(Jah Rastafari! Listen to the sound of truth, massive! Heavy, heavy bassline drop!) (This is the Kitaab-e-Husn Riddim. Your voice is the melody, Iyah!)
Hook/Chorus (Deep Bass Drop) Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (Your youth/beauty has taken me away) (Original Empress fire! Pure light has conquered the heart! Bada ziddi hai yeh dil, yaar!)
Verse 1 Rang gora gulab lai baitha, (Fair, rose-like complexion took me) Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (Look at the hue of the Queen! Skin like rose petals, pure, high-grade creation, seen? No comparison in creation!) Dil daa darr si kite naa lai baithe (The heart was afraid it might be taken) Lai hee baitha janab lai baitha (Indeed, sir, it was taken) (Fear not, Natty Dread! Surrender to the highest vibration! Rab di meher! The journey is necessary, Iyah.)
Hook/Chorus Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (Your youth/beauty has taken me away) (Sound system check 1-2! Deep, deep in the trench! Chal chakk de, puttar!)
Verse 2 Kini beeti te kini baaki eh, (How much time has passed, and how much is left) Mainu eho hisaab lai baitha, (This calculation has taken me) Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (Time is an illusion, massive! I-man lives in the moment of your presence. Bhul gaya saara hisaab! No need for the clock, no need for the schedule!) Shiv nu ikk gham te hee bharosa si (Shiv relied only on sorrow) Gham toh kora jawaab lai baitha (Sorrow took a blank answer from him) (No space for gham when the light shines! Your love is the ultimate triumph. Sorrow must step aside for the King and Queen, Iyah!)
Hook/Chorus Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (Your youth/beauty has taken me away) (The rhythm is hypnotic! Lagda hai nasha chadh gaya!)
Verse 3 Wel jad vi mili hai farza taun, (Whenever I got time from duties) Tere mukh di kitaab lai baitha, (I took the book of your face) Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (Every crease, every curve is a sacred text! No other reading required. The Kitaab-e-Husn, I read it daily!) Mainu jad vi tusi ho yaad aye, (Whenever you came to mind) Din dihaade sharab lai baitha, (I took wine/sharab in broad daylight) (She is the Natural Mystic High! No bottle needed for this intoxication! Your thought is the pure Aab-e-Hayat (water of life). Feel the spiritual frequency rise!)
Hook/Chorus (Heavy Echo/Dub) Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (Your youth/beauty has taken me away) (This is the ultimate truth revealed! Blessings!)
Outro Changa hunda je sawaal na poochda, (It would be better if I hadn't asked a question) Mainu tera jawaab lai baitha, (Your answer has taken me) Mainu tera shabab lai baitha (A-woi! The answer is the stillness, the quiet truth. The beauty is the Jawaab to all of life's questions!) (Give thanks and praises, massive! Bless up the sound! One Love, one heart, one destiny! Jai Hind!)
Jagga Bootz Media Yu Kno How It is