T h o u  
A r t   all  in
Recognition of
T h y s e l f

✒ ℐamil Hussain

T h o u
Blowest into
My soul from above
A soft resistless
F l a m e   of
L o v e

✒ ℐamil Hussain

Jis Ki Janib Woh Nazar Apni Uttha Lete Hain
Uss Ki Soyee Hui Taqdeer Jaga Dete Hain

Towards whom they raise their glance
His resting destiny they awaken in a trance

Teri Duzdeeda Nigahon Ko Dua Dete Hain
Jitne Chubte Hain Yeh Teer Utna Maza Dete Hain

For your peeking gazes, I pray
The more these arrows wound, the more delighted I lay

Jab Se Dekha Hai Unhein Apna Mujhe Hosh Nahin
Jane Kya Cheez Woh Nazroon Se Pila Dete Hain

Ever since them I saw, senseless I have become
What they pour from their glances, a mystery it has become

Takht Kya Cheez Hai Aur Laal-o-Jawahir Kya Hai
Ishq Wale To Khudai Bhi Loota Dete Hain

What is a throne and what are lustrous jewels?
Lovers surrender divinity against the rules

Aik Din Aisa Bhi Ata Hai Mohabbat Mein Zaroor
Khud Ko Ghabra Ke Naqab Apna Uttah Lete Hain

There is one such moment in love, indeed!
With nervousness, they raise their veil

Apni Barbadi Pe Khush Hoon Yeh Suna Hai Jabse
Woh Jisse Apna Samajhte Hain Mitta Dete Hain

Happy with my own ruin I am, ever since I have learned
Who they consider their own, obliterated have turned

Apne Daman Ko Zara Aap Bacha Kar Rakhna
Sakhat Aahon Se Bhi Hum Aag Laga Dete Hain

Your own hem a little, you save and claim
With deep sighs, we set the fire aflame

Jis Ki Janib Woh Nazar Apni Uttha Lete Hain
Uss Ki Soyee Hui Taqdeer Jaga Dete Hain*

Towards whom they raise their glance
His resting destiny they awaken in a trance

— Translated by Jamil Hussain, Sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

W h a t
A   m a j e s t y
F o r  t h e  M a s t e r
O f       t h i s  
C l a y

W  h  o
C r e a t e d  for
I t   c o l o u r f u l
N i g h t  a n d
D a y

✒ ℐamil Hussain

O ' T h o u
The   e x a l t e d   One
Surround  t h e e   w i t h  
Your   e v e r l a s t i n g
P   e   a   c   e

✒ ℐamil Hussain

O '  L o r d
E n l a r g e   t h e
Chambers within my h e a r t
So that my soul will forever burn
I n   T h y   d i v i n e
S p a r k

✒ ℐamil Hussain

Thou
A r t   L o v e
An endless ocean
Within my  h e a r t
Thy secret source of
Intoxicating waves
Movest me closer
T o   extreme
C r a v e s

✒ ℐamil Hussain

Thou
T u r n e s t
Worthless Stones into
Glittering diamonds and
A precious diamond
Into flying
D u s t

✒ ℐamil Hussain

O’
Supreme
Master of universe
The creator of life and death
You fashioned me in heavens and
Sent me down to this dark place
Now guide me to your light
As I am lost once
Again

Fill
Me with
Purity of Thy love
So that your faith exists
Within my soul once again
Overflow my humble heart
With the aim that I am
Forever drunk once
Again

You
Know me best
So flow your passion
Within my blood streams once again
Intoxicate this wicked life of mine
In order that I will join
Your bounty once
Again

You                                                    ­                                                         
Are the supreme lover                                                                   
And I am in need of your affection once again
                                I have turned into a selfish animal
                                                          Shine your message hence that
                                                                                       I turn human once
                                                           ­                                                      Again
    Let                                                ­                                                            
        The moments be                                                              ­                    
                   When I shall bow to you here                                           
                ­                         And my soul will be there in                     
                                        ­                    Heavens with you once  
                                                         ­                                          Again
         Bless                                                          ­                                
                Me with a new day                                                            
­                                            And a new beginning once                                
                           ­                                                            Again                          
  Guide                      ­                                  
         Me to your light                              
                 As I am lost once          
                                      Again

— Jamil Hussain

P a s s i o n
A true essence to life
I t   is thy glowing flame
And it is thy boundless fire
It is thy soul's secret wings
And it is   thy  o c e a n
Filled with heavenly
D e s i  r e

✒ ℐamil Hussain