The Beloved's Archery

Beloved Meher Baba

O Meher! The arrow You shot which pierced my heart reached its mark in me.

And now I've become a restless target of Your beloved archery!

O Beloved!  How is it I worship this arrow you shot from Your sacred bow?

Because the love I feel as it pierces my heart makes my head bend low!

O Beloved!  May this stormy sea You've whipped up drown this love-mad soul!

And send him spinning in dizzy torrents straight to the one real Goal!

O brothers!  Feel free to say anything you like about me.  Please don't hesitate!

The truth in what you say sets me free.  So don't procrastinate!

O Beloved!  The song You make me sing with fire has real power to inspire!

It is composed of notes of flame dipped in the ink of Meher's Name!

O John!  Cry if you want and say what you will.

But silence is sweetest if the Beloved you would thrill.

John G. Connor

17 Sept. 1986

Ahmednagar, India

NAKASHAA TERA DILKASH HAI

Link to hear the live audio version of Nakashaa Tera Dil Kash Hai with Adi K. Irani Translating.

Author unknown

Translation by Adi K. Irani

Teree soorat say kisee ke nahee miltee soorat

Hum jaha may teree tusveer liyay firtay hay

Your face is so matchless it cannot be compared with any other face

I take your picture wherever I go in the world and I find this.

Nakashaa tera dilkash hai

Soorat teree pyaree hai

Your form is very attractive and

Your face is very loving.

Mohabbat may ab itnee dilkashee mayhasoos kartaa hoo

Toomharee hur jagah maujoodagee mayhasoos kartaa hoo

I’m experiencing so much attraction in my love for You

That I feel Your presence everywhere.

Mere sake yakeene mera imaa kar deeyaa mohakam

Hur ek jarre may teree roshanee mehasoos kartaa hoo

My faith has made my honesty manifest

In every particle I feel your Light.

Ye mujhko konasee manzil may lay aayaa too meraa

Hur ek soorat may soorat aapakee mehasoos kartaa hoo

I do not know to what state You have brought me

That in every face I see Your face.

Hazaare mazmayay khoobanay maahaaroo hogaa

Nigaah jis pay taharee jayegee who too hogaa

There are thousands of people in the love gathering longing for You

But only he will become You upon whom Your glance will fall.

Jisnay bhee toojhay dekhaa sow baar soohaanee hay

Kyaa paysh karoo toomko kyaa cheez humaree hay

Whoever sees You beholds hundreds of beauties

What should I present You with?  What is there which belongs to me?

Dilko jigar ko jaan ko maraa karengay hum

Teree salaamatee ka hootaaraa karengay hum.

I shall go on self-denying my heart and my mind.

For Your happiness I shall sacrifice everything.

Ye dil bhee toomhaaraa hay

Ye jaan bhee toomhaaree hay

This is the heart which belongs to you

This is the life which belongs to You.

Humko Meeta Sakay

Link to Humko Meeta Sakay being sung by Hyderabadi Qawwals in 1980 with live translation by Adi K. Irani


By Jigar

Translated by Adi K Irani

Humko meeta sakay, zamaanay may dum nahee, dum nahee

(The world does not have the strength to destroy me)

Humsay zamaanaa khud hay, zamaanay say hum nahee.

(I am not for the world, the world is for me.)

Bayfaida aalam nahee, baykaar gham nahee

(The world is not without any purpose, my pain of longing is not useless.)

Taukir day khuda ko yaya, ehamat bhee kum nahee

(I should be thankful to God that whatever pain of longing He has given it is not less than any happiness in the world.)

Mayree zubah pay shikuwa-e, ehalay seetum nahee

(I do not have any complaints against the torture you give me.)

Moojko jagaa diyaa yahee, e-hasaan kum nahee

(It is not your small obligation that you have awakened me from my involvement in illusion.)

Shikkwaa to ek chayl hay, laykeen hakeekatun

(My complaint is there, but in truth …)

Tera seetum bhee teri, inaayat se kum nahee

(Whatever tribulation and torture you make me pass through it is not less than Your Grace.)

Markay Jigar pay kyu teri, ankhay hay ashkaray

(When Jigar died why were you shedding tears?

Eksaa neeha sahee magar, itnaa bahum nahee.

(It may be right that you are always hidden but I’m not so confused to think like that.)