Suna Kaanchi Lyrics - Sajjan Raj Vaidya
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तैरिन्छौ त वरिपरि, परी हौ कि पन्छी? बाजा बज्यो मनमा यतातिर सुन, कान्छी सा-रे-ग-म-प चल्दै छ तिम्लाई देख्दा खेरिनाउँ चाहिँ तिम्रो के हो? भन, भन चिनाजान तिमी र म गर्नैपऱ्यो फेरि तर्सिएलाउ तिम्रो मुटुभित्र सर्दा खेरि अरूले बोलाउँदा मलाई खै के भन्छन् कुन्नि तिमीले चाहिँ "मायालु" नै भन चङ्गा भइगो मन, चोखै यो जोबन भेटेर तिमीलाई आयो हुर्केर लट्ठ नै पारेछौ, लट्टाईझैँ बेर्दिन्छौल, तानेरै लैजाऊ घरतिर तिमी नै त मेरो पहिलो माया हौ निम त अब तिमीसँगै माया लाउनी हो तिमीलाई ढाँटेर के चाहिँ हो र पाउनी? होसोझो केटो म त, whoa मेरा सासूससुरा छन् कुन चाहिँ गाउँमा? पञ्चेबाजा बोकी कहिले, कहाँ आऊँ म? कता गरूँ सही, ल, खै कुन चाहिँ ठाउँमा? भन, भन, कान्छी, whoa ए! यस्तै हुन्छ रे, उडी जूनै छुन्छ रे मायामा चोरी भको मनले ढुकढुकी नै भुल्छ रे तखै त यता ल्याऊ मनको साटो ओठ त्यो नत्र मरिजाऊँ म हद पारै भो, पर बस्न गाह्रै भो यति राम्री छौ कि स्वास्थ्यलाई नै हानिकारक भो लत लागिगो त नशालु त्यो तिम्रो नजरको, कान्छी, yeah चङ्गा भइगो मन, चोखै यो जोबन भेटेर तिमीलाई आयो हुर्केर लट्ठ नै पारेछौ, लट्टाईझैँ बेर्दिन्छौल, तानेरै लैजाऊ घरतिर तिमी नै त मेरो पहिलो माया हौ निम त अब तिमीसँगै माया लाउनी हो तिमीलाई ढाँटेर के चाहिँ हो र पाउनी? होसोझै केटो हुँ म, whoa लहै! लहै! लहै! (आयो है आयो!) कान्छी, मेरी कन्छी, मलाई कान्छा बनाएर राख न आँखाको इशारा, ओठले भिजार मैतिर म्वाइँ देर डाक न तिमी देखेदेखि पैताला भुईँ देखि स्वर्गैपारि पुगेझैँ लाग्छ ईश्वर छ-छैन, तोः मलाई थाहा छैन मनले चाहिँ तिमी नै माग्छ घाँस काट्ने खुर्केर, आयो जोबन हुर्केर कसलाई दिऊँ यो जोबन? कसलाई दिऊँ यो जोबन? लहै, तिमी र म चाहिँ दुई प्रेमी, लहै अबदेखि सधैँभरिलाई नि, लैलै
Suna Kaanchi Lyrics in English (Romanized)
Tairinchhau ta waripari, pari hau ki panchhi? Baajaa bajyo manmaa yataatira suna, kaanchi Sa-re-ga-ma-pa chaldai cha timlaai dekhdaa Kherinaau chaahi timro ke ho? Bhana, bhana Chinaajaan timi ra ma garnaiparyo pheri Tarsielaau timro mutubhitra sardaa Kheri arule bolaaudaa malaai Khai ke bhanchan kunni Timile chaahi "maayaalu" nai bhana Changaa bhaigo man, chokhai yo joban Bhetera timilaai aayo hurkera Latth nai paarechhau, lattaai jhai Berdinchhaula, taanerai laijaau ghartira Timi nai ta mero pahilo maayaa hau nim Ta aba timisangai maayaa laauni ho Timilaai dhaatera ke chaahi ho ra paauni? Hosojho keto ma ta, whoa Meraa saasusasuraa chhan kun chaahi gaaumaa? Panchebaajaa boki kahile, kahaa aau ma? Kataa garu sahi, la, khai kun chaahi thaaumaa? Bhana, bhana, kaanchi, whoa Ae! Yastai huncha re, udi junai chhuncha re Maayaamaa chori bhako manle Dhukdhuki nai bhulcha re Takhai ta yataa lyaau manko saato oth tyo Natra marijaau ma Had paarai bho, para basna gaahrai bho Yati raamri chhau ki swaasthyalaai nai haanikaarak bho Lat laagigo ta nashaalu tyo timro najarko, kaanchi, yeah Changaa bhaigo man, chokhai yo joban Bhetera timilaai aayo hurkera Latth nai paarechhau, lattaai jhai Berdinchhaula, taanerai laijaau ghartira Timi nai ta mero pahilo maayaa hau nim Ta aba timisangai maayaa laauni ho Timilaai dhaatera ke chaahi ho ra paauni? Hosojhai keto hu ma, whoa Lahai! Lahai! Lahai! (Aayo hai aayo!) Kaanchi, meri kanchi, malaai kaanchaa banaaera raakha na Aankhaako ishaaraa, othle bhijaar maitira Mwaai dera daaka na Timi dekhedekhi paitaalaa bhui Dekhi swargaipaari pugejhai laagcha Ishwar cha-chhaina, to malaai thaahaa chhaina Manle chaahi timi nai maagcha Ghaas kaatne khurkera, aayo joban hurkera Kaslaai diu yo joban? Kaslaai diu yo joban? Lahai, timi ra ma chaahi dui premi, lahai Abadekhi sadhaibharilaai ni, lailai
Suna Kaanchi Lyrics — English Translation & Meaning
