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Lyrics & Translation for Jamaica Pardesi Chale by Beverly Pancham Rampersad

May 13, 2021

Jamaica Pardesi Chale by Beverly Pancham Rampersad, translated and lyrics provided by Karan Menon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXlG2qOcx-g

राम ला ज़माने वाले
The people from the world of Lord Ram (this refers to the Gangetic regions of UP and Bihar where the indentured laborers hail from)
राम ला ज़माने वाले
The people from the world of Lord Ram

माता पिता कथा सुनाई
Listen to the story of your mother and father
आप बैकुंठ चली
You came to heaven

रायबरेली कोई चर्च सुनाई
In Raebaraeli (city in Uttar Pradesh), someone heard a rumor
पैसा फरत पे ऑर्डर, जमैका परदेस चली
Joy and money was (apparently) abound, and so they came to Jamaica

ताज मुलुक तक तुम परिवार, जमैका परदेस चली
Your family came from the motherland (India) to the foreign country of Jamaica
से जमुना तक तुम परिवार, जमैका परदेस चली
Your family came from the Yamuna River to the foreign country of Jamaica
से जमुना तक तुम परिवार, जमैका परदेस चली
Your family came from the Yamuna River to the foreign country of Jamaica

भाल पलवार सब साज राहोमि
Your family stayed together well
भाल पलवार सब साज राहोमि
Your family stayed together well
कोई कोई बदले है ना, देखन परदेस चली
Whether some people have changed or not, see that we have come to a foreign land

ताज मुलुक तक तुम परिवार, जमैका परदेस चली
Your family came from the motherland (India) to the foreign country of Jamaica
ताज मुलुक तक तुम परिवार, जमैका परदेस चली
Your family came from the motherland (India) to the foreign country of Jamaica

आज फरस लौटे की बैरी
Today we are happy, but the sadness of the past returns
आज फरस लौटे की बैरी
Today we are happy, but the sadness of the past returns
रात खोजात फसाई बहुत नाहाकारी बसे
For nights they would search for happiness/success, but were stripped away from their heritage

Lyrics and Translation of Hathakay Kangana by Winston Tolan

Hathakay Kangana by Winston Tolan of Jamaica translated and transliterated by Karan Menon

https://youtu.be/RQe-yeSQekM

हाथ के कंगना, नचनिया के दे दो
Give me the bangles (hand bracelets) of the dancer
हाथ के कंगना, नचनिया के दे
Give me the bangles (hand bracelets) of the dancer

हाथ के कंगना, नचनिया के दे दो
Give me the bangles (hand bracelets) of the dancer
हाथ के कंगना, नचनिया के दे दो
Give me the bangles (hand bracelets) of the dancer

जो दुलहिन तोरे मैया जा होवे
O bride, see your mother making it happen
जो दुलहिन तोरे मैया जा होवे
O bride, see your mother making it happen

बितरा से निकलो दुवरिया पर तार हो
Leave the past, and call your beloved
बितरा से निकलो दुवरिया पर तार हो
Leave the past, and call your beloved
बितरा से निकलो दुवरिया पर तार हो
Leave the past, and call your beloved
बितरा से निकलो दुवरिया पर तार हो
Leave the past, and call your beloved

जो दुलहिन तोरे मौसी जा होवे
O bride, see your mother’s sister making it happen
जो दुलहिन तोरे मौसी जा होवे
O bride, see your mother’s sister making it happen

जो दुलहिन तोरे मामी जा होवे
O bride, see your mother’s brother’s wife making it happen
जो दुलहिन तोरे मामी जा होवे
O bride, see your mother’s brother’s wife making it happen

निहर बारे, तासल बारे, बारे पलवारे
?, strike the tassa, create a new family
निहर बारे, तासल बारे, बारे पलवारे
?, strike the tassa, create a new family
मांग के सिंदूर बड़े लम्बी लम्बी बारे
Ask for the sindoor (vermillion) to be applied with long, big strikes
मांग के सिंदूर बड़े लम्बी लम्बी बारे
Ask for the sindoor (vermillion) to be applied with long, big strikes
मांग के सिंदूर बड़े लम्बी लम्बी बारे
Ask for the sindoor (vermillion) to be applied with long, big strikes
मांग के सिंदूर बड़े लम्बी लम्बी बारे
Ask for the sindoor (vermillion) to be applied with long, big strikes