Kihnu La-Makani Dasde Ho
Whom Do You Call Beyond All Place?
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
You live in every shade of being.
तुसीं हर रंग दे विच वस्सदे हो ।
You said Be, and being came—who else appeared but you?
कुनफईकून तैं आप कहाआ, तैं बाझों होर केहड़ा आया,
Love became this showing forth; you dwell within the lover.
इश्कों सभ ज़हूर बणाइआ, आशक हो के वस्सदे हो ।
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
Who brought Adam here? From where, toward where does he travel?
पुच्छो आदम किस ने आंदा ए किथों आया कित्थे जांदा ए,
Whose warning met you there? You tasted grain and fled.
ओथे किस दा तैनूं लांहजा ए ओथे खा दाना उठ नस्सदे हो ।
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
You are listener, singer, song and string.
आपे सुने ते आप सुणावें, आपे गावें आप बजावें,
You sing Truth's sayings, then run as one who knows nothing.
हक्कों कौल सरोद सुणावें, किते जाहल हो के नस्सदे हो ।
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
You sound your oneness on the string: I am Truth.
तेरी वहदत तूएं पुचावें, अनलहक्क दी तार मिलावें,
You lift Mansur to the scaffold, and laugh beside him there.
सूली ते मनसूर चढ़ावें, ओथे कोल खलो के हस्सदे हो ।
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
You go like Alexander to Naushaba; as messenger you bring the books.
जिवें सिकन्दर तरफ नौशाबां, हो रसूल लै आया किताबां,
As Joseph in a dream, you steal Zulaikha's heart.
यूसफ़ हो के अन्दर खुआबां, ज़ुलैखां दा दिल खस्सदे हो ।
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
Here a Roman, there an African, there a European in a hat.
किते रूमी हो किते ज़ंगी हो, किते टोपी पोश फ़रंगी हो,
Here drunk within the tavern, there master and mistress of a house.
किते मै-ख़ाने विच भंगी हो, किते मेहर महरी बण वसदे हो ।
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
Bulleh, Inayat knows; my heart belongs to him.
बुल्ल्हा शहु इनायत आरफ़ है, उह दिल मेरे दा वारस है,
I am iron, he the stone that changes it; through him you claim me.
मैं लोहा ते उह पारस है, तुसीं ओसे दे संग खस्सदे हो ।
Whom do you call beyond all place?
कीहनूं ला-मकानी दस्सदे हो ।
You live in every shade of being.
तुसीं हर रंग दे विच वस्सदे हो ।