96. Soz ashqun chhum boz kanai: nyama saeb
کلامِ نعمہ بادشاہ علیہ رحمہ
سوز عشقُن چُھم بوز کَنۓ
بوزہ وُن چُھکھ بۆ کیاہ ونۓ
روز دماہ در گُلشنۓ
بوزہ وُن چُھکھ بۆ کیاہ ونۓ
IPA:
/soz aʃqun t͡ʃʰum boz kanai̯/
/bozə vun t͡ʃʰukʰ bo kʲaːh vanai̯/
/roz damaːh dar ɡulʃanai̯/
/bozə vun t͡ʃʰukʰ bo kʲaːh vanai̯/
Romanisation:
Soz ashqun chhum boz kanai
Bozəvun chhukh bu kyah vanai
Roz damah dar gulshanai
Bozəvun chhukh bu kyah vanai
Translation:
Love’s fire within me; listen close with your ear;
You carry the gift of hearing; what more can I say?
In the garden of blossoms, linger a moment here;
You carry the gift of hearing; what more can I say?
Commentary:
The stanza describes the state of a lover whose heart is ablaze with divine love. The “fire” is the inner longing placed by the Beloved(God), and “listening with the ear” means using the awakened ear of the heart and not just outer sensory ear. The listener already has the spiritual capacity to understand such states, so the lover admits that words cannot express what burns within. The garden is Garden of love, urging the seeker to pause and behold it. In nutshell, someone with an awakened inner ear needs little explanation for silence itself reveals the truth.
آیِہ پٔھلِتھ گُلِستانۓ
جُملہ گُلن منز چھی پانۓ
ہر بہارس پتہٕ خزانۓ
عشقہ واوَۓ پَن زن چھۆنۓ
IPA:
/ajɨh pʰəlitʰ ɡulistanai̯/
/d͡ʒumlə ɡulən mand͡z t͡ʃʰi paːnai̯/
/har bahaːras patɨʰ kʰazanai̯/
/aʃqah waːvai pan zan t͡ʃʰonai̯/
Romanisation:
Aayih phalith gulistanai
Jumleh gulan manz chhi paanai
Har bahaaras patih khazanai
Ashqah waavai pan zan chhonai
Words:
Jumleh: جُملہ : the whole, the entirety, all
Pan: پَن : Leaves
Translation:
The gardens of flowers arose in full-blown grace;
In every blossom, the Beloved veiled His face.
For every spring, an autumn comes to chase,
By Love’s wind, like falling leaves, I lose my trace.
Commentary:
The “garden of flowers” is the awakened heart or state of love being felt by the lover, where divine beauty appears in every blossom. But spiritual states fade; every spring of closeness is followed by an autumn of separation. When the winds of love blow coupled with separation or yearning, the seeker becomes emaciated like a wilted flower.
پۓ گُلس چُھۓ موٗلٕہ تَلۓ
آیِہ پٔھلِتھ کُلچی فُلۓ
گژھتہ بیدار ہا بُلبلۓ
گُل برٕہ گۓ بہار یِنۓ
IPA:
/paɪ̯ ɡuləs t͡ʃʰeː moːlɨh təlai̯/
/ajɨh pʰəlitʰ kult͡ʃi fulai̯/
/ɡʦət͡əh beːdar haː bulbulai̯/
/ɡul barːe gjae̯ bahaːr jinai̯/
Romanisation:
Pai gulas chhe moolih talai
Aayih phalith kulchi fulai
Gachhteh bedaar ha bulbulai
Gul barre gayi bahaar yinai
Words:
Pai: پۓ : reviving (a dried up plant) by watering it
Kul : کُل (کُلچی) : Of Absolute Unity.
Barre: برٕہ : Wilt or wither
Translation:
The flower’s life-water lies at the base of the root,
The blossoms of Absolute Unity rose in radiant suit.
Awaken now, O nightingale, awake;
The flowers withered without seeing spring break.
Commentary:
The stanza describes the spiritual journey: the soul’s true nourishment lies in the hidden Divine root; from that root, the blossoms of Unity appear; the seeker is urged to awaken like the nightingale and witness this truth; yet a grief remains, for many hearts, lost in sleep, wither without ever beholding the springtime of Divine Union.
گُل برٕہ گۆو کُلٕہ نِش پھۆلُۓ
زانِہ سُئ یَس دل ہؠتھ ژۆلُۓ
عشقہ ژوٗر چُھۓ مارٕہ واتُلُۓ
یار لآگِتھ چُھم مارَنۓ
IPA:
/ɡul barːe ɡoːw kʊlɨh nɨʃ pʰolui̯/
/zanɨh sui jas dɨl hɨtʰ ʦolui̯/
/aʃqah ʦuːr t͡ʃʰui marɨh waːtului̯/
/jaːr laːgitʰ t͡ʃʰum mārnai̯/
Romanisation:
Gul barre gow kulih nishi pholui
zaanih sui yas dil heth cholui
ashqah chuur chhui marih wātului
yaar laegith chum maarnai
Words:
Maarih-watul: مارٕہ واتُلُ : Executioner
Translation:
The flower withered away, though it bloomed in Unity’s sea;
Only the one knows the ache whose heart He stole to flee.
