Mere Ghar Aia Pia Hamara
My Beloved Has Come Home
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
Wonder! Oneness sings; the unstruck flute resounds.
वाह वाह वाहदत कीना शोर, अनहद बांसरी दी घंगोर,
I have found Lahore's throne: my love has come home.
असां हुन पाइआ तखत लाहौर, मेरे घर आया पिया हमारा ।
My faults burned in the blow of true love.
जल गए मेरे खोट निखोट, लग गई प्रेम सच्चे दी चोट,
Now his shelter covers me: my love has come home.
हुन सानूं ओस खसम दी ओट, मेरे घर आया पिया हमारा ।
Why count the years? The cup of rapture is in my hand.
हुन क्या कन्नें साल वसाल, लग गिआ मसत प्याला हाथ,
Essence and attributes, all forgotten: my love has come home.
हुन मेरी भुल्ल गई ज़ात सफ्फात, मेरे घर आया पिया हमारा ।
What are twenty, fifty years? One glance from my love—
हुन क्या कीने बीस पचास, प्रीतम पाई असां वल झात,
the whole world glows crimson: my love has come home.
हुन सानूं सभ जग्ग दिसदा लाल, मेरे घर आया पिया हमारा ।
Hope has opened, Bulleh; the Beloved stands beside me.
हुन सानूं आस दी फ़ाश, बुल्ल्हा शहु आया हमरे पास,
The Lord fulfilled our longing: my love has come home.
साईं पुचाई साडी आस, मेरे घर आया पिया हमारा ।