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HUM SAY BAYSAHAA ROHOTO

Click here to listen to Humsay Baysaha Rohoto performed by the Hyderabadi Qawwali Party in 1980 

with Adi K. Irani translating live

By Kamil

Translated by Adi K. Irani

Humay to jo bhi mila, aap hi kay dur say mila.

(Anybody whom I met really came from Your house.)

Khuda ka shukra hay.

(We are thankful to God.)

Hum say baysahaa rohoto, aap ka sahaaraa hay.

(When I became shelterless, then I got Your shelter.)

Aap hi ko dookh sookh may, oomra bhur pookaaraa hay.

(In my misery and happiness, it is only You I call for.)

Mauj khud safeenaa hay, bahar khud kinaaraa hay.

(The wave itself is my boat, the Ocean itself is my shore.)

Naakhudaa say kya mutlub, jub kay too hamaaraa hay.

(I do not need any captain, when You are there with me.)

Is tarah banaayay ho, waisee laaj rukh lijiay

(However you made me, just keep my reputation like that.)

Mut bigaareeyay isko, aap kaasahaaraa hay.

(Don’t destroy my relationship with You, because You are the only one who gives me shelter.)

Hum say poochiyay saahab, intezaar ke ghareeya.

(Please just ask me how I have endured the moments of separation from You.)

Hum nay raat kaatee hay, hum nay din goozaaraa hay.

(Somehow I managed to spend my nights in waiting for You, similarly I passed my days.)

Bay hoonar sahee laykeen, baywafaa nahee Kaameel.

(If You say I am unaccomplished, You are right.  But Kamil is not unfaithful!)

Yay toomhaaraa bandaa hay, aur fakhat toomhaaraa hay.

(After all I am Your slave, I am the slave of only One and that one is You.)