Jis Tan Laggia Ishq Kamaal
When Perfect Love Takes Hold
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
When perfect love takes hold of flesh,
जिस तन लगिआ इश्क कमाल ।
it dances past both tune and time.
नाचे बेसुर ते बेताल ।
Leave wounded lovers to their ache; they bear enough themselves.
दरदमन्दां नूं कोई ना छेड़े, आपे आपना दुक्ख सहेड़े,
Birth and life are shaken loose; the heart reads its own heart.
जंमना ज्यूना मूल हुगेड़े, आपना बूझे आप ख़्याल ।
When perfect love takes hold of flesh,
जिस तन लगिआ इश्क कमाल ।
Who wears love's robe receives a summons from the court beyond.
जिस ने वेस इश्क दा कीता, धुर दरबारों फ़तवा लीता,
One cup before the Beloved, and all debate falls still.
जदों हज़ूरों प्याला पीता, कुझ्झ ना रेहा जवाब सवाल ।
When perfect love takes hold of flesh,
जिस तन लगिआ इश्क कमाल ।
The friend lives within: the cry goes up—Friend, my friend!
जिस दे अन्दर वस्या यार, उठ्या यारो यार पुकार,
No song, no string is needed: sitting there, they play in ecstasy.
ना उह चाहे राग ना तार, ऐवें बैठा खेडे हाल ।
When perfect love takes hold of flesh,
जिस तन लगिआ इश्क कमाल ।
In the Beloved's town, Bulleh found truth; the clamour died.
बुल्ल्हा शौह नगर सच्च पाइआ, झूठा रौला सभ मुकाइआ,
He spoke the truth for those who seek it, and beheld unclouded beauty.
सच्च्यां कारन सच्च सुणाइआ, पाइआ उस दा पाक जमाल ।
When perfect love takes hold of flesh,
जिस तन लगिआ इश्क कमाल ।
