Have You Forgotten?

بے درد دادِ چانہِ سوٗر ہو سپدان

Bedard daadi chaani soor ho sapdaan

O merciless one, the pain of your absence has turned me to ashes

سۄے لَے مٹھیا میانہِ یارو لو

Soy lay mothyaa myaani yaaro lo

Have you forgotten that affection, my beloved?

اَتی اَتی روزتو زی کتھ بوزتو

Ati ati rozto ziy kath bozto

Stay right there, and listen to my plea

سَر ہو وَندے سَردارو لولو

Sar ho vanday sardaaro lolo

I would sacrifice my head for you, O my leader, my love

کنہ نے کۆڈ ہَے حضرتِ یوسُفؑ

Kini nay kody hay Hazrat-e-Yousuf (AS)

Was Hazrat Yousuf (AS) not taken out (to be sold)

مِصرکہ اَمہِ بازارو لولو

Misri-ki ami baazaaro lolo

Through this very market of Egypt, my love?

ژےٚ خداے سوٗزنے رُت خریدارو

Tsey Khudaay sooznay rut khareedaaro

God has sent you a worthy buyer

ملؠ ہؠمت یوسُفؑ یار لولو

Mael hyamat Yousuf yaar lolo

I would buy the beloved Yousuf, my love

مجنوٗن کھژیو نجِد کے بالے

Majnoon khtsyo Najid kay baalay

Majnoon climbed the mountains of Najd

اۆشہِ چے چھس وسان دارے لولو

Oshi chay chhas wasaan daaray lolo

Streams of tears flow continuously from him, my love

بہ ہا لٲل آیہ سَے سۄرمہ تہ سازو

Bi haa Laal aayasay sormi ti saazo

I, like a precious ruby, have come adorned with kohl and melody

تھۆد وۄتھو مَتہ مہہ رازو لو

Thod wotho mati mah-raazo lo

Arise, O my intoxicated, moon-faced king

فرہؔاد درایو پَننہِ نَے خیالے

Farhaad draayo panani nay khyaalay

Farhad set out, lost in his own thoughts

تمؠ ژھٲنڈؠ کۄہ تے بالے لولو

Tami tshaan'dy koh tay baalay lolo

He searched through the mountains and hills, my love

شیٚچھ پام بوٗزن پیوس اِشہِ کالو

Shechh paam boozun pyoos ishi-kaalo

Hearing the news and taunts, a dark era fell upon him

وسؠ پییَس حؠسہ تَے حَالو لو

Wasi peeyas hees tay haalo lo

His senses and his very state collapsed, my love

کر بالہِ رنجیوم عالم ژھنجوم

Kar baali ranjyoom aalam tshanjoom

What sorrow struck me on the mountain, I searched the whole world

گنجہِ مَے سیٖنہ سِپارے لولو

Ganji may seeni sipaaray lolo

In the treasury of my chest, preserved like chapters of a scripture, my love

ہرتارِ عشقنہِ یُہَے سوز چُھم وزان

Hartaari ishqani yuhay soz chhum wazaan

Every string of love plays this very burning melody

سُے سوز مۆٹھیا میٛانہِ یارو لو

Suy soz mothyaa myaani yaaro lo

Have you forgotten that melody, my beloved?

پشان پشُم مرُن مۆشُم

Pashaan pashum marun moshum

Enduring it, I suffered; I forgot about death itself

درُن چُھ اَمہِ گٹہ کارے لولو

Darun chhu ami gati kaaray lolo

Firmness and patience are needed in this deep darkness, my love

صد مٲرؠ شہمٲرؠ سَتہ مٲرؠ بچھنس

Sad maary shah-maary sati maary bachhanis

A hundred snakes, king cobras, and seven vipers strike the one who tries to escape

نعؔمہ رود تمہِ بازارے لولو

Nyama rood tami baazaaray lolo

Nyama remained behind in that very marketplace, my love