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Taab e mira 'at e sahr gird e bayabaan e arab
ghaaza e ru ye qamar dood e chiraghaan e arab
[mir’at = mirror , dood = smoke]
Allah Allah bahaar e chamanistaan e arab
Paak hain lawth-e-khizaan se gul o rehaan e arab
Joshish e abr se khoon e gul e firdaus giray
CheR de rag ko agar khaar e bayabaan e arab
Tashna e nehr e jinaaN har Arabi o Ajami
Lab e har nehr e jinaaN tashna e neesaan e Arab
[neesaan = month of April-May in Syriac]
Tawq e gham aap hawa e par e qumri se giray
Agar azad kare sarv e kharamaan e arab
[sarv = cypress, kharamaan = strutting; of graceful gait]
Mihr e meezaan chupaa ho tau hamal mein chamakay
Daalay ik boond shab day mein jo baaraan e arab
[Mihr e meezan = the sun in Libra; hamal = Aries]
arsh se mizhdah e Bilqis shifa’at laaya
Taair e Sidra nasheen murgh e Suleimaan e Arab
[mizhdah = good news; Taair = birds; Sidra = the Lote Tree of The
Furthest Limit]
Husn Yusuf pe kaTeen Misr mein angusht e zinaan
Sar kaTaatay hain tere naam pe mardaan e arab
[Misr = Egypt; angusht e zinaaN = fingers of the women]
kooche kooche mein mehektee hai yahan boo e qameeS
Yusufistaan hai har aik gosha e kin’aan e arab
[Kin’aan = Canaan]
bazm e qudsi mein hai yaad e lab e jaan bakhsh e Huzoor
Aalam e noor mein hai chashma e khayvaan e arab
Paaye Jibreel nay Sarkar se kya kiya ilqaab
Khusro khail e mulk khaadim e sultan e arab
[Khusro = king; khail e mulk = army of angels]
Bulbul o nilopar o kabak bano parwaano!
Meh o khursheed pe hanSte hain chiraaghaan e arab
[nilopar = water-lilly (nilofar); kabak = partridge; khursheed = sun]
Hoor se kya kehein Musa se magar arz karein
Ke hai khud husn e azal taalib e jaanaan e arab
[azal = pre-eternal, without beginning]
Karam e na’at kay nazdeek tau kuchh door nahin
Ke Raza e ajami ho sag e Hassaan e Arab!
[ajami = non-Arab; Hassaan = reference to Hazrat Hassaan ibn Thabit
radhi Allah anhu the Prophet’s poet sal allahu alayhi wa sallam; here
means poet of naats]
phir uThaa walwala e yaad e mugheelaan-e-arab phir khiNcha daaman-e-dil suuye bayabaan-e-arab
[walwala=fervor; mugheelan=cactus like thorny bush; bayaaban=desert]
baaGh-e-firdaws ko jaatey haiN hazaaraan e arab haaye Sahraa-e-arab haaye bayabaan-e-`arab
[firdaws = the best of the gardens of paradise;
bayabaan=desert; Sahraa=desert or forest;]
meethi baateN teri deen-e-ajam eeman-e-arab
namkeeN Husn teraa jaan-e-arab shaan-e-arab
ajam=any land not belonging to arabia; lexically, ajam means mute]
ab to hain girya-e-khooN gauhar-e-daamaan-e-arab jis mey do laal the zahra key woh thi kaan-e-`arab
[girya-e-khooN=weep uncontrollably lit.:tears of blood; gauhar=gem;
la`al=ruby; kaan = mine
Zahra = Sayyida Fatima az-Zahra(ra),the beloved daughter of
Rasulallah alayhi afDalus salaatu was salaam]
dil wahee di hai jo aankhoN se ho Hayraan e arab aankheN woh aankheN haiN jo dil se ho qurbaan e arab
haaye kis waqt lagee phaans alam ki dil meiN
key bahut duur rahe khaar-e-muGheelaaN-e-`arab
[phaans=choke; alam=pain; khaar=thorns]
faSl-e-gul laakh na ho, waSl ki rakh aas hazaar
phuultey phaltey haiN be-faSl gulistaan-e-`arab
[fasl=season, to cut; fasl-e-gul=the season of spring;
wasl=union; be-faSl (first)=not in season; be-faSl (second)
=continuously; aas= hope ]
sadqe hone ko chale aate haiN laakhoN gulzaar
kuch ajab rang se phoola hai gulistaaN-e-arab
andaleebi pe jhagaDte haiN kaTey marte haiN gul O bulbul ko laDaataa hai gulistaan e arab
andaleebi=sweet melodies; andaleeb=nightingale
gul=flower; bulbul=nightingale]
Sadqe raHmat ke kahaaN phuul, kahaaN khaar kaa kaam
khud hai daaman kush e bulbul gul e khandaan e `arab
[khaar=thorn; daaman-kush-e-bulbul=breaking the nightingale’s heart
gul-e-khandaaN=the delicate flower]
shaadi-e-Hashr hai sadqey mein chuTeNge qaydi
arsh par dhoom se hai daawat-e-mehmaan-e-Arab
[shaadi=happy occasion]
charche hotey haiN ye kumlhaayi huwee kaliyoN meiN
kyuN ye din dekhte paatey jo bayaaban e `arab
[charche=discussion; kumlhaayi=withered; kaliyaN=flower buds]
tere be-daam ke bandee haiN rayeesaan-e-ajam tere be-daam ke bandey hain hazaaran-e-arab
[be-daam (first)=without any bonds; bandee=prisoners;
rayeesaan=aristocracy
be-daam (second)=without any price; bandey=slaves;]
hasht khuld aaye wahaN kasb-e-laTafat ko raza
chaar din barse jahaaN abr-e-bahaaraN-e-`arab
hasht khuld=eight paradises; kasb-e-laTafat=to earn grace
by Ala HaDrat Imam Shah Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi quds sirruhu