Poems by Amir Khusro

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Chaap Tilak

Chhap tilak sab cheeni ray mosay naina milaikay

Prem bhatee ka madhva pilaikay

Matvali kar leeni ray mosay naina milaikay

Gori gori bayyan, hari hari churiyan

Bayyan pakar dhar leeni ray mosay naina milaikay

Bal bal jaaon mein toray rang rajwa

Apni see kar leeni ray mosay naina milaikay

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Nami Danam

Nami danam chi manzil bood shab jaay ki man boodam;

Baharsu raqs-e bismil bood shab jaay ki man boodam.

Pari paikar nigaar-e sarw qadde laala rukhsare;

Sarapa aafat-e dil bood shab jaay ki man boodam.

Khuda khud meer-e majlis bood andar laamakan Khusrau;

Muhammad shamm-e mehfil bood shab jaay ki man boodam.

English Translation.

I wonder what was the place where I was last night,

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Man Kunto Maula

Man kunto maula,

Fa Ali-un maula

Man kunto maula.

Dara dil-e dara dil-e dar-e daani.

Hum tum tanana nana, nana nana ray

Yalali yalali yala, yalayala ray Man tunko maula......

TRANSLATION-

"Whoever accepts me as a master,

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Khabaram raseed imshab

Khabaram raseed imshab ki nigaar khuahi aamad;

Sar-e man fidaa-e raah-e ki sawaar khuahi aamad.

Ham-e aahwan-e sehra sar-e khud nihada bar kaf;

Ba-umeed aanki rozi bashikaar khuahi aamad.

Kashishi ki ishq daarad naguzaradat badinsaa;

Ba-janazah gar nayai ba-mazaar khuahi aamad.

Balabam raseed jaanam fabiya ki zindah maanam;

Pas azan ki man na-maanam bacha kar khuahi aaamad.

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Couplet

Khusrau darya prem ka, ulti wa ki dhaar,

Jo utra so doob gaya, jo dooba so paar.

English Translation.

Oh Khusrau, the river of love

Runs in strange directions.

One who jumps into it drowns,

And one who drowns, gets across.

This is a Hindi Couplet

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Persian Poem

Kafir-e-ishqam musalmani mara darkaar neest

Har rag-e mun taar gashta hajat-e zunnaar neest;

Az sar-e baaleen-e mun bar khez ay naadaan tabeeb

Dard mand-e ishq ra daroo bajuz deedaar neest;

Nakhuda dar kashti-e maagar nabashad go mubaash

Makhuda daareem mara nakhuda darkaar neest;

Khalq mi goyad ki Khusrau but parasti mi kunad

Aarey aarey mi kunam ba khalq mara kaar neest.

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Couplet 7

Farsi Couplet:

Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast,

Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast.

English Translation:

If there is a paradise on earth,

It is this, it is this, it is this

Written about the province of Kashmir in what is nowadays Northern India and Pakistan

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Aaj Rung Hai

Aaj rung hai hey maan rung hai ri

Moray mehboob kay ghar rang hai ri

Sajan milaavra, sajan milaavra,

Sajan milaavra moray aangan ko

Aaj rung hai........

Mohay pir paayo Nijamudin aulia

Nijamudin aulia mohay pir payoo

Des bades mein dhoondh phiree hoon

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Couplet 1

Farsi Couplet:

Naala-e zanjeer-e Majnun arghanoon-e aashiqanast

Zauq-e aan andaza-e gosh-e ulul-albaab neest

English Translation:

The creaking of the chain of Majnun is the orchestra of the lovers,

To appreciate its music is quite beyond the ears of the wise.

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Couplet 11

Farsi Couplet:

Mun tu shudam tu mun shudi,mun tun shudam tu jaan shudi

Taakas na guyad baad azeen, mun deegaram tu deegari

English Translation:

I have become you, and you me,

I am the body, you soul;

So that no one can say hereafter,

That you are someone, and me someone else.

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Couplet 9

Farsi Couplet:

Ba khak darat rau ast maara,

Gar surmah bechashm dar neaayad.

English Translation:

The dust of your doorstep is just the right thing to apply,

If Surmah (kohl powder) does not show its beauty in the eye!

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Bahut Kathin Hai

Bahut Kathin hai dagar panghat ki,

Kaisay main bhar laaun madhva say matki?

Paniya bharan ko main jo gayi thi,

Daud jhapat mori matki patki.

Bahut kathin hai dagar panghat ki.

Khusrau Nijaam kay bal bal jayyiye

Laaj rakho moray ghoonghat pat ki.

Bahut kathin hai dagar panghat ki.

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