Konkani Lyrics

✦ Verse 1

When I was just a lad of ten | My father said to me

Hanv lhan por aslolom tedna | Mhak xapain sanglolem

“Come on and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree”

“Hem zhadd kedinch nhoi marchem punn tem pillgenk samballchem

“Don't put your trust in love, my boy “My father said to me

Dhon doulot naslear soit zata | Hench amchem daiz baba

“I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree “

Pillgeo moron vetoleo punn zhadd amchem urtolem “

✦ Chorus (x2)

Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

Ambea zhadd, kitu borem dita ambe omrut rosall

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Ieo kha poi amcho ambo aha pormollitu vasall

✦ Verse 2

Beneath that lemon tree one day my love and I did lie

Zalom kazar kelo sonvsar, put mhaka vichari

A girl so sweet that when smiled | the stars rose in the sky

“Bhatt kiteak tum vinkina? | Zogta zaun bhikari”

We passed off summer lost in love | Beneath the lemon tree

“Hich girestkai re bhou vhoddli | Sor zaupa na bhangar”

The music of her laughter hid my father's voice from me

Xapaichim tim utram sodanch sadtat mhojea kanar

✦ [Chorus (x2)]

✦ Verse 3

One day she left without a word | She took away the sun

Zalom zantto natu nentto | To mhaka suchoita

And in the dark she left behind | I knew what she had done

“Bhatt amchem ddivelop korea | Kruttanim komoia”

She left me for another | It's a common tale but true

“Poixeank zauxi lenvtto | Rakh re ponnjeancho bautto

A sadder tale, but wiser now | I sing this song to you

Zor tukach xanno thartoloi | Tor ambea kolmam roi”

✦ [Chorus (x3)]