Amar Sehmbi – Roti Lyrics in English (Translation)

Kise Nu Thurdi Na Roti
Kise Nu Jurdi Ni Roti
Kise Di Pakkdi Nahi Sajjna
Kise Di Phul Di Ni Roti
Kise De Phikki Pach Jaave
Kise De Mithi Pachdi Ni
Kise De Rukhi Pach Jaandi
Kise Nu Missi Pachdi Ni

No one is completely free from the struggle for bread.
For some, even getting bread is a struggle.
For some, the bread simply never seems to turn out right.
For others, even a simple piece of bread is hard to come by.
Some can easily digest plain food.
While others cannot even digest rich or sweet food.
Some are content with dry, simple bread.
While some cannot even afford the food they truly need.

Jidda Change Changeya Nu Kismat Khoti Kha Jaandi
Kai Roti Khaande Ne Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi
Kai Taan Roti Khaande Ne Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi

Just as bad luck can destroy even the best of people,
some people eat bread, while for others, the struggle to earn that bread consumes their lives.
Some people eat to live, while others spend their lives struggling just to earn a meal.

Koi Taan Tinn Time Khaanda
Kise Nu Theoundi Nahi Roti
Sabh Roti De Aashiq Ne
Kise Nu Chauhndi Nahi Roti

Some people get three proper meals a day,
while others cannot even manage one.
Everyone needs and desires food,
but food is not equally available to everyone.

Kise Nu Baithia Mildi Ae
Kaiyan Nu Bhajj Ke Ni Mildi
Koi Kare Rajj Ke Bekadri
Kaiyan Nu Rajj Ke Nahi Mildi

Some receive their food without much effort,
while others have to run around all day just to earn it.
Some waste and disrespect food even when they have plenty,
while others never get enough to satisfy their hunger.

Ehda Koi Bhain Bhra Hai Ni
Saki E Kis Di Nahi Mittro
Khaa Li Nikal Jaandi E Kise De Hisse Di Mittra
Ehnu Ni Lod Swaada Di
Eh Zindagi Phoki Kha Jaandi

Bread has no family or relatives.
It does not belong to anyone, my friends.
It can disappear from someone’s share before they even get the chance to have it, my friend.
Bread does not need fancy flavors or luxuries.
Yet the struggle for it can consume a person’s entire life.

Kai Taan Roti Khaande Ne
Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi
Kai Taan Roti Khaande Ne
Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi

Some people eat bread,
while for others, bread itself consumes their lives.
Some people eat to live,
while others spend their lives trying to earn enough to eat.

J Kite Haraam Di Hove
Pachaoni Saukhi Ni Roti
Khaani Saukhi Hai Mittra
Kamauni Saukhi Ni Roti

If the bread has been earned through dishonest means,
it is never easy to digest.
Eating bread is easy, my friend,
but earning it is not.

Bande Di Jaan Sukka Dindi
Roti Phul Ke Bandi Ni
Haddan Nu Bhann Ke Bandi Ae
Aata Gun Ke Bandi Ni

It can drain a person’s life away,
because bread does not simply appear on the table by itself.
It takes breaking your body with hard work to make it,
not merely kneading flour into dough.

Eh Vadde Chhote Di Karke
Boti Boti Kha Jaandi

Because of the divisions between rich and poor,
the struggle for bread can tear people apart piece by piece.

Kai Taan Roti Khaande Ne
Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi
Kai Taan Roti Khaande Ne
Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi

Some people eat bread,
while for others, bread itself consumes their lives.
Some people eat to live,
while others spend their lives struggling to earn it.

Ohde Naal Neet Thodi Rajjdi
Bhawein Lakhan Di Hove
Ohdi Gall Hor Hundi Mittran
Je Maa De Hathan Di Hove

Even when the stomach is full, the heart is not always satisfied.
No matter how much wealth someone has,
there is still something special, my friend,
about bread made by a mother’s hands.

Kaiyan Ne Umar Hi Kadd Ditti
Ohnan Layi Sabar Da Phal Ki Hai
Raati Pareya Tadke Bhukha
Paapi Pet Da Hall Ki Hai

Many people spend their entire lives waiting and struggling,
so what reward does patience really bring them?
They go to bed at night and wake up hungry again in the morning.
What answer is there for a stomach that simply refuses to stop demanding food?

Kaptaan De Geet De Vich Sajjna
Sabh Nu Ehi Sunauna Si
Sabh Toh Vadda Punn Hunda
Kise Nu Roti Pauna Ji

Through this song, Kaptaan wants to tell us, my friend,
this simple message:
the greatest act of kindness is
to feed someone who is hungry.

Aukhe Bandeyan Di Zindagi Chandri
Sokhi Kha Jaandi

For people already burdened by hardship, life is painfully difficult,
and the struggle for food can consume whatever ease they have left.

Kai Taan Roti Khaande Ne
Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi
Kai Taan Roti Khaande Ne
Kaiyan Nu Roti Kha Jaandi

Some people eat bread,
while for others, bread itself consumes their lives.
Some people eat to live,
while others spend their lives struggling just to earn a meal.