Shaikh Yahan Baat Tiri Pesh Na Jaave Hargiz — Wali Dakhani
Meaning
O Sheikh, your words will never hold any sway here; do not enter the gathering of revelers without casting your intellect aside.
Explanation
The poet playfully cautions the Shaikh—the conventional moralist—that his rigid sermons and intellectual calculations have no value here. In the 'majlis-e-rindaan' (the circle of carefree lovers and mystics), genuine abandon and the madness of love reign supreme over worldly reason. If the ascetic wishes to sit among the intoxicated seekers of divine truth, he must first surrender his cold intellect at the door.
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