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

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mYN Aumr dI godI ivc jvfn qoN buWZf ho igaf hfN,
qyrI sMgq ivc Aumr dI god ivc myrI ijLdgI ikMnI sohxI lMGI
sI[(1)
bfkI rihMdy svfsfN nUM qUM ies qrHfN suBfgy smJ,
ikAuNky aLKIr pWq-JV ny hI ies Aumr dI bhfr ilafNdI [(2)
hfN, Aus GVI nUM vI suBfgf smJ, jo rWb dI Xfd ivc gujLry,
ikAuN jo Aumr df ihsfb lfAux ligafN ieh njLr qoN hvf vfNg
lG jfNdI hY[(3)
hr vkq lihrfN dy kfPly vfNg {Aumr dI ndI vgdI} rihMdI hY,
{ho sky} qfN qUM ies Aumr dI ndI coN pl Br leI pfxI df Gwut
pI lY[(4)
qUM sYNkVy kMm aijhy kIqy hn, ijhVy qyry kMm nhIN afAuxy[
goXf qUM, aijhy kMm kr, ijhVy Pyr vI qyry kMm afAux[(5)(37)
Ghazal Thirty-seven
In the lap of time, my youth has gained the agedness.
And, in your association, how graciously my life has passed!(1)
Deem the remaining breaths as auspicious,
As it is autumn which ushered in the spring into life.(2)
Propitious are the instances which advance in the remembrance of the
Almighty,
Because, while we are still enumerating, they vanish like the air.(3)
The caravan of the waves is flowing like the rolling stream,
You must suckle some breath-bequeathing water out of this life
expanding river.(4)
You have revelled in many a deed transpiring into no fulfilment,
Goya, now, you render such services as well benefit you hereafter.(5)(37)