Vocabulary

ਥਰੀਕੇ ਵਾਲਾ
tharike waala

the one from Tharike; the takhallus (pen name) of lyricist Hardev Dilgir, named after his village Tharike near Ludhiana. This is the poet stepping out of the narrative to deliver the moral, a tradition in Punjabi folk poetry.

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In this song
Tere Tille Ton · Kuldeep Manak
Verse 8
ਕਹੇ ਥਰੀਕੇ ਵਾਲਾ ਇਸ਼ਕ ਹੈ ਬੁਰੀ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ
kahe tharike waala ishq hai buri bimaari
Says the one from Tharike: love is the cruelest disease