Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 127
127 FOOTNOTE NUMBER ELEVEN ہر کرا دل بود دلداری به خبرش پیر سید از خبر داری Whosoever gives his heart to a beloved, He inquires about the beloved from the one who knows. گر نباشد لقائے محبوبے جوید از نزد یار مکتوبی If he cannot meet the beloved, Then, at the least, he desires a letter from the beloved. بے دل آرام نایدش آرام که برویش نظر گہے بکلام He cannot rest without the beloved, Sometimes he looks at the face of the beloved, while at others he lis- tens to the words of the beloved. آنکه داری به دل محبت او نایدت صبر جز به صحبت او If you really love someone with all your heart, You cannot have patience without meeting that beloved. فرقت او گر اتفاق افتد در تن و جان تو فراق افتد If, perchance, you are separated from the beloved, You feel your soul departing from your body. دولت از هجر او کباب شود چشمت از رفتنش پر آب شود Your heart burns in the pangs of separation; Your eyes start shedding tears on the departure of the beloved. باز چوں آل جمال و آن روئے دست در شد نصیب دو چشم در کوئے Then all of a sudden that beauty, that face, Appears before both of your eyes in an alley. دامنش زنی بجنوں که ز نادیدنت دلم شد خون You seize and cling to the robe of the beloved in the madness of your love, Saying, 'My heart bled from not seeing you.