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

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asfN hr rWb dy bMdy nUM hI rWb smiJaf hY,
aqy afpxy afp nUM asfN ienfHN bMidafN df bMdf smiJaf hY[(1)
sfzIafN aWKfN dIafN puqlIafN nUM surmyN dI koeI loV nhIN,
ikAuN jo asfN rWb dy bMidafN dy rfh dI DUV nUM hI surmf
smiJaf hY[(2)
hr GVI asI afpxf isr sjdy leI Drq Auqy rKdy hfN,
ikAuN jo asfN apxy Xfr dy muKVy nUM rWb df nUr smiJaf hY[(3)
PkIrfN ny bfdsLfhfN nUM bfdsLfhI bKsLI hY,
ies leI Aus dI glI dy PLkIr nUM asIN bfdsLfh smJ ilaf
hY[(4)
sfnUM!ay goXf, mulk aqy mfl dI koeI cfh nhIN,
ies leI, ik asIN qyrI juLlP dy sfXy nUM humf df pr smJ ilaf
hY[(5)(54)
Ghazal Fifty-four
All the Divine ones, we appraise as the Almighty,
And consider ourselves to be the serfs of those souls.(1)
The pupils of our eyes need no antimony,
As we have savoured the dust of the feet of the pious ones.(2)
All the times, we keep our heads bowed on the ground for prostration,
As we value our benefactor’s semblance as the Celestial illumination.(3)
The sovereigns are endowed with sovereignty by the hermits,
And, consequently, we regard the hermits of his avenue as the
sovereigns.(4)
Oh, Goya, we have no longing for the sovereignty and the prosperity,
Because we deem your tresses as the cover under the wings of
Huma*.(5)(54)
* Huma is a mythological bird, which stays in the skies, and any body
passing under his shadow attains kingdom.