Coffee – Bilingual Lyrics Panjabi / Punjabi/English

• By: Amrinder Gill, Jasmeen Akhtar, Raj Ranjodh
• Album: Coffee

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the melodic world of Punjabi music with 'Coffee.' This song is a perfect gateway for learners to pick up romantic expressions and conversational vocabulary in Punjabi through its smooth, easy-to-follow rhythm and soulful lyrics.

[English]

I keep wearing

These earrings in my ears

With those long lashes

And light-colored eyes

When you become mine

My feelings will soar

And I'll keep my love a secret

Girl, you're an addiction

You're like a rare fragrance

Heart to heart

I can't bear the distance

Like coffee, you're a daily necessity

Your one call drives me crazy

Come, take these gold-plated bangles

Wear them on your wrist and take my heart

Keep me in your purse, and in your eyes

Wear me like kohl

First love, fourth outcome

You look like a piece of the moon

Connect with me just like

The lace on your scarf

...

In the sunlight, from afar

You shine, girl

The kohl in your eyes

Creates a long line, girl

With words sweeter than sugar

He steals my heart

Oh, my one and only heart

He just won't stop stealing it

Your long neck, the pearl in your necklace

Your four-inch braid works like magic

Your eyes are like pearls, and

That tiny mole on your chin

First love, fourth outcome

You look like a piece of the moon

Connect with me just like

The lace on your scarf

There is no one like you

In millions or crowds

The sun seems to set

Inside your light-colored eyes

I actually like it

Even when you fight with me

For all the love I give

You give me double back

He says the secret is in your eyes

I'll keep you in my focus now

I won't look at anyone else

I feel like proving it to you

Come, take these gold-plated bangles

Wear them on your wrist and take my heart

Keep me in your purse, and in your eyes

Wear me like kohl

First love, fourth outcome

You look like a piece of the moon

Connect with me just like

The lace on your scarf

[Panjabi / Punjabi]

Kanna vich chumke

Ve paake rakhan

Ni lamma kadd

Billori aakhan

Tu hogi meri

Feeling'an chakkan

Ve main vi ishq luko ke rakhan

Ve tu nasha

Kude tu kasturi

Dil naal dil ton

Na sehnda doori

Coffee wangu tu roz zaroori

Ni teri call jattan nu choori

Aa chak sone vich madha lai ni chudi

Banja gutt chadha lai ni dil nu

Phad ke purse 'ch pa lai ni ankh vich

Surme wangu la lai

Pehla ishq natija chautha

Ni tu hi lagdi chann da tota

Judja edan mere naal jivein teri

Chunni de naal gota

Oh dhup vich dooro tu

Kardi shine kude

Ankh vich surme di

Lammi line kude

Ve mitthiyan choori ton

Gallan naal thaggda ae

Haaye ikko dil mera

Na luttno hattda ae

Haye lammi dhaun gaani vich moti ni maithon

Chaar 'k inch tu choti ni jaadu

Kardi ae ankh moti naale

Thoddi te til chhota

Pehla ishq natija chautha

Ni tu hi lagdi chann da tota

Judja edan mere naal jivein teri

Chunni de naal gota

Tere jehi bani nahi

Crodan lakkha 'ch

Sooraj dhal janda

Booriyan aakha 'ch

Ve changa lagda ae

Tu bhawe ladda ae

Main jinna pyaar dawa

Tu doona karda ae

Ho kehnda raaz blur ne aakhan tainu

Focus de vich rakhan hun na

Hor kise nu takkan ni je

Jee karda aazma lai

Aa chak sone vich madha lai ni chudi

Banja gutt chadha lai ni dil nu

Phad ke purse 'ch pa lai ni ankh vich

Surme wangu la lai

Pehla ishq natija chautha

Ni tu hi lagdi chann da tota

Judja edan mere naal jivein teri

Chunni de naal gota

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Ishq iʃq B1	noun - love / passion
Surme surme B2	noun - kohl / eyeliner
Chunni chunni B1	noun - scarf / dupatta
Nasha nasha B1	noun - intoxication / addiction
Chudi chudi B2	noun - bangles
Dil dil A1	noun - heart
Doori doori B1	noun - distance
Sooraj sooraj A2	noun - sun
Kasturi kasturi C1	noun - musk
Chann chann B1	noun - moon
Thaggda thaggda C1	verb - to cheat / to deceive
Lakhka lakkha B2	noun - hundred thousand (lakh)
Pyaar pyaar A1	noun - love
Raaz raaz B1	noun - secret
Gutt gutt B2	noun - wrist

Key Grammar Structures

• Ve main vi ishq luko ke rakhan

  ➔ Conjunctive Participle (Perfective)

  ➔ The suffix "-ke" after "luko" (hide) indicates a completed action before the main verb "rakhan" (keep). It translates to "having hidden".

• Coffee wangu tu roz zaroori

  ➔ Postpositional comparison

  ➔ The word "wangu" acts as a postposition meaning "like" or "as", used here to compare the person to coffee.

• Aa chak sone vich madha lai ni chudi

  ➔ Imperative causative construction

  ➔ The suffix "-ai" in "madha lai" functions as a causative imperative, instructing someone to get something "set" or "embedded".

• Judja edan mere naal jivein teri chunni de naal gota

  ➔ Comparative subordinate clause

  ➔ Using "jivein" (just like/as) to connect the main clause to a comparative image of a lace (gota) on a scarf (chunni).

• Haaye ikko dil mera na luttno hattda ae

  ➔ Infinitive as a verbal noun

  ➔ The suffix "-no" in "luttno" turns the verb "lutt" (to loot/steal) into a verbal noun, meaning "from stealing".

• Tere jehi bani nahi crodan lakkha 'ch

  ➔ Negative existential construction

  ➔ "Bani nahi" (has not been made/does not exist) negates the existence of someone like "tere" (you) among millions.

• Main jinna pyaar dawa tu doona karda ae

  ➔ Correlative proportional comparison

  ➔ Using "jinna" (as much as) and "doona" (double) to show the correlation between the love given and the love returned.

• Focus de vich rakhan hun na hor kise nu takkan

  ➔ Future intention / Present subjunctive

  ➔ The verb "takkan" (to look/gaze) is used to express a resolved future action: "I will not look at anyone else".