Punjabi Truck Diaries
O chak de dholiya,
vajjan de dhol! Punjab de gabru,
Europe de road! Pagg sir te sohni,
taur sardari, Truck driveran di duniya vich yaari
(O balle balle!)
Truck challe dhak-dhak, vajjde speaker ni,
Pagg saddi kaim, te taur nawabi ni,
Europe de road’an utte yaariyan da zor,
Punjabi truck driver, saadi taur ae hor!
Ho gedi utte gedi,
highway’an te shaan, Baaz wangu uddiye,
Punjab saddi jaan, Vipiteno weekend,
yaar saare kathe, Dhol jadon vajje,
pair rukde na kade!
Truck challe dhak-dhak, vajjde speaker ni,
Pagg saddi kaim, te taur nawabi ni,
Europe de road’an utte yaariyan da zor,
Punjabi truck driver, saadi taur ae hor!
Baaz wangu uddiye, hausle ne high,
Punjab de putt, assi karde aan try,
Akh vich supne te seene vich jaan,
Mehnat de zor
te banayi pehchaan! (ho!)
Italy ton Germany, truck saada jaave,
Austria de pahadan vich horn vajjaave,
France te Belgium, Netherlands paar,
Punjabi geet vajjde ne loud mere yaar!
Spain de nazare, Switzerland di thand,
Steering utte hath, dil vich apna pind,
Scania di garaj, Volvo di chaal,
Mehnat naal banayi apni vakhri misaal!
Weekend aaya, saare yaar phone launde,
Vipiteno milke mehfilan sajaaunde,
Kise di pagg kaali,
kise di pagg laal,
Desi mundeyan di vakhri ae chaal!
Dhol di beat utte bhangra paayiye,
Pardes de dukh vi hass ke bhulaayiye,
Pind diyan gallan te maa da pyaar,
Truck driver zindagi, yaariyan da sansaar!
Na kise ton ghat,
na kise ton darr,
Rabb da naa laike langh jaayiye har shehar,
Pagg saddi shaan te Punjab saada maan,
Europe de highway te Punjabi di pehchaan!
Maa da phone aave,
puchhdi putt kiven? Kehnda teri dua naal langhde ne din,
Pardes di kamaai, ghar de supne hazaar,
Jaldi hi aavanga, maa meri jaan!
Truck challe dhak-dhak, vajjde speaker ni,
Pagg saddi kaim, te taur nawabi ni,
Europe de road’an utte yaariyan da zor,
Punjabi truck driver, saadi taur ae hor!
Vipiteno weekend, dhol vajje raat,
Baaz wangu uddiye, uche sadday khyaal,
Punjab ton Europe tak goonje saada naa,
Truck driver sardaar — chak de bhangra!
O balle balle!
Punjab to Europe! Europe de sardaar!
Chak de fatte, mere yaar! (ho!)