Paṛtālio huṇ āshiq kehṛe
Discern now who the lovers are
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
Love took my reason; “We are nearer” became known.
नेहुं लग्गा मत गई गवाती, नाहुनो-अकरब ज़ात पछाती,
Closer than your pulse is the Lord. Now tell who loves whom.
साईं भी शाह रग तों नेड़े, पड़तालिओ हुन आशक केहड़े ।
First Heer, then Ranjha: how few know this change.
हीरे हो मुड़ रांझा होई, इह गल्ल विरला जाने कोई,
Every quarrel falls away. Now tell who loves whom.
चुक्क पए सभ झगड़े झेड़े, पड़तालिओ हुन आशक केहड़े ।
Wedding companies keep vigil; the Prophet's radiance rains.
लै बारातां रातीं जागन, नूर नबी दे बरसन लागण,
That One beholds our quarrels. Now tell who loves whom.
उहो वेख असाडे झेड़े, पड़तालिओ हुन आशक केहड़े ।
“I am the Truth” was Your cry in Mansur, never his alone.
अनुलहक्क आप कहाइआ लोकां, मनसूर ना देंदा आपे होका,
In mullahs' forms they gather. Now tell who loves whom.
मुल्लां बण बण आवन नेड़े, पड़तालिओ हुन आशक केहड़े ।
Bullah, the law sits judging, yet yields to the truth within.
बुल्ल्हा शाह शरियत काज़ी है, हकीकत पर भी राज़ी है,
In every home the Lord judges. Now tell who loves whom.
साईं घर घर न्याउं नबेड़े, पड़तालिओ हुन आशक केहड़े ।