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  • Pasoori’: What do the lyrics of the Coke Studio song mean?

    Pasoori’: What do the lyrics of the Coke Studio song mean?

    If there’s one thing you need to see on the internet, it’s Coke Studio’s season 14’s song ‘Pasoori’. The song has over 113 million views on YouTube since its release three months ago and is playing on the radio everywhere, from the United Arab Emirates to Canada. All seem fully captivated by song sung by Ali Sethi and Shae Gill.

    Before we dwell on the magical journey of the Punjabi lyrical composition, let’s first understand what the word ‘pasoori’ means.

    ‘Pasoori’ is a Punjabi word loosely translated in two ways in Urdu as ‘kashmakash‘ and ‘jaldbazi/teezi’ meaning difficulty/conflict and impatience/hasty.

    Punjabi speakers casually use this word as “Enu bari pasoori pai hoi ay [This person is facing some difficult situation or this person is very impatient]”

    Majestic words written by Ali Sethi and Fazal Abbas, definitely have taken everyone on a listening spree. ‘Pasoori’ turns all angst into art, with its lyrics signifying the need to celebrate artistic self-expression.

    Here is what the lyrics of Pasoori mean.

    [Verse 1: Ali Sethi]
    Agg lavan majboori nu
    Set fire to your worries

    Aan jaan di pasoori nu
    To waiting and to hurries

    Zehar bane haan teri
    If your love is poison

    Pee jaavan main poori nu
    I will drink it in a flurry

    Aana si o nai aaya
    He said he’d come, he never did

    Dil baang baang mera takraya
    My heart lurched and slid

    Kaga bol ke dus jaavein
    Let the crow tell me why

    Paavan gheyo dee choori nu
    And feast on sweet supply

    [Pre-Chorus: Ali Sethi]
    Raawaan ch baawan ch o nu lukawaan
    I will hide him and bide him in loving embraces

    Koi mainu naa roke
    No one makes me stop

    [Chorus: Ali Sethi]
    Mere dhol judaiyaan di, tenu khabar kivein hove
    My love how can you know what happens when we part

    Aa jaave dil tera, poora vi na hove
    I hope you fall in love, I hope it breaks your heart

    Haan baniyan banaiyaan di, gal baat kivein hove
    How will the willing, communicate

    Aa jaave dil tera, poora vi na hove
    I hope you fall in love, I hope it breaks your heart

    [Verse 2: Shae Gill]
    Bhul gayi majboori nu
    I forgot about my chains

    Duniya di dastoori nu
    and people refrain

    Saath tera hai bathera
    You are enough for me

    Poora kar zaroori nu
    Fulfil my destiny

    Aana si o nai aaya
    He said he will come but he never did

    Raasta na dikhlaaya
    I could not see the way was hidden

    Dil humara de sahara
    My heart gives solace

    Khaahishaat adhoori nu
    to wishes unfulfilled

    [Pre-Chorus: Shae Gill]
    Waari main jaavan, main tenu bulavaan
    I dote on you, I call out you name

    Gal saari taan hove
    Let’s have it out, for shame

    [Chorus: Shae Gill]
    Mere dhol judaiyaan di, tenu khabar kivein hove
    My love, how can you know what happens when we part

    Aa jaave dil tera, poora vi na hove
    I hope you fall in love, I hope it breaks your heart

    Haan baniyan banaiyaan di, gal baat kivein hove
    How will the willing communicate?

    Aa jaave dil tera, poora vi na hove
    I hope you fall in love, I hope it breaks your heart

    [Bridge: Shae Gill & Ali Sethi]
    Mere dhol judaiyaan di, sardaari na hove
    My love, don’t let this distance reign

    Mere dhol judaiyaan di
    My love, what of this distance

    Ahhhhaaaaaaa

    Mere dhol judaiyaan di, sardaari na hove
    My love, don’t let this distance reign

    Dildaaran di, sab yaaaran di, aazaari na hove
    Don’t let these lovers be in pain

    Dildaaran di, sab yaaaran di, aazaari na hove
    Don’t let these lovers be in pain

    Aa chalein le ke tujhe
    Come let’s go away

    Hai jahaan silsilay
    where all the lovers meet

    Tu hai wahi, hai teri kami
    You are the one, it’s you I need

    Bana de, saza de, panah de hume
    Give me life, give me love, take me in your arms

    Bana de, saza de, panah de hume
    Give me life, give me love, take me in your arms

    Agg lavan majboori nu
    Set fire to your worries

    Aan jaan di pasoori nu
    To waiting and to hurries

    Zehar bane haan teri
    If your love is poison

    Pee jaavan main poori nu
    I will drink it in a flurry

    [Chorus: Ali Sethi & Shae Gill]
    Mere dhol judaiyaan di, tenu khabar kivein hove
    My love, how can you know what happens when we part

    Aa jaave dil tera, poora vi na hove
    I hope you fall in love, I hope it breaks your heart

    Haan baniyan banaiyaan di, gal baat kivein hove
    How will the willing communicate

    Aa jaave dil tera, poora vi na hove
    I hope you fall in love, I hope it breaks your heart

    [Outro: Shae Gill & Ali Sethi]
    Poora vi na hove
    I hope it breaks your heart

    Poora vi na hove
    I hope it breaks your heart

  • EXCLUSIVE: Ali Sethi reveals something special about ‘Pasoori’ and a truck

    EXCLUSIVE: Ali Sethi reveals something special about ‘Pasoori’ and a truck

    Coke Studio’s latest song features singers Ali Sethi and Shae Gill.

    The song ‘Pasoori’ is a fusion of pop and folk music. It makes you want to dance to its magical tune.

    ‘Pasoori‘ has been written by Sethi and Fazal Abbas, while the composition has been done by Sethi and Zulfiqar J Khan, popularly known as Xulfi. The music has been produced by Abdullah Siddiqui and Xulfi.

    The Current reached out to Ali Sethi and he revealed that the song is warm and familiar. “It makes one feel good.”

    Sethi revealed that he was driving back from Faisalabad, Punjab when he saw a quote written at the back of a truck, “Aag lavaan teri majbooriyan nu [ set fire to your worries]. I felt that this was such an amazing expression of the Punjabi language. This should be part of a song somehow.”

    Sethi said that this line made him think further about the combination of words that would be suited for the lyrical completion of the song. And that’s when the words, “Aan jaan di pasoori nu [the business of coming and going]” came to his mind.

    Sethi during the Behind the Scenes (BTS) of Coke Studio’s song Pasoori says that unfortunately, we live in a very polarised world. “Where borders and boundaries of all sorts have become more rigid.”

    Sethi during the BTS says that he is a modern-day gypsy living between Pakistan and United States (US). “It would be interesting to make a case for the alternative, which is the right to free movement of ideas and melodies through a song. Our music already embodies that alternative.”

    ‘Pasoori’ turns all angst into art, with its lyrics signifying the need to celebrate artistic self-expression.