Tūñ kidheroñ āiā kidhar jāṇā
Where have you come from?
Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.
Whence did you come, where will you go? Name your home.
तूं किधरों आया किधर जाणा, आपना दस्स टिकाना ।
The office you boast of cannot follow you.
जिस ठाने दा तूं मान करें, तेरे नाल ना जासी ठाना ।
You make a trade of plunder and pain.
ज़ुलम करें ते लोक सतावें, कसब फड़्यु लुट्ट खाना ।
May the glorious beloved ease the way and banish fear.
महबूब सुबहानी करे आसानी, खौफ जाए मलकाना ।
Come to the silent city that receives us all.
शहर खमोशां दे चल वस्सीए, जित्थे मुलक समाना ।
The mighty one ferries full boatloads; Death's angel is the boatman.
भर भर पूर लंघावे डाढा , मलक-उल-मौत मुहाना ।
A few days' swagger, then departure.
करे चावड़ चार देहाड़े, ओड़क तूं उट्ठ जाना ।
Worse than them all is Bulleh, steeped in old faults.
इन्हां सभनां थीं ए बुल्ल्हा, औगुणहार पुराना ।
Whence did you come, where will you go? Name your home.
तूं किधरों आया किधर जाणा, आपना दस्स टिकाना ।
The office you boast of cannot follow you.
जिस ठाने दा तूं मान करें, तेरे नाल ना जासी ठाना ।