23. Sheikh ul Alam: Nafs myon hos tai...

نفس میون ہوْس تے

امی حٔس کرِٔنم کٔتِیا بل۔

ساسہِ منز آکھا لوْس تے

نتۂِ ہیتنم سأری تل۔

Transliteration:

Nafs myon hoss tai,

Ami haess karinam keetya bal.

Saase manz akha loss tai,

Natte hetnam saaeri tal.

Vocabulary:

Bal: بل : Overpower

Loss: لوْس : Prosper

Translation:

My ego is an elephant,

This elephant lot of times overpowered me.

(Only) One among the thousand prospered,

Otherwise it crushed everyone under.