Phutki Janey Jovan Lyrics - Sajjan Raj Vaidya
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Phutkera gayo yo umer ni Dhakale dhakera rakheko Aafai maa aai lagyo ki, Khai ke Javani bharko dhateko Bujhna nasakine khai ke ho Dui dine ritako sansar yo Ek ta hijo mai khera gai go Aaja ni aber bhai sako Ma chai aafnai bato, Lagum hai aba Ma chai aafnai bato, Lagum hai…. aba Hijo ta jovani dhalke thyo Aajai nai tyahi kura khai ke bho Pirati lakheterai ho ki Jindagi mero khera gako Aaruko kura ta sunera Daudinu daudiyo charai tira Chauro paresi po thaha bho Dhan sabai nahudo rahecha Ma chai aafnai bato, Lagum hai aba Ma chai aafnai bato, Lagum hai…. aba Ae phutki jane jaat yo Herdai herdai khai ka go Chaalai napai biti gayo Jindagi nai mero
Phutki Janey Jovan Lyrics — English Translation & Meaning
It burst apart and went, this age of mine, the one I had kept carefully pushed aside Did it come upon me of its own accord? Who knows — a whole youth's worth of pretending There is no understanding it, whatever it is, this world of two-day customs One day was already wasted yesterday, and today it has got late again As for me, I will take my own road now As for me, I will take my own road... now Yesterday my youth was at its height Today the very same thing — and who knows what became of it Was it love that wrote it off, or did my life simply go to waste? Listening to what other people said, I ran about, ran in all four directions Only once the field had been flattened did I find out that not everything turns out to be wealth As for me, I will take my own road now As for me, I will take my own road... now Ah, this thing that bursts and goes — watching and watching, where did it go? It was over before I could even find my footing, this life of mine
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About "Phutki Janey Jovan" by Sajjan Raj Vaidya
"Phutki Janey Jovan" is about youth as something that does not fade but bursts — phutkera, split open and gone, the way a seed pod goes. The narrator had been saving it, keeping it pushed carefully aside for later, and the central joke of the song is that the thing he was rationing expired while it sat there.
The vocabulary is deliberately rural and proverbial rather than romantic. He talks about a world of two-day customs, about running in all four directions on other people's advice, and about discovering only after the field was flattened that not everything you gather turns out to be wealth. That last image — realising the harvest was worthless only once the work was done — is the song's clearest statement of what it is mourning.
The refrain is the most interesting part, because it is not a lament. "Ma chai aafnai bato lagum hai aba" — as for me, I will take my own road now. Having spent the verses blaming other people's advice, love, and the passage of time, he arrives at a decision rather than a complaint.
The final verse pulls the perspective back further than the title promised. It begins as a song about lost youth and ends by saying the same thing about the whole life: it was over before he could get his footing. The complaint is not that youth went early, but that he was never once ready.
"Phutki Janey Jovan" is a nepali song by Sajjan Raj Vaidya, and this page includes the official music video above so you can listen while you read along. The lyrics open with “Phutkera gayo yo umer ni”. You can read the complete, 24-line lyrics (across 7 sections) in full on this page — free, with no sign-up.
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