Ghazal
بس کر جی ہن بس کر جی
This ghazal is a poignant plea from a lover to their beloved, repeatedly begging them to stop their torment. The speaker complains that the beloved not only resides in his heart but also torments him with sweet memories and false promises. The poet concludes that this emotional agony is unbearable and he desperately seeks liberation from this suffering.
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1
بس کر جی ہن بس کر جی
اک بات اساں نال ہس کر جی
Please stop, my heart, please stop,
Just one simple thing, smiling with ease.
Stop it, my heart, please stop. Just one simple thing, smile with ease.
2
تسی دل وچ میرے وسدے او
ایویں ساتھوں دُور کیوں نسدے او
نالے گھت جادو دل خسدے او
بس کر جی ہن بس کر جی
You reside within my heart, yet
Why are you so far away from me?
My magical, beloved heart
Just rest, my life, just rest.
You reside within my heart, yet why are you so far from me? My magical, beloved heart, just rest, my life, just rest.
3
تسی موئیاں نوں مار مکاندے سے
نٹھ کھڈوں وانگ کتھاندے سے
گل کردیاں دا گلا گھٹدے سے
ہن تیر لگایا کس کر جی
بس کر جی ہن بس کر جی
You do not kill me with your face,
Nor do you make me afraid with your gestures.
You speak with a heart that is trapped,
Now you have shot an arrow, what should I do?
Just stop, please stop now.
You do not kill me with your face, nor do you make me afraid with your gestures. You speak with a heart that is trapped; now you have shot an arrow, what should I do? Just stop, please stop now.
4
تسی چھپدے او اساں پکڑے او
اساں نال زلف دے جکڑے او
تسی اجے چھپن توں تکڑے او
ہن جان نہ ملدا نس کر جی
بس کر جی ہن بس کر جی
You used to hide and capture easily, / You used to bend your hair easily. / You used to hide and move so easily, / Now life is not found, the heart is broken. / Just stop, dear, just stop.
You used to hide and capture easily, and used to bend your hair with us. You used to hide and move so easily, but now life is unfindable and the heart is broken. Just stop, dear, just stop.
5
بلھے شاہ میں تیری بَردی آں
تیرا مکھ ویکھن نوں مردی آں
نت سَو سَو منتاں کردی آں
ہن بیٹھ ہجر وچ دھس کر جی
بس کر جی ہن بس کر جی
Bulleh Shah, I cannot bear your attire,
Just by seeing your face, I cannot bear to live.
Constantly yearning and thinking, I have done,
Now, let me sit in this separation, heart-broken,
Please, just stop, please just stop.
Bulleh Shah, I cannot bear your attire; just by seeing your face, I cannot bear to live. I have constantly yearned and thought; now, just let me sit in this separation. Please, just stop, please just stop.
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