ਧਰਮੀ ਬਾਬਲ ਪਾਪ ਕਮਾਇਆ / Honorable father committed a sin

By Shiv Kumar Batalvi in English feminism folk legend Loona Poetry Poetry Shiv Kumar Batalvi shiv kumar batalvi

December 29, 2011

ਧਰਮੀ ਬਾਬਲ ਪਾਪ ਕਮਾਇਆ ਲੜ ਲਾਇਆ  ਸਾਡੇ ਫੁੱਲ ਕੁਮਲਾਇਆ ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਇੱਛਰਾਂ ਰੂਪ ਹੰਡਾਇਆ ਮੈਂ ਪੂਰਨ ਦੀ ਮਾਂ ਪੂਰਨ ਦੇ ਹਾਣ ਦੀ

ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਇਕ ਚੁੰਮਣ ਵਡੀ ਪਰ ਮੈਂ ਕੀਕਣ ਮਾਂ ਉਹਦੀ ਲੱਗੀ ਉਹ ਮੇਰੀ ਗਰਭ ਜੂਨ ਨਾ ਆਇਆ ਲੋਕਾ ਵੇ ਮੈਂ ਧੀ ਵਰਗੀ ਸਲਵਾਣ ਦੀ

ਪਿਤਾ ਜੇ ਧੀ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਹੰਡਾਵੇ ਲੋਕਾ ਵੇ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਲਾਜ ਨਾ ਆਵੇ ਜੇ ਲੂਣਾ ਪੂਰਨ ਨੂੰ ਚਾਹਵੇ ਚਰਿਤਰ ਹੀਣ ਕਵੇ ਕਿਉਂ ਜੀਭ ਜਹਾਨ ਦੀ

ਚਰਿਤਰ ਹੀਣ ਤੇ ਤਾਂ ਕੋਈ ਆਖੇ ਜੇ ਕਰ ਲੂਣਾ ਵੇਚੇ ਹਾਸੇ ਪਰ ਜੇ ਹਾਣ ਨਾ ਲੱਭਣ ਮਾਪੇ ਹਾਣ ਲੱਭਣ ਵਿਚ ਗੱਲ ਕੀ ਹੈ ਅਪਮਾਨ ਦੀ

ਲੂਣਾ ਹੋਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਅਪਰਾਧਣ ਜੇਕਰ ਅੰਦਰੋਂ ਹੋਏ ਸੁਹਾਗਣ ਮਹਿਕ ਉਹਦੀ ਜੇ ਹੋਵੇ ਦਾਗਣ ਮਹਿਕ ਮੇਰੀ ਤਾਂ ਕੰਜਕ ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਜਾਣਦੀ ੦

Roman Transliteration:

dharmi babal paap kamaya larh laya mere phull kumlaya jis da IchraaN roop handaya mein Puran di maaN pooran de haan di

main uston ikk chumman vaddi par main keekan maan uhdi laggi uh meri garb joon na aaiya loka ve maiN dhi vargi salvaan di

pita je dhi da roop handaave loka ve tainu laaj na aave je Loona Puran nu chaahve charitarheen kave kion jeebh jahaan di

Loona hove taan apradhan jekar androN hove suhagan mehak ohdi je hove dagaan mehak meri taaN kanjak main hi jaan-di ੦

English Translation:

Honorable father committed a sin Married me to a wilted flower Whose youth IchrraaN had worn out I am like Puran’s mother, Puran is my match

I am just one kiss elder than him But how can I be called his mother He is not born of my womb World, I am like a daughter to Salvan

If a father marries his daughter World, isn’t that shameful If Loona desires Puran Why is she called characterless by the world

She may be called characterless If Loona trades in pleasures But if the parents don’t find a match What’s shameful in finding yourself a match

Loona would have been guilty Had her heart accepted the marriage Had her essence been permeated My essence is chaste, only I know ੦

**Source: **Long poem Loona by Shiv Kumar Batalvi is retelling of this Legend of Puran Bhagat where_ Loona_ is the protagonist instead of _Puran_.

English Translation, by  Jasdeep in collaboration with  Manpreet 

Legend of Puran Bhagat: Puran was son of King Salvaan and Queen IchraaN, on his birth, astrologers told Salvaan that Puran is cursed, if he is seen by his parents he will die, so he is kept in isolation. In the mean time Salvaan marries Loona a beautiful woman in her youth. When _Puran'_s curse is over, he comes out from isolation. Loona is charmed by his looks. She offers carnal love to him. But Puran does not accept it as he considers Loona to be his Mother. Loona conspires and makes Salvaan punish Puran. Puran is punished to be executed, but IchraaN pleads mercy and he is thrown into a well, from where Naath Jogis rescue him and he  is taught mysticism so he becomes Puran Bhagat.

Further Information:

Crossposted from https://parchanve.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/honorable-father-committed-a-sin/


Comments:

Jamie Sidhu -

One of my favourite Punjabi poems.


#### [desi jatt](http://desijatt5656.wordpress.com/ "garcha5656@yahoo.com") -

bahut vadiya g…


#### [Gurpreet Matharu](http://preetludhianvi.blogspot.in/ "matharu789@yahoo.com") -

ਜਿਸ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਕਰਕੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਸ਼ਾਯਰੀ ਵੱਲ ਰੁਝਾਨ ਹੋਇਆ…..ਲੂਣਾ ਇਕ ਸ਼ਾਹਕਾਰ ਰਚਨਾ ਹੈ ਬਟਾਲਵੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੀ…..


#### [gurmit singh](http://www.folkpunjab.com "gurmitsinghbatala@gmail.com") -

I shiv kumar batalvi di city to belong karda hai. Meinu kavita likhan da shonk +12 vich shiv ji di history bare jan ke pea . great poet . Maine shiv uper kavita v likhya hai.


Posted on:
December 29, 2011
Length:
3 minute read, 614 words
Categories:
English feminism folk legend Loona Poetry Poetry Shiv Kumar Batalvi shiv kumar batalvi
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