Lyrics and translation Neetesh Jung Kunwar - Hallantey

Hallantey

ठुल दिदि बिदा भई
माईला भाई पल्टने
यस्तै हो म भने
गाउँ डुकु लण्ठने

कान्छा ले पढ्दै छ
आमबाबा गन्गने
यो लाटे मोराले
गरि खाने भएन रे

हुन त मन थिएन
मलाई नी बेरोजगार
समयले गर्दियो
मेहेनत को बलात्कार

यहाँ अगी बढ्नलाई सिदा मनले
मरी गएनि ए गाठे देन्न कोइले
साथी भाई डुल्दै छन् सहर तिर
जीवन यहि बिताउने भए मैले

पच्चिस नी कटियो
ताल भने बच्चैँ छ
समाजले जे सोचोस्
बाल दिएकै नै छ

अर्काको नोकरी
गर्न नि मन छैन
साहु भई बस्नलाई
पुर्खौली धन छैन

ए बाबा सुनन
अटेरी हैन म
बल्ल त बुज्ने भए
हार मान्ने छैन म

सोचे जस्तो सजिलै केहि हुन्न
भए पनि कोहिनी या खुशी छैन
मैले पनि BA pass गरेकै हो
तर नगरी चिनाजान हुने भएन

अब लागे हैत म पाखा तिर
यो टुक्रे जीवनको के लिनु पिर
दुईटा छोरी पाइसकी सुन्तलीले
हल्ली हल्ली हिड्छु म डिलै डिला

हल्लन्ते हु म

Hallantey

My big sister has left
My middle brother has joined the army
And me
I wander around the village

My younger brother is studying
My mother and father are counting mangoes
Because of this, my dear
I have nothing to eat

I didn't want to be
Unemployed like this
But time has forced me
To work hard

To move forward here, my dear
No one will help you if you die
My friends and brothers are wandering in the city
If I'm going to spend my life this way

I'm twenty-five now
But my pond is still dry
Whatever society thinks
I've been blessed with children

I don't want to
Work for someone else
I don't have the money
To become a businessman

Oh dear, listen
I'm not being stubborn
I'm just starting to understand
I won't give up

Nothing comes easy in life
Even if it does, no one is happy
I've also passed my BA
But I don't have any connections

Now I'm going to the mountains
Why should I worry about this broken life?
Suntali has had two daughters
Now I wander from hill to hill

I'm a vagabond