

When except for you there is no other (lord, creator) then I don’t understand why you hide from us.


Tum ek gorakh dhanda ho 1.except for 2.present, existing Phir samajh meN nahiN aata tera purdah karna Jab bajuz 1 teray koi doosra maujood 2 nahiN Searching does not lead to you, no amount of searching helps and the puzzle is that you are right where we are. But I have seen you enthroned in my heart (so you must be real). I have searched for you in temple and mosque, but you are not to be found there. Tum ek gorakh dhanda ho 1.temple 2.mosque 3.resident, enthroned 4.show/trick Magar tashreef-farma 3 tujhko apne dil meN dekha haiĭhoonDay nahi milay ho na-DhoonDay say kahiN tumĪur phir ye tamasha 4 hai, jahaaN hum haiN vahiN tum Tujhay dayr 1-o-haram 2 meN maiN ne DhoonDa tu nahi milta You are manifest in every particle in all your grandeur yet the mind is puzzled (not knowing) what you are and what you look like. Tum ek gorakh dhanda ho 1.particle (of dust) 2.grandeur 3.manifest 4.puzzled HairaaN 4 hai magar aql ke kaisa hai tu kya hai Har zarre 1 meN kiss shaan 2 say tu jalwa-numa 3 hai Ho bhi nahi aur har jaa 1 ho, tum ek gorakh dhanda ho 1.place (All) seekers have vanished, ground into dust but still no one could find any evidence of you. For the sake of a sight of you, Oh, how many places have I not looked. Sometimes I looked for you here, sometimes I went there. Tum ek gorakh dhanda 6 ho 1.sight 2.for the sake of 3.away from home, traveler, seeker 4.trampled underfoot 5.mark, proof 6.tricky business, mystery Kisi talak na tera aaj tak nishaaN 5 pahuNcha Ghareeb 3 miT gaye, paamaal 4 ho gaye laikin Tumhaari deed 1 ki Khaatir 2 kahaaN kahaaN pahuNcha Kabhi yahaaN tumheN DhoonDa, kabhi vahaaN pahuNcha Overall – a highly enjoyable sufi composition, even if not exactly a chaste urdu classical literary structure. Typically in a qawwali, peripherally related asha’ar of other poets are inserted by the singer.

I have attempted to correct them (perhaps commit some of my own in the process). This has been compiled from sources that wrote it down from nusrat fateh ali Khan’s qawwali performance. I could not find any authentic written version. ये बुराइी, वो भलाई, ये जहन्नुम, वो बेहिश्तĬlick here for overall comments and on any passage for meanings and discussion.
