Selections from Shah Hussain’s poetry

Ni Mai menoon Kherian di gal naa aakh
Ranjhan mera, main Ranjhan di, Kherian noon koori jhak
Lok janey Heer kamli hoi, Heeray da wer chak


Do not talk of the Kheras(rich ppl of that time) to me,
O mother, do not.
I belong to Ranjha and he belongs to me.
And the Kheras dream idle dreams.
Let the people say, “Heer is crazy; she has given her-self to the cowherd.” He alone knows what it all means.
O mother, he alone knows.
Please mother, do not talk to me of Kheras.

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Sujjen bin raatan hoiyan wadyan
Ranjha jogi, main jogiani, kamli kar kar sadian
Mass jhurey jhur pinjer hoyya, karken lagiyan hadyan
Main ayani niyoonh ki janan, birhoon tannawan gadiyan
Kahe Husain faqeer sain da, larr tairay main lagiyaan


Nights swell and merge into each other as I stand a wait for him.
Since the day Ranjha became jogi, I have scarcely been my old self and people every where call me crazy. My young flesh crept into creases leaving my young bones a creaking skeleton. I was too young to know the ways of love; and now as the nights swell and merge into each other, I play host to that unkind guest - separation.

Yaaroon Iss Soorat Day Andar, Ikk Soorat Hoor Ve Rehndi Ay
Rab Bandyaan Vich Aenj Rachya, Jiwain Mehndi Rang Rangendi Ay

(Baba Jyoti Shah)

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My GoaL is to be a Failure! If I reach my GoaL, I'll be Successful and if I don't reach my GoaL, I'll still be Successful.
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Habibrahet

اے فرید، اگر کوئی ھمارے جسم کو چیر ڈالے

اے فرید, اگر کوئی ھمارے جسم کو چیر ڈالے
تو اس سے ایک قطرہ خون بھی نھ نکلے
جس جسم کو پروردگار نے سرخ کردیا ھو
اس میں خون کہاں

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بابا فرید گنج شکر

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My GoaL is to be a Failure! If I reach my GoaL, I'll be Successful and if I don't reach my GoaL, I'll still be Successful.
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Habibrahet

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My GoaL is to be a Failure! If I reach my GoaL, I'll be Successful and if I don't reach my GoaL, I'll still be Successful.
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Habibrahet

Ay chehra-e zeba-e tu rashk-e butan-e azari;
Har chand wasfat mikunam dar husn-az-aan zebatari.
Aafaq ra gar deedah am mehr-e butan warzeedah am;
Bisyar khuban deedah am lekin tu cheez-e degari.
Man tu shudam, tu man shudi, man tan shudam, tu jan shudi;
Taakas nagoyad baad azeen man deegaram tu deegari.
Khusro ghareeb ast-o gada uftadah dar shehr-e shuma;
Baashad ki az behr-e khuda, su-e ghareeban bangari.

ameer khusro.

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Then let these shivers go on fire...
And these screams go blind...
And you go sore in the eyes your life is an abyss...
Where your shadow reached before You.

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"Dutee at decorm,est pro potn'a mon'e
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"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them". (Joseph Brodsky)

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"Dutee at decorm,est pro potn'a mon'e
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"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them". (Joseph Brodsky)

Bakhubi hamcho mah tabindah baashi;
Bamulk-e dilbari paayindah baashi.
Man-e darvish ra kushti baghamzah;
Karam kardi Ilahi zindah baashi.
Jafaa kam kun ki farda roz-e mehshar;
Baru-e aashiqan sharmindah baashi.
Ze qaid-e dojahan azad baasham;
Agar tu hum-nashin-e bandah baashi.
Barindi-o bashokhi hamcho Khusro;
Hazaran khanuman barkandah baashi.


Ameer khusro.
translation;

May your charming face ever shine like the full moon;
May you hold eternal sway over the domains of beauty.
By your amorous glance you have killed a poor man like me;
How magnanimous of you? May God give you a long life.
Pray do not be cruel lest you should feel ashamed of yourself
Before your lovers on the day of judgment.
I shall be set free from the bonds of the two worlds
If you become my companion for a while.
By your wanton playfulness you must have destroyed
Thousands of hearts of lovers like that of Khusro

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Abr me barad-o man shovm-e az yar-e juda
Choon kunam dil becheneen roz zedildar juda
Abr baraan wa man-o yar satadah ba-wida
Main judaa girya kunaan, abr judaa, yaar juda

ameer khusro.

The cloud weeps and I become separated frm my friend
How can I separate my heart from my heart’s friend on such a day
The cloud weeping and I and the friend standing, bidding farewell
I weeping separately, the clouds separately, the friend separately

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Jan zatan burdi wa-darjani hunooz
Dard-ha daadi wa darmani hunooz
Aashkara seen-e am bashugaafti
Hamchunan dar seen-e pinhani hunooz
Ma za girya chun namak bagudakhtim
Tu bakhunda shukar afshani hunooz

ameer khusro.

You carried the soul from my body and yet
You are still in the soul
You have given pains ,and are still the remedy
Openly you split my chest
Yet, you are still hidden in my heart.
You have destroyed the kingdom of my heart
With the sword of coquetry, And are still a ruler in that place

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Then let these shivers go on fire...
And these screams go blind...
And you go sore in the eyes your life is an abyss...
Where your shadow reached before You.

Us Naal Yaari Kadi Na Laiyo Jis Noo Apnay Tay Gharoor Hovay
Maa Baap Nu Bura NA Akhio Bhavain Lakh Unna Da Kasoor Hovay
Buray Rastay Kadi Na Jaiyo Chahay Kini Vi Manzil Door Hovay
Raah Janday Nu Dil Na Daiyo Chahay Lakh Monh Tay Noor Hovay
Mohabat Sirf Uthay Kariyo Jithay Pyar Nibhan Da Dastoor Hovay

Baba Bulleh Shah

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Truth is the most powerful force on earth because it can not be changed. (Mike Murdock)