Rahu rahu oe ishqā māriā ī
Stop, love, you have killed us
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Whom have you brought safely over?
कहु किस नूं पार उतारिआ ई ।
You barred Adam from wheat and set Satan on his trail.
आदम कणकों मन्हा कराइआ, आपे मगर शैतान दुड़ाइआ,
Out of Eden into dust: how wide You cast Your game.
कढ्ढ बहशतों ज़मीन रुलाइआ, केड पसार पसारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Fatherless Jesus, Noah beneath the flood: Your doing.
ईसा नूं बिन बाप जंमाइआ, नूहे पर तूफान मंगाइआ,
You set son against father and drowned him in the flood.
नाल प्यु दे पुत्तर लड़ाइआ, डोब उहनां नूं मारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Moses climbed Your mountain; Ishmael met Your knife.
मूसे नूं कोह-तूर चढ़ाययो, असमाईल नूं ज़िबाह करायओ,
Jonah entered the fish: what honours You bestow!
यूनस मच्छी तों निगलाययो, की उहनां नूं रुत्तबे चाढ़आ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
You gave Zulaikha dreams, Joseph a well.
ख़वाब ज़ुलैखां नूं दिखलाययो, यूसफ़ खूह दे विच पवायओ,
His brothers bore the blame; thus Joseph rose.
भाईआं नूं इलज़ाम दिवाययो, तां मरातब चाढ़आ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Solomon bent to the furnace; Abraham entered fire.
भट्ठ सुलेमान नूं झुकाइओ, इबराहीम चिखा विच पाइओ,
Worms for the patient sufferer, poison for Hasan.
साबर दे तन कीड़े पाययो, हुसन ज़हर दे मारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Mansur on the gallows; the ascetic torn within.
मनसूर नूं चा सूली दित्ता, राहब दा कढवाइओ पित्ता,
Zakariya met Your saw. What kindness followed?
ज़करिया सिर कलवत्तर कीता, फेर उहनां कंम की सारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Sarmad lost his head; Shams spoke,
शाह सरमद दा गला कटाययो, शमस ने जां सुखन अलायओ,
You said through him, “Rise by my leave,” then flayed him whole.
कुमबइजनी आप कहाययो, सिर पैरों खल्ल उतारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Love's spectacle is vast; no hiding place contains it.
एस इश्क दे बड़े अडम्बर, इश्क ना छप्पदा बाहर अन्दर,
Sharaf Qalandar loved: twelve years in the freezing river.
इश्क कीता शाह शरफ़ कलन्दर, बार्हां वर्हे दरिआ विच ठारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Layla's fame rose; Majnun's eyes were caught.
इश्क लेला दे धुंमां पाईआं, तां मजनूं ने अक्खियां लाईआं,
You nursed him on love's streams and kept him years beside the well.
उहनूं धारां इश्क चुंघाईआं, खूहे बरस गुज़ारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Love went to Heer; Ranjha pierced his ears.
इश्क होरीं हीर वल्ल धाए, तांहीएं रांझे कन्न पड़वाए,
They came for Sahiban's wedding; Mirza paid with his head.
साहबां नूं जदों व्याहुन आए, सिर मिरज़े दा वारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Sassi lost in desert, Sohni beneath her broken pot.
सस्सी थलां दे विच रुलाई, सोहनी कच्चे घड़े रुढ़ाई,
Roda's love brought ruin, the body cut to pieces.
रोडे पिच्छे गल्ल गवाई, टुकड़े कर कर मारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Brother-armies slaughtered, water-skins pierced by mice.
फ़ौज़ां कतल कराईआं भाईआं, मशकां चूहआं तों कटवाईआं,
I have seen Your power, Lord; take my head too.
डिट्ठी कुदरत तेरी साईआं, सिर तैथों बलेहारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Kaurava and Pandava: eighteen armies laid waste.
कैरों पांडो करन लड़ाईआं, अठारां खूहणियां तदों खपाईआं,
Brothers killed brothers. What justice was that?
मारन भाई सक्यां भाईआं, की ओथे न्यां नितारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Nimrod claimed divinity and aimed an arrow at God.
नमरूद ने वी खुदा सदाइआ, उस ने रब्ब नूं तीर चलाइआ,
A gnat felled Nimrod; earth swallowed Qarun.
मच्छर तों नमरूद मरवाइआ, कारूं ज़मीं निघारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Pharaoh called himself God and entered the Nile.
फिरऔन ने जदों ख़ुदा कहाइआ, नील नदी दे विच आया,
You raised his tumult, then drowned his pride.
ओसे नाल अशटंड जगाइआ, खुदीयों कर तद मारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Your horn rang over Lanka; Rama laid it waste.
लंका चढ़ के नाद बजाययो, लंका राम कोलों लुटवायओ,
Hiranyakashipu built his heaven and died upon its threshold.
हरनाकश कित्ता बहशत बनाययो, उह विच दरवाज़े मारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Ten-headed Ravana stole Sita; Hanuman burned Lanka.
सीता दैहसर लई बेचारी, तद हनूवंत ने लंका साड़ी,
Ravana's towers fell, and at last Ravana too.
रावन दी सभ ढाह अटारी, ओड़क रावन मारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
What games with the milkmaids! Kanha stole their butter.
गोपियां नाल की चज्ज कमाइआ, मक्खन कान्ह तों लुटवाइआ,
Kansa was summoned, seized by the hair, hurled down.
राजे कंस नूं पकड़ मंगाइआ, बोदीउं पकड़ पछाड़िआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
You made the Imam and sent Yazid against him.
आपे चा इमाम बणाइआ, उस दे नाल यज़ीद लड़ाइआ,
Fourteen realms cried out; his head rose on a spear.
चौधीं तबकीं शोर मचाइआ, सिर नेज़े 'ते चाढ़आ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Poison for the Mughals; crowns for the blanket-clad.
मुग़लां ज़हर प्याले पीते, भूरियां वाले राजे कीते,
The nobles walk speechless; thoroughly have You shaken them.
सभ असरफ़ फिरन चुप्प कीते, भला उहनां नूं झाड़िआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
Poor Bullah, a wanderer, beats departure's drum.
बुल्ल्हा शाह फकीर विचारा, कर कर चल्या कूच नगारा,
Our name lights the world; from Noah You brought down a sun.
रौशन जग्ग विच नाम हमारा, नूहों सरज उतारिआ ई ।
Enough, Love, enough: your blow is death.
रहु रहु उए इश्का मारिआ ई ।