The love-thief stands as a public executioner in the end,
Striking me down while posing as a friend.
Commentary:
The heart dries up in longing, but it blossoms when united with the Beloved. Only the one wounded by love truly understands this pain. The Beloved ends all yearnings by destroying the lover in love,
pretending to be a friend even while giving the sorrow of separation.
یٖرٕہ گومُت چُھس دریاوس
زار ونَس بۆ یاد پاوس
عشقہ ژوٗرس آدمۍ کھاوس
دل نِتھ چُھم ڈۆل دیٖونۓ
IPA:
/jɨrːe ɡomut t͡ʃʰus dɨrjaːwəs/
/zār wanəs bo jād pāwas/
/aʃqah ʦuːras ɑd̪əmɨ kʰaːwas/
/dɨl nɨtʰ t͡ʃʰum ɖol divnai̯/
Romanisation:
yerré gomut chhus daryaawas
zaar wanas bo yaad paawas
ashqah chuuras aadim khaawas
dil nith chum ḍol divnai
Words:
Aadim khaaw: آدمۍ کھاو : Man-eater. Literally the annihilator of men. Annihilator of hearts.
Dol dyun: ڈۆل دیون : inattention, to ignore
Translation:
I am drowned in the river (of my despair);
I’ll speak my lamentations, make him recall what we once did share.
The love-thief, that devourer of human hearts,
After stealing mine, his inattention imparts.
Commentary:
The lover is drowned in the river of longing and the agony of separation from the Divine. And the lover exclaims that he will voice inner grief and lamentations to seek grace of beloved. The “love-thief, that devourer of humans” represents the Beloved, who annihilated many a (seekers) lovers in His love. And the inattention of beloved after stealing heart is proverbial lore of love caught between separation and seeking of union.
رِندٕہ گِندَو أسۍ پانہ وٲنی
کوو گٲجتھس بۆ دٲنۍ دٲنی
گرمٕہ سیتی گٔجِس شِنٕہ مٲنی
جویِہ پَچؠم تاف ڈیشَنۓ
IPA:
/rɨndɨh ɡɨndow ɑsɨː pānah wɑːni/
/kav ɡaːjitʰəs bo dāniː dɑːni/
/ɡərmɨh siti ɡaʤis ʃɨnɨh mɑːni/
/d͡ʒoːjɨh pət͡ʃɨm tāf ɖiʃnai̯/
Romanisation:
rindih gindow aes pānah waeni
kav gaejithas bo daen daeni
germih siti gajis shinih maeni
joyih patchem taaf ḍeshnai
Translation:
O ecstatic one, with each other let us play;
Why break my being, piece by piece away?
In the embrace of warmth, melted like a mass of snow
Streams burst forth even without the Sun in show.
Commentary:
The stanza captures the soul’s yearning for the Beloved, inviting a playful immersion in divine love. The pain of separation and the longing for union has been depicted by being tortured slowly in fragments. In the embrace of warmth i.e., the closeness of beloved being felt even while in separation, the soul melts like a mass of snow, experiencing the gentle touch of divine presence. Yet even without attaining full union, streams of tears burst forth, ecstatic and spontaneous, expressing the joy and rapture of feeling the Beloved’s nearness. It portrays the mystical truth that even the mere taste of closeness to the Beloved can fill the heart with profound delight, despite separation.
نحقہ ژھۆنڈُم مےٚ پردیٖشے
یار اوسُم پانس نیٖشے
معرِفتکی بٔرۍ بٔرۍ شیٖشے
وۆنُۓ نعمن شراب چؠنۓ
IPA:
/nəħqah ʦʰoːnɖum meː pardiːʃai̯/
/jaːr osum pānas niːʃai̯/
/mɑʕrəftki bɨrːi bɨrːi ʃiːʃai̯/
/wɔːnui̯ nəʕmən ʃərɑːb t͡ʃanai̯/
Romanisation:
nahqah chhondum me pardeeshay
yaar oasum paanas neeshay
maʿrifatiki barri barri sheeshay
wonui Nyaman sharaab chanai
Words:
Nahqeh: نحقہ : In vain. Without justification
Pardeeshih: پردیٖشہ : Far away lands/strange lands
Translation:
In vain I searched the Beloved in distant lands,
Yet the Beloved was near, right within my hands.
Goblets on goblets of gnosis poured free,
Revealed by Nyama, though sober as could be.
Commentary:
The beloved was within me while I searched for Him outwardly. The Poet, Nyama, revealed the intimate knowledge about the God in full senses thus adding authenticity and reliability to the divine wisdom so revealed.
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