Man Atkeya Beparwah De Naal
Shah Hussain (1538–1599) · Popularized by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan · Punjabi Sufi kaafi
COUPLET 1
Man atkeya beparwah de naal
My heart is caught in love with the careless one.
MeaningBeparwah implies self-sufficient, unconcerned or free of worldly dependence. In Sufi reading, the divine beloved needs nothing yet draws the seeker completely.
Us deen duni de Shah de naal
With the sovereign of faith and the whole world.
MeaningDeen is religion or spiritual life; duniya is the worldly realm. The beloved is portrayed as ruler of both, making the attraction larger than ordinary romantic attachment.
COUPLET 2
Qazi mullah matti dainde
Judges and clerics keep offering advice.
MeaningQazi and mullah represent learned religious authorities. The poem recognizes that institutional guidance exists but presents it as inadequate for the experience of love.
Khare siyane raah dasende
Even the wise show me which way to go.
MeaningPractical knowledge offers routes and rules; the speaker hears them but is governed by a different force. The poem is not a blanket dismissal of wisdom.
Ishq ki lagge raah de naal
But what has love to do with prescribed paths?
MeaningIshq is passionate, transforming love. The rhetorical question insists that genuine longing does not submit neatly to external routes or formulas.
Nadiyon paar Ranjhan da thana
my beloved's house lies beyond the river.
MeaningRanjha is the beloved figure of the Heer–Ranjha romance, often reused as an image of the divine beloved. A river separates seeker and desired union.
Keeta qaul zaroori jaana
I have given my word; I must make the pilgrimage.
MeaningQaul means promise. Love is presented as fidelity and commitment, not merely an emotional flash.
Mintaan karan mallah de naal
I plead with the boatman to take me across.
MeaningThe boatman symbolizes help in overcoming separation—sometimes understood as a spiritual guide or grace. Crossing becomes a figure for the soul's journey.
COUPLET 5
Kahe Hussain faqeer nimana
Hussain says: I am only a humble seeker.
MeaningThe poet names himself in the modest register of a faqeer, a spiritual mendicant. Humility matters more than social prestige.
Duniya chhod aakhir mar jaana
In the end, I must leave this world and die.
MeaningMortality strips away worldly ambition. The verse sets love against the shortness of life and reminds the listener what cannot be kept forever.
Orak kam Allah de naal
In the end, all my dealings are with God.
MeaningThe closing returns the poetic journey to divine accountability and union. Whatever intervening worldly relationships exist, the final horizon is spiritual.
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