Lest i can't live)
F
Geet koi likhia na janda
(Nor write a word)
Dm          G           C
Nahi tan maithon jia na janda
(Lest i can't live)


[Chorus]
G
Ik kudi
(A girl)
C
Jihda naam mohabbat
(Whose name is love)
G
Saad  muradi
(Simple, dainty)
C
Sohni fabbat
(A lovely sight)
F
Gumm hai gumm hai
(She is lost)
F
Gumm hai
(Lost)
F
Gumm hai
(Lost)
F        G
Gumm hai
(She is lost (i haven't found her -yet-))


[Outro]
C G C G C


G
Ik kudi
(A girl)
C
Sohni fabbat
(A lovely sight)