Pardā kis toñ rākhīdā
From whom do you hide?
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
From whom do You hide?
परदा किस तों राखीदा ।
Why hide, then peer from behind the veil?
क्युं ओहले बह बह झाकी दा ।
You made the beloved, then taught us how to pray.
पहलों आपे साजन साजे दा, हुन दस्सना एं सबक नमाजे दा,
Now You come to watch, looking out through Layla's eyes.
हुन आया आप नज़ारे नूं, विच लैला बण बण झाकी दा ।
From whom do You hide?
परदा किस तों राखीदा ।
You stripped Shams of his skin and sent Mansur to the gallows.
शाह शम्मस दी खल्ल लुहाययो, मनसूर नूं सूली दवायओ,
You laid the saw on Zakariya; what debt remains to claim?
ज़करीए सिर कलवत्तर धराययो, की लेखा रहआ बाकी दा ।
From whom do You hide?
परदा किस तों राखीदा ।
You said “Be”: the unformed took form.
कुन्न केहा फअकून कहाइआ, बे-चूनी दा चून बणाइआ,
For you the world arose, beneath the canopy “but for you.”
खातर तेरी जगत बणाइआ, सिर पर छतर लौलाकी दा ।
From whom do You hide?
परदा किस तों राखीदा ।
Now You hurry toward us; no disguise can hold.
हुन साडे वल धाइआ ए ना रहन्दा छुपा छुपाइआ ए,
Here You call Yourself Bullah, veiled in a body of dust.
किते बुल्ल्हा नाम धराइआ ए विच ओहला रक्ख्या ख़ाकी दा ।
From whom do You hide?
परदा किस तों राखीदा ।
Why hide, then peer from behind the veil?
क्युं ओहले बह बह झाकी दा ।
