Here is the classic song by Usttad Juman (late)
**English Translation **
Love and fire are same thing
Flame of love is even stronger
Fire burns leaves and sticks
But fire of love burns the liver
Fire is put out with water
What is there to put out the fire of love with?
My friend don’t take liking to the place
Where love has made its abode!
O friend, this love has ignited such a strong fire within me!
O friend, I have lost all control
And my chest simply can’t bear this fire.
When love came making all the noise and cries
Love made a great deal of sound too
And as it came, it made me dance wildly to its tune
O friend, this love has ignited such a strong fire within me!
O friend, I have lost all control
And my chest simply can’t bear this fire.
When love first came I got attracted to it.
In the very first brush with it I lost all my modesty and shame.
I invited blame from all sides and everywhere.
O friend, this love has ignited such a strong fire within me!
O friend, I have lost all control
And my chest simply can’t bear this fire.
This love is so wild that it won’t let me sit in peace
Sometimes it makes me drunk with its wine
And I uncontrollaby dance in streets of the town
O friend, this love has ignited such a strong fire within me!
O friend, I have lost all control
And my chest simply can’t bear this fire.
This fire of is that O’ Osman [indicates that this poem is by one Osman and Kh. Ghulam Farid]
Which goes beyond time and space,
Verily it originated and came from Heavens High [that is from God]
O friend, this love has ignited such a strong fire within me!
O friend, I have lost all control
And my chest simply can’t bear this fire.
**Original in Saraiki **
ishq te bahay barober
ishq da ta-vikhayra
bahay saray dee
kakh kanay noo
ishq saray da gayra
bahir saamay naal pani day
bahir saamay naal pani day
ishq da daam kehraa
yaar mendhay uthay chaah na rakheen
jithay ishq laway dayra
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
way yaar sano way yaar sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
seenay day vich na samaee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish laee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish
hulhula ke ishq doaiyaan
hulhula ke ishq doaiyaan
mohabat dha dha choor machaiya
mohabat dha dha choor machaiya
thaan thaan naach nachaee hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
way yaar sano way dost sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
seenay day vich na samaee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish laee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaan
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
ishq doyaiaan main serkaee
ishq doyaiaan main serkaee
sharm hiya pehlay satay nai i
sharm hiya pehlay satay nai i
jumman malamat chayee hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
way yaar sano way dost sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
seenay day vich na samaee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish laee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish
ishq away-ra bahan na dayndaa
ishq away-ra bahan na dayndaa
o thee kadaan ker mast karayndaa
thee kadaan ker mast karayndaa
ghati ghati shaam i hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
way yaar sano way dost sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
seenay day vich na samaee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish laee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish
ishq diaan tashiaan o saumanaa
ishq diaan tashiaan o saumanaa
laanj kilay dee na wo makaana
laanj kilay dee na wo makaana
ankh kisi te i hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
yaar dadhi ishq aatish laeee hai
way yaar sano way dost sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
sano lag gayee bayakhtearee
seenay day vich na samaee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish laee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish laee hai
yaar dadhi ishq atish laee hai