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

gLjLl 14
myrf idl sWjn dI ibRhf ivc sV igaf[
myrI jfn Aus sohxy(sfNeIN) leI sV moeI[(1)
Aus aWg nfl mY aijhf siVaf hfN,
ik ijs iks ny vI suixaf, Auh vI cnfr vfNg sV igaf[(2)
mYN iekWlf hI pRIq dI aWg ivc nhIN siVaf,
sfrf jhfn hI ies icMgfVI nfl sV hoieaf hY[(3)
sWjn dy ibRhf dI aWg ivc sVnf,
kImIaf vfNg iksy sPl prXojn leI sVnf hY [(4)
goXf dy idl nUM sfbfsL,
ijhVf ik sWjn dy muKVy dI afs ivc hI sV igaf[(5)(14)
Ghazal Fourteen
Isolated from the beloved, my heart is blistering,
And my being is kindling for the sake of my comely benefactor.(1)
In that inferno, I was burnt so much,
That whosoever heard, was scorched, as well, like a chanar* tree.(2)
I am not the only one amidst the fire of love,
Rather, the whole world is affected with the nettling sparks.(3)
I bear in the blazes of the beloved’s separation,
Like the beneficial calcination of alchemy.(4)
Bravo ! the heart of Goya,
Which is facing the heat, awaiting a glimpse of the beloved’s
countenance.(5)(14)
(* Name of a tree that grows on the hills and is supposed to emit the
sparks of fire.)