Punjabi edition
ਅੱਲੜ ਬੱਲੜ ਬਾਵੇ ਦਾ
Allar Ballar Bave Da
A Punjabi Folk Rhyme for Little Children
ਅੱਲੜ ਬੱਲੜ ਬਾਵੇ ਦਾ is the rhyme Punjabi mothers bounce a child to on their knees.
Papa brings the wheat, mumma winnows it, the moon-uncle shares out the gur, and the stars come out for sleep.
- LanguagePunjabi, written in Gurmukhi, with English on every page
- Pages24
- Size8.5 inches square, full colour
- AuthorSatbir Malhi
- PublisherInara Library, 2026
How to read it
Every page of this book has three lines.
The first line is Punjabi, written in Gurmukhi.
The second line is the same Punjabi in English letters. Read this one out loud if you do not read Gurmukhi. It will still sound right.
The third line is English, so you know what it means.
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