multicultural

after months of wondering and searching, i've finally found the origins of this great bhangra song that's been stuck in my mind for the longest time. so instead of the usual font size 0.5px and italicised lyric-posting, here's the incomprehensible (to me) song in larger glory.

.

mimian to but the tiri bachin akilar,
baleri ke muki ale bachin akilaaaaar,

mimian to but the tiri bachin akilar,
baleri ke muki ale bachin akilar,

i'll retari nakesiri ona tar, (aoouuuuuh!)

the mundian to bach ke rahi,
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach ke rahi
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach keee rahiiiiiiiiii-ahhh!

(hua!)

eraki kisure gemme silli etha hoker-e,
siki eth adama sillin millin etha hoker-eee,

eraki kisure gemme silli etha hoker-e,
siki eth adama sillin millin etha hoker-eeeee,

tami ke rakimi itoml-mi putai,
tami ke rakimi itoml-mi putai,

u'll the muri gemmi onli albahar, (aoouuuuuh!)

the mundian to bach ke rahi,
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach ke rahi
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach keee rahiiiiiiiiii-ahhh!

garib beat to wan mi pea urub da tha marda
pot della alla ina hurlara miss tha hardaaa,

garib beat to wan mi pea urub da tha marda
pot della alla ina hurlara miss tha hardaaa,

on ai go the hindi you konimi kanithor,
on ai go the hindi you konimi kanithor,

i'll gerent the ersoni koinar, (aoouuuuuh!)

the mundian to bach ke rahi,
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach ke rahi
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach keee rahiiiiiiiiii-ahhh!

(hua!)

mundian to bullop eneri ab tha harria,
tell mi if ai canabi eneri abi sharia,

mundian to bullop eneri ab tha harria,
tell mi if ai canabi eneri abi sharia,

then you up tha heuabe erubi ab di wanna,
then you up tha heuabe erubi ab di wanna,

in tha sackin and tha hussin ant tha wa, (aoouuuuuh!)

he mundian to bach ke rahi,
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach ke rahi
with the hurle, hurle, hurle murd bilar,
the mundian to bach keee rahiiiiiiiiii-ahhh!

- "mundian to bach kee"_panjabi mc

.

(at the moment it doesn't make any sense to me either. but who cares. what an awesome track)

.

he who wrote the track - panjabi mc - hails from conventry, uk; upon discovering his british-panjabi ethnicity, i recalled london's cosmopolitan-ness, and once again marvel at how incredible multicultural london truly is.

i mean, i used to think that singapore is multicultural, but how can a small country of 4 (if you include eurasians, who are quite in the minority) main races compare to a large city of, i don't know, hundreds of different ethnicities?

western europeans (the british themselves, then the french, german, spanish, italians..), east europeans (poles, russians...), asians (panjabi sikhs, bangladeshis... chinese japanese koreans malays thais), africans and afro-carribeans...

central london is such a lush melting pot of cultures and diverse ethnicities, it's sometimes unreal. you get onto the bus or tube and everybody you see comes from somewhere else.

makes you feel less foreign, and more at home.