Title: - Bracelet
Language: Braj, Persian
Poetry: Mirza Qateel (d. 1817), Bedam Shah Warsi (d. 1936) and others
In a probable depiction of the way early qawwali was rendered, Kangna borrows liberally from a variety of sub-continental influences to convey a message of universal love. While the essentially spiritual theme is expressed through the imagery of culturally significant symbolism, in both idiomatic Hindi and in Farsi, the emotional relevance of the raag, Malkauns in combination with musical elements from Hindu devotional music enhances the conceptual basis of Kangna.
Lyrics:
e kangana
O, bracelet
de de ri chail mero
give back, O dandy lover
e kangana de de ri chail mero
give back my bracelet, O dandy lover!
kangana de de
give back my bracelet
tori binti karoon
I beg and beseech you
tore payyaan paroon
and fall at your feet in humble entreaty
e kangana
O, bracelet
ma ra bah ghamzah kusht o qaza ra bahaanah saakht
kill us she did with coquetry and made "fate" the excuse
khud su-i ma nah deed o haya ra bahaanah saakht
she willfully failed to look our way and made "shyness" the excuse
bar dosh-i ghair dast nihaad az rah-i karam
out of favour for the stranger (our rival), on his shoulder did she place her hand
ma ra chu deed laghzish-i pa ra bahaanah saakht
the moment she sighted us, she made "a slip of the foot" the excuse
e kangana
O, bracelet
kangana de de
give back to me my bracelet
kangana
bracelet
de de ri chail mero
give back, O dandy lover
e kangana de de
O, give back my bracelet
aji chail kangna de de de de
I say, you rake! give back, give back my bracelet
de de
give back
ri chail mero
O dandy lover
naaheen aaoon main tore angana
I won't come with you to your courtyard
e kangana
O, bracelet
lapak jhapak aur aan achaanak rang ?aaro
deftly, in the wink of an eye, he cast his colour on me
mohe madhawa pilaayo
made me drink such heady wine (that I lost myself in him)
aise rangeele ke bedam waari
Bedam is sacrificed on such a rakish charmer
jin mohe laal gulaal banaayo
who coloured me ruddy, rapturous red!
e kangana
my bracelet
mori sakhiyaan saheliyaan mohe bol maarat hain chailawa
my friends and boon companions throw taunts at me, dandy lover!
de de kangana
give back to me my bracelet
kangana de de ri chail mero
give back to my bracelet, dandy lover
naaheen aaoon main tore angana
I won't come with you to your courtyard
dil daadam o
I gave my heart and
jaan daadam o
gave up my life and
eemaan daadam
gave up my very faith!
e kangana
O, bracelet