Tanam Farsooda

‎تنم فرسودہ

By Maulana Abdur Rahman Jaami

Arabic text

Tanam Farsooda Jaa Para
Ze Hijra Ya Rasulullah
Dillam Paz Murda Aawara
Ze Isyaa Ya Rasulullah (Sallal lahu Alaihi wa alihi sallam)
Choon Soo'e Mun Guzar Aari
Manne Miskeen Zanaa Daari
Fida-E-Naqsh-E-Nalainat
Kunam Ja Ya Rasulullah (Sallal lahu Alaihi wa alihi sallam)
Ze Jaame Hubb To Mustam
Ba Zanjeere To Dil Bustam
Nu'mi Goyam Ke Mun Bustum
Sukun Daa Ya Rasulullah (Sallal lahu Alaihi wa alihi sallam)

English translation

My body is dissolving in your separation,
And my soul is breaking into pieces. O Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam)!
Due to my sins, My heart is weak and
becoming enticed. O Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam)!
When you pass by me,
then Even in my immense poverty, ecstatically,
I must sacrifice my soul on your blessed sandal.
O Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam)!
I am drowned in the taste of your love,
And the chain of your love binds my heart.
Yet I do not claim to know this language (of love).
O Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam)!

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