Kalam - e - Rumi

Na man behooda girde kocha ,Wa bazaar megardam

Mazaj-e-ashiqee daram paye dildar megardam

No, I am not roaming aimlessly around the streets and bazaar

I am a lover searching for his beloved !

Khudaya rahm kon bar man, Pareeshan waar megardam

God have mercy on me I am walking around troubled.

Khata karam gonahgaram, Ba hale zaar megardam

I have done wrong and sinned and am walking around wounded.

Sharabe showq menosham,Ba girde yaar megardam

 I have drunk the wine of desire and am strolling around beloved.

Sukhan mastana megoyam, Walay hooshyaar megardam

 Though I may seem drunk I am quite sober.

Gahe khandam, gahe giryam, gahe aftam, gahe khezam

Maseeha dar’dilam paida vaman beemar mi gardam

Laughing at times, crying at times, falling at times, rising at times,

The savior is at the doorstep of my heart, yet like a sick man I wander.

Biya jana inayat kun wa maulana e Rumi ra,

Gulame Shams Tabrezam qalandar waar mi gardam

O Beloved! Come and help your Maulana Rumi,

I am a slave of Shams Tabrizi, enraptured I wander!

~ Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi 

 Translation by Farah Aziz and Humair