Main Udikan Kar Rahi
I Keep Waiting for Your Visit
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
I asked you for a word.
मैं जो तैनूं आख्या कोई घल्ल सुनेहड़ा ।
My eyes became your bed, my heart your home.
चशमां सेज विछाईआं दिल कीता डेरा ।
My Shah Inayat comes, swaying as he walks.
लटक चलेंदा आंवदा शाह इनायत मेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
Who will go and tell him?
उह अजेहा कौन है जा आखे जेहड़ा ।
What wrong is mine? I belong to you.
मैं विच की तकसीर है मैं बरदा तेरा ।
Who else is mine? Do not undo my heart.
तैं बाझों मेरा कौन है दिल ढा ना मेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
Bracelets, bangles, colours at my throat—
दसत कंगन बाहीं चूड़ियां गल नौरंग चोला ।
my love has made an uproar of this wandering soul.
माही मैनूं कर गिआ कोई रावल रौला ।
Earth and water sigh; my heart lies like a stone.
जल थल आहीं मारदियां दिल पत्थर मेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
Vermilion crowns your hair; how bright your crimson robe!
क्या तेरी मांग संधूर भरी सोहे रतड़ा चोला ।
Like Sammi I cry aloud: “Dhola, my love, my love!”
पई वांग समीं मैं कूकदी कर ढोला ढोला ।
Pains without number ring me like a thorn fence.
अणगिणवें सूलां पा लिआ सूलां दा खेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
I thought grief lived with me alone; it fills so many homes.
मैं जाता दुक्ख घर आपने दुक्ख पै घर कईआं ।
Fire touched each head; each one leapt beneath it.
जेहा सिर सिर भांबड़ भड़क्या सभ टप्पदियां गईआं ।
Now the flame has found me; all my arguments fall still.
हुन आण पई सिर आपने सभ चुक्क गिआ झेड़ा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
Those cherished in marriage are honoured in childhood's home.
जेहड़ियां साहवरे मत्तियां सोई पेके होवन ।
Those loved by their husbands rest upon the bridal bed.
शहु जिन्हां दे कायल ए चढ़ सेजे सोवन ।
Where the husband's voice is absent, the courtyard stands empty.
जिस घर कौंत ना बोलिआ सोई खाली वेढ़ा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
I searched the town—who will carry my message?
मैं ढूंड शहर भालिआ घल्लां कासद केहड़ा ।
Now I enter love's palanquin; my heart beats hard.
हुन चढ़ियां डोली प्रेम दी दिल धड़के मेरा ।
Beloved Muhammad of Arabia, hold my hand.
दिलदार मुहंमद आरबी हत्थ पकड़ीं मेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
The first step down: my resting place is Sirat's bridge.
पहली पउड़ी उतरी पुल-सराते डेरा ।
Let pilgrims go to Mecca; let me behold your face.
हाजी मक्के जाहुन मैं मुक्ख वेखां तेरा ।
Come, Inayat Qadiri—my heart calls for you.
आ इनायत कादरी दिल चाहे मेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
The year's first night: my heart is full of fear.
पहली रात है साल दी दिल खौफ़े मेरा ।
A deep grave opens; its narrow niche becomes my home.
डूंघी गोर कढेंद्या होया लहदों डेरा ।
The first knot opens; my face is turned toward the Kaaba.
पहला बन्द खोल्हद्यां मूंह काअबे मेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
The Messenger calls; my flower opens.
मिली है बांग रसूल दी फुल्ल खिड़्या मेरा ।
Always at your service: I am here for you.
सदा होया मैं हाज़री हां हाज़र तेरा ।
Each moment in your presence is my bow in prayer.
हर पल तेरी हाज़री इहो सजदा मेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।
Bulleh, flames for love leap in the chest.
बुल्ल्हा भड़कन शहु लई सीने विच भाहीं ।
Love's road is hard; its distance does not lessen.
औखा पैंडा प्रेम दा सो घटदा नाहीं ।
Strife batters the heart; its blows fall on my head.
पै धक्के दिल विच झेड़ दे सिर धाईं बेरा ।
I wait and wait; come to me once.
मैं उडीकां कर रही कदी आ कर फेरा ।