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

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Aus dI drgfh dI mWuTI Br KLfk rsfiex bxf idMdI hY,
hr mMgqy nUM sWqF vlfieqfN df bfdsLfh bxf idMdI hY[(1)
myry isr leI qyrI drgfh dI DUV sYNkVy qfjfN vrgI hY,
mYN gunihgfr hovfNgf,jy kr myrf idl iPr qfj aqy qKq dI
lflsf kry[(2)
jy kr kImafgr qfNby qoN sonf bxf
lYNdf,asMB nhIN ik
rWb df qflb imWtI nUM nUr Biraf sUrj bxf lvy[(3)
goXf dy isLar ijhVf vI idl jfn nfl suxdf hY,
Aus df idl Pyr moqIaF dI dukfn dy lflF dI kd prvfh krdf
hY(4)(31)
Ghazal Thirty-one
A handful of the dust from his sanctuary turns into a medication,
And converts the beggars into the sovereigns of seven realms.(1)
The dust from your portal, for me, is equivalent to seven regal crowns.
I may be infested with depravity, if I become desirous of the crown and
the throne.(2)
If a chemist can convert copper into gold, why can’t,
A seeker of the Almighty impart incandescence to the lust.(3)
Whosoever listens, intently, to the couplets of Goya,
He cares little for a mine teeming with the diamonds and the
pearls.(4)(31)