I could be way off base. However, I've always been of the impression that raunaq meant "happy crowd and/or gathering" of people and has often been mentioned as "raunaq mela" and "burdee raunaq aaiee hoiee si" (a lot of people/large crowd of people were there). The mela might be the spectacle. Also, I think the last line might have been: Beth. Aa. Dard di raunaq laai ey.
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