Kalaam-e-Goya : Bhai Nand Lal - Institute of Sikh Studies

gLjLl 2
dIn aqy dunIaF sfzy Aus prI-cyhrf dosq dI PfhI ivc hn [
dovyN jhfn sfzy Xfr dy iek vfl dy mul brfbr hn [(1)
asIN Aus sWjn dI iek BI tyZI njSr dI qfb nhIN Jwl skdy,
Aus dI ieWko ingfh, ijhVI AumrF vDf dyNdI hY, sfnUM bQyrI
hYY[(2)
kdI qF Auh sUPI bx jFdf hY, kdI Bjn bMdgI vflf aqy kdI
msq klMdr; sfzf cflfk ipafrf nfnf rMgF df mflk hY [(3)
Aus dy lflF (vrgy hoTF) dI Blf kdr ibnF pRymI dy kOx jfxy
XfkUq dI kImq sfzI moqI vsfAux vflI aWK hI jfxdI hY [(4)
hr iCn qy hr pl goXf sfzf huisSafr idl
Aus ipafry dI msq nrgsI aWK dI Xfd ivc ipafr df nsSf
pINdf hY [(5)(2)
Ghazal Two
Both, the temporal and the heavenly worlds are in the halter of the
fairy-faced benefactor.
And both the domains are not worth the price of my friend’s one hair.(1)
We can face not even one sidelong blink of the friend’s looks,
Enough is for us, his one glance, which grants us a long life.(2)
He epitomises a Sufi, sometimes he becomes a venerator and sometimes
he is self-absorbed.
Clever though he is, he is multifarious.(3)
Who else can appreciate his pinkiness except a fancier
The value of the garnet is assessed only through the vision of a gems’
assayer.(4)
Through all the moments and all the winks, Goya remains alert,
To relish the vanity of the benefactor’s vision.(5)(2)