Some
traditions say that Dullah had adopted this girl as his daughter and
arranged her marriage in the Jungles of Saandal Bar. As there was no
priest nearby to chant the Vedic Hymns and solemnize the marriage Dullah
had lit a bonfire and composed an impromptu song, "Sunder Mundriye Tera
Kaun Vichara ! Dullah Bhatti Wala Ho! Dullaeh Di Teeh Viahi Ho! Ser
Shakar Payi!" The bride and the groom were asked to take pheras of the
bonfire as Dullah sang this hilarious song.
Yet another
tradition says he had safely rescued a poor girl from the clutches of a
Mughal general and later arranged her marriage. Later on people
collectively composed this Lohri song in honor of his chivalrous deed.
The lyrics of the Dullah Bhatti song sung in Veer-Zaara can be translated as:
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
Who will save you poor one?
Dullag Bhatti is here for you.
The Dullah married off his daughter.
He gave a measure of sugar!
The girl's shawl is torn.
Who will stitch her shawl?
The landlords ravished her.
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
