Lantarani Das Ke Jani
You Said: You Shall Not See Me
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
Between my love and me no difference stands: “Wherever you turn,” you said.
मैं ढोलन विच फ़रक ना कोई एनुमा फ़ुरमाइआ ई ।
Come, let me sleep within your arms; my veil is drawn.
आओ सजन गल लग्ग सौवां मैं हुन घुंघट पाइआ ई ।
You said I shall not see you—why hide your face, my love?
लणतरानी दस्स के जानी हुन क्यों मुक्ख छुपाइआ ई ?
You filled the patient sufferer's flesh with worms; such was the rising path.
तन साबर दे कीड़े पाए जो चढ़िआ सो पाइआ ई ।
Mansur let a secret show; you raised him to the scaffold.
मनसूर कोलों कुझ ज़ाहर होया सूली पकड़ चढ़ाइआ ई ।
You said I shall not see you—why hide your face, my love?
लणतरानी दस्स के जानी हुन क्यों मुक्ख छुपाइआ ई ?
Tell me the secret of divinity: before whom was the bow commanded?
दस्सो नुकता ज़ात इलाही सज्जदा किस कराइआ ई ।
Bulleh, Satan refused the Lord's command, and you brought him to shame.
बुल्ल्हा शहु दा हुकम ना मन्न्या शैतान ख़वार कराइआ ई ।
You said I shall not see you—why hide your face, my love?
लणतरानी दस्स के जानी हुन क्यों मुक्ख छुपाइआ ई ?