Poems by Amir Khusro

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Couplet 10

Farsi Couplet:

Ze shab bedaariye mun taa seher chashmash kujaa daanad?

Ki O shab taa seher kaaray bajuz khuftan nami daanad.

English Translation:

How can her eyes reflect any sympathy

With my night-long wakefulness?

For she herself knows of nothing

In the night, except sleeping.

Amir Khusro

Sakal Bun

Sakal bun (or Saghan bhun) phool rahi sarson,

Sakal bun phool rahi.....

Umbva phutay, tesu phulay, koyal bolay daar daar,

Aur gori karat singaar,

Malaniyan gadhwa lay aayin karson,

Sakal bun phool rahi.....

Tarah tarah kay phool lagaaye,

Lay gadhwa haathan mein aaye.

Amir Khusro

Mora Jobana (My Youth)

Mora jobana navelara, bhayo hai gulaal,

Kaisi dhar dini bikas mori maal.

Mora jobana navelara.......

Nijamudin aulia ko koyi samajhaaye,

Jyon jyon manaon, wo to rootha hi jaaye.

Mora jobana navelara......

Chudiyan phod palang pe daaron,

Is cholee ko doon main aag lagaai.

Amir Khusro

Couplet 4

Farsi Couplet:

Gar khalq jahaan zinda bajaanand wa lekin,

Mun zinda-e ishqam ki shaheed-e gham-e yaaram.

English Translation:

People think they are alive because they have soul in them,

But I am alive because I have love in myself,

And I’m a martyr due to the beloved’s affliction,

(for, to a lover, nothing is dearer than

Amir Khusro

Couplet 6

Farsi Couplet:

Peeri-o-shaahid parasti naakhush ast,

Khusrova taaki pareshaani hunooz.

English Translation:

Old age and lovemaking do not go together;

But O Khusrau, you still remain a proof against this reasoning.

Amir Khusro

Couplet 5

Farsi Couplet:

Zabaan-e yaar-e mun Turkie, wa mun Turkie nami daanum,

Che khush boodi agar boodi zabaanash dar dahanay mun.

English Translation:

My beloved speaks Turkish, and Turkish I do not know;

How I wish if her tongue would have been in my mouth.

Amir Khusro

Couplet 2

Farsi Couplet:

Gar jamaal-e yaar nabuad baa khayalash hum khusham,

Khaana-e darvesh ra sham’ee ba az mehtaab neest.

English Translation:

If I cannot see her, at least I can think of her, and so be happy;

To light the beggar’s hut no candle is better than moonlight.

Amir Khusro

Couplet 3

Farsi Couplet:

Dilam dar aashiqui aawareh shud aawareh tar baada,

Tanam az bedilee beechareh shud beechareh tar baada.

English Translation:

My heart is a wanderer in love, may it ever remain so.

My life’s been rendered miserable in love,

may it grow more and more miserable.

Amir Khusro

Couplet 8

Farsi Couplet:

Tu shabana mi numaai be barkay boodi imshab,

Ke hunooz chashm-e mastat asar-e khumar daarad.

English Translation:

You look sleepless, in whose embrace did you pass the night;

Your intoxicated eye has still the signs of tipsiness.

Amir Khusro

Ke Saawan Aaya {Rains Have Come}

Amman meray baba ko bhaijo ri - Ke saavan ayaa

Beti tera baba to boodha ri - Ke saavan ayaa

Amman meray bhai ko bhaijo ri - Ke saavan ayaa

Beti tera bhai to baala ri - Ke saavan ayaa

Amman meray mamu ko bhaijo ri - Ke saavan ayaa

Beti tera mamu to baanka ri - Ke saavan ayaa

Translation-

Dear Mom, send my dad across; the rainy season has come.

Amir Khusro

Har Qaum Raast Raahay

Har qaum raast raahay, deen-e wa qibla gaahay,

Mun qibla raast kardam, bar samt kajkulaahay.

Sansaar har ko poojay, kul ko jagat sarahay,

Makkay mein koyi dhoondhay, Kaashi ko koi jaaye,

Guyyian main apnay pi kay payyan padun na kaahay.

Har qaum raast raahay, deen-e wa qibla gaahay.....

Translation-

Every sect has a faith, a direction (Qibla) to which they turn,

Amir Khusro

Aaj Basant Manaalay (Celebrate Spring Today)

Aaj basant manaalay suhaagun,

Aaj basant manaalay;

Anjan manjan kar piya mori,

Lambay neher lagaaye;

Tu kya sovay neend ki maasi,

So jaagay teray bhaag, suhaagun,

Aaj basant manalay…..;

Oonchi naar kay oonchay chitvan,

Amir Khusro