You drift about everywhere — are you a fairy, or a bird? Music has started up in my heart, over this way — listen, Kaanchi The whole scale runs, sa-re-ga-ma-pa, the moment I see you So what is it you actually want? Say it, say it You and I will have to get acquainted all over again You might take fright when I move inside your heart When other people call out to me, who knows what they call me But you — you call me "beloved" My heart has turned into a kite; this youth of mine is untouched It only grew up after meeting you You have left me completely dazed — like a kite spool, wind me in, pull the string and take me home You are my very first love, you know So it is you I am going to love now What would I possibly gain by lying to you? I am a sensible boy, whoa Which village are my in-laws in? When should I come, and where, bringing the wedding band? Where do I sign, and in which place? Tell me, tell me, Kaanchi, whoa Ah! They say this is how it goes — you fly up and touch the moon They say a heart that love has stolen forgets even its own heartbeat So bring them over here, those lips, in exchange for my heart Otherwise I will simply die It has gone too far now; staying away has become hard You are so beautiful it has turned into a health hazard I am addicted to it — that intoxicating look of yours, Kaanchi, yeah My heart has turned into a kite; this youth of mine is untouched It only grew up after meeting you You have left me completely dazed — like a kite spool, wind me in, pull the string and take me home You are my very first love, you know So it is you I am going to love now What would I possibly gain by lying to you? I am a sensible boy, whoa Lahai! Lahai! Lahai! (Here it comes!) Kaanchi, my Kaanchi, keep me as your Kaancha A signal from the eyes, lips turned my way — call me over with a kiss Since the day I saw you, from the soles of my feet up it feels like I have reached the far side of heaven Whether God exists or not, I do not know but my heart asks only for you Sharpening the scythe for cutting grass, my youth came of age Who do I give this youth to? Who do I give this youth to? Lahai, you and I are two lovers, lahai From now on and forever after, lailai
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About "Suna Kaanchi" by Sajjan Raj Vaidya
"Suna Kaanchi" is Vaidya at his most playful. "Kaanchi" is what you call the youngest daughter of a family, used widely as an affectionate name for a young woman, and "Kaancha" is its male counterpart — so when the narrator asks her to "keep me as your Kaancha", he is asking to be paired off with her in the most homely, village-vocabulary way available.
The song is built on a joke it keeps returning to: this is a courtship conducted entirely in the language of logistics. Rather than declaring love, he starts asking practical wedding questions — which village are my in-laws in, when should I come with the panchebaajaa, where exactly do I sign. The panchebaajaa is the five-instrument ensemble that leads a traditional Nepali wedding procession, so he is essentially proposing by asking for directions to the venue.
Musically the flirtation is literal. "Sa-re-ga-ma-pa chaldai cha timlaai dekhdaa" — the scale itself starts running when he sees her — and the kite imagery that follows makes him the object rather than the pursuer: he is the kite, she holds the spool, and he asks to be reeled in and pulled home. The line most people quote back is the comic one, that she is so beautiful it has become a health hazard, but the sweetest is quieter: whatever other people call him, he asks that she call him maayaalu, beloved.
"Suna Kaanchi" 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 “तैरिन्छौ त वरिपरि, परी हौ कि पन्छी?”. You can read the complete, 50-line lyrics (across 18 sections) in full on this page — free, with no sign-up.
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