She weaves a thick blanket ( chadar ) on a handloom ( latthe ). As she weaves, she pours her longing into every thread. She sends the blanket with a messenger (usually a jogi or a family friend), with a stern warning: Do not let the blanket get wet, for it carries the warmth of her bosom. She also sends a verbal message of devotion and complaint. The lyrics are in a rustic, highly emotional dialect of Punjabi. Let’s analyze the most famous stanzas.
The husband is never named. He represents every Punjabi man who left the lush, rain-soaked fields for the cold, industrial cities of England, Canada, or the deserts of the Middle East. The chadar is his only connection to the warmth of home. lyrics of lathe di chadar
(Verse 1) Aaja ve, karam da data, Bhej de ik latthe di chadar. Mainu roz na maar changiyan, Mainu ik latthe di chadar. She weaves a thick blanket ( chadar )