Thursday 19 September 2013

The Friend....by Sufi poet Hazrat Shah Niaz

I am needful lover, who needs you
I will take for granted very dearly
the sorrow of a beloved like you

You are the sun; my eye is alight with your beauty
if I giveup you , to whom I ll go

Everywhere I looked, I have seen the Friend
Revealing Itself at one place, hidden at others.

Somewhere as implicit, somewhere as explicit
Appearing sometime ephemeral, sometime perennial.

Everywhere I looked, I have seen the Friend
Rising and falling, playing hide and seek.

Somewhere He is the King adorning the throne
Somewhere seen as a beggar holding the bowl

Everywhere I looked, I have seen the Great Friend
Revealing itself at one place, hidden at others.

Somewhere He is the golden attire of my enchanting lady
Showing off the charms and seductive gestures

Playing hide and seek
I have seen the Great Friend, wheresoever I looked

Somewhere in the form of lover of Beloved
seen beating his chest and heart aflame

Everywhere I looked, I have seen the Friend
Revealing Itself at one place, hidden at others.
Everywhere I looked, I have seen the Great Friend.

~ Sufi poet Hazrat Shah Niaz
(The Friend)


3 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgzUJQRmzEo

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  2. manum-maa nayaz-mandi ke be to nayyaazdaara
    gham-e-choon to naaz-nini behzaar naaz-dara
    tuu-e- afataab, chashman wa jamaal tust roshan
    agar ast-o-baazgeeram be ke chashm e aaz-daaram

    yaar ko humne ja-ba-ja dekha
    kahin zahir kahin chhupa dekha
    kahin mumkin hoa kahin wajib
    kahin fani kahin baqa dekha
    yaar ko humne ja-ba-ja dekha
    kahin zahir kahin chupa dekha

    kahien woh baadshaah-e-takht nasheen
    kahin kaasa liye gadaa dekha
    yaar ko humne ja-ba-ja dekha
    kahin zahir kahin chupa dekha
    kahin wo der libaas-e-mashokan
    bar-sare naaz aur aada dekha
    kahin zahir jahin chupa dekha
    yaar ko humne ja-ba-ja dekha

    kahin aashiq niyaz ki soorat
    seena Girya-o-dil jala dekha
    yaar ko humne ja-ba-ja dekha
    kahin zahir kahin chupa dekha
    yaar ko humne ja-ba-ja dekha

    ~ Sufi poet Hazrat Niaz

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  3. I saw my beloved in all I saw,
    At times revealed, hidden at times.

    Been familiar with the issue of faith,
    I saw the face of my beloved in all I saw.

    At times a possibility, at times imperative,
    At times ephemeral, at times eternal.

    Inspired by the wish to see Himself,
    He made Himself into every form.

    He is the one who sees and hears
    I saw no one other then Him.

    Laughed gleefully through blooming flowers,
    Crooned in nightingale's melodious songs.

    He took the forms of the candle and the moth,
    And annihilated Himself in flames of His own.

    At times claiming "I am the Truth",
    Witnessed his head raised on the Cross.

    O 'Niyaz' He was beyond the bounds of `You' and `Me',
    And yet I see Him in every `You' and `Me'.

    At times he behaved like unfamiliar,
    At timed I found him familiar with the face.

    At times he is the emperor in power,
    At times seen with a mendicant's begging bowl.

    At times, a devout worshipper,
    Lord of rakes and drunkards at times.

    At times in the beloved's attire,
    He was seen throwing up His charms.

    At times as a lover like 'ME',
    He was seen beating his breast and heart aflame.

    ~ Sufi poet Hazrat Shah Niaz
    (The Friend)

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