Baba Farid's verses over a whistle-led track and programmed drums. I wrote it while working out what moving countries was doing to me.
I first knew these lines through Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Nothing from his recording is used here.
Lyrics · Punjabi
Biiba
Verses by Baba Farid (c.1173–1266). Hook and outro by Chaippaani.
Verse
pardes gaya, pardesi hoyaHe went to distant lands and became a stranger
teri nit wal na wal loadaanEvery day, I turn myself again and again toward you
jogan kamli kar kay sit gayaYour love has driven me mad, like an ascetic undone
bethi kakh galiyaan de phooranI sit in the streets, sifting dust and straw
chaal piya di aisi niraliMy beloved walks a path so strange
jiway pairaan payiyaan moraanAs if the world itself dances unnaturally at my feet
yaar fareed main kaanwar howaanO friend, says Farid, I remain incomplete, unfulfilled
je mukh sajna waloon moraanIf my beloved ever turns his face away from me
Rap
pardes gaya, pardesi hoyaHe went to distant lands and became a stranger
teri nit wal na wal loadaanEvery day, I turn myself again and again toward you
jogan kamli kar kay sit gayaYour love has driven me mad, like an ascetic undone
bethi kakh galiyaan de phooranI sit in the streets, sifting dust and straw
chaal piya di aisi niraliMy beloved walks a path so strange
jiway pairaan payiyaan moraanAs if the world itself dances unnaturally at my feet
yaar fareed main kaanwar howaanO friend, says Farid, I remain incomplete, unfulfilled
je mukh sajna waloon moraanIf my beloved ever turns his face away from me
Hook
Je tu
Je tu
Je tu
je tu ankhiyan de saamne ni rehnaIf you won't stay before my eyes
te biiba sadda dil mod deThen, my love, give my heart back to me
Sung
pardes gaya, pardesi hoyaHe went to distant lands and became a stranger
teri nit wal na wal loadaanEvery day, I turn myself again and again toward you
jogan kamli kar kay sit gayaYour love has driven me mad, like an ascetic undone
bethi kakh galiyaan de phooranI sit in the streets, sifting dust and straw
chaal piya di aisi niraliMy beloved walks a path so strange
jiway pairaan payiyaan moraanAs if the world itself dances unnaturally at my feet
yaar fareed main kaanwar howaanO friend, says Farid, I remain incomplete, unfulfilled
je mukh sajna waloon moraanIf my beloved ever turns his face away from me
Hook
je tu ankhiyan de saamne ni rehnaIf you won't stay before my eyes
te biiba sadda dil mod deThen, my love, give my heart back to me
Asssssiiii
nit da vichoda nahi sehnaI cannot endure this daily separation
Outro
Mein pyaar kiya tune dhoka diyaI loved you, you betrayed me
Tu jinni vari mangaHowever many times you asked
Mein tenu duja mauka diyaI gave you another chance
Mein pyaar kiya… ikraar sahiI loved you… and I said so
Teri khushi liye aitbaar sahiFor your happiness, I trusted you anyway
Das ta dendi, mud ke vi,You could have told me, even as you turned away
tu mere naal kyu aisa kiyaWhy did you do this to me
Credits and codes
For the record
- Released
- 30 January 2026
- Format
- Single
- UPC
859729897442- ISRC / ISWC
QT65X2646301T-341.385.420-9- What's in it
- All original sounds. Lyrics by Baba Farid (public domain)
- AI
- None
- Produced, performed, mixed and mastered by
- Chaippaani
- Verses
- Baba Farid
Masters and publishing: 100% Chaitanya Pandey. PRS for Music writer member, IPI 1343127187.
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