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

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aWKfN agoN Auh nf-imhrbfn ipafrf lMG igaf,
ipafrf lMiGaf, ik aWKfN rfhIN jfn lMG geI[ (1)
myrIafN afhfN df DuaF ieMnf ijLafdf afsmfn qoN lMG igaf,
ik Aus ny afsmfn df rMg nIlf kr idWqf aqy Aus df idl sfV
idWqf[ (2)
Aus ny sfnUM afpxIa BvfN dy ieko iesLfry nfl sLhId kr idWqf[
pr hux koeI ielfj nhIN jd ik qIr kmfn qoN inkl igaf[ (3)
mYN iek pl leI vI afpxy asly nUM nf pf sikaf—nf jfx
sikaf ik mYN kOx hfN
aPsos! myrI ijLdMgI dI rfs sB aYvyN hI clI geI (4)
goXf! jy iek vfr vI koeI ipafry dI glI vloN lMG igaf,
Auh muV kdI bihsLq dy bfg dI sYr leI nhIN jfNdf[(5)(8)
Ghazal Eight
Passed through my vision, has the unkind lover,
And I went by expending my life through my own eyes.(1)
The mist of my sighs surpassed such limits in the skies,
That it spread blue all around and scorched its heart.(2)
He made me a martyr with just one signal through his eye brows.
There exists no remedy now when the arrow is already out of the bow.(3)
I could not achieve the knowledge of my tangibility.
Alas, all the efforts of my existence turned futile.(4)
Goya, the one who passes, just once, through the fancier’s street,
He desires never to proceed to the heavenly garden.(5)(8)