Laali mere laal ki
Jit dekhoon tit laal
Laal vekhan main gayi
Main vi hoi laal,
Everywhere I turn, I see the brilliant colour of my beloved
I went to see that dazzling hue
And myself got dyed in his blessed colour.
Kesariya balma aawo ni padhaaro
Maare des.
Rain na jaage
Jaage na rain na jaage (x2),
Ho lagi bina rain na jaage koi (x2).
My handsome beloved, come to me
Come home to me please
No one stays up all night
No one stays up all through the night
Without the yearning of love, no one stays up all night in prayer.
Oho jaage jis nu aap jagave
Arey hor na jaage koi
Ho laggi bina rain na jaage koi.
Only he stays awake whose inner yearning keeps him awake
No one else stays awake
Without the yearning of love, no one stays up all night in prayer.
Ho pehla pehar har koi jaage (x2),
Par duja na jaage koi
Ho laggi bina rain na jaage koi.
Everyone can stay up for some of the night
But no one devotes all the long night to prayer
Without the yearning of love, no one stays up all night in prayer.
Ho jeewein ho bulleya oye
Mela ae pal di pal eh
Chal mele nu chaliye
O aakhir jaana mar ve
Chal mele nu chaliye.
O Bulle Shah live long
The sparkling assembly of the world is now here and now gone
Let’s go and see its sights for these few moments
We must ultimately die and leave here
Let’s go and see its sights for these few moments.
Ho mela pal di pal ve
Chal mele noon challiye
Ho aakhir jana e ghar ve
Chal mele noon challiye.
O pehla mela allah kita
Haye malkaan vekh te sajda ve kita,
God gathered the first assembly
On his order, the angels bowed to Adam.
Jeda vekh ke gaya darr ve
Chal mele nu chaliye
Ho aakhre jana ghar ve
Chal mere nu chaliye,
Rain na jaage
Jaage na rain na jaage (x4),
Ho dukhi jaage dukh de kaaran (x2),
Par sukhi na jaage koi
Ho lagi bina rain na jaage koi (x2).
It is sorrows that keep the sorrowful awake
But the joyful are not kept awake
Without the yearning of love, no one stays up all night in prayer.
Bulla eh peer manawe
Te darshan yaar da paave (x2),
Nach ke oh peer manawe
Te darshan yaar da paave,
Bulleh Shah cajoles his guide
And is thus blessed with his beloved’s sight
He dances to cajole his guide
And is thus blessed with his beloved’s sight.
Bulla eh peer manawe
Te darshan yaar da paave (loop),
(O allah, Allah)
Nach ke oh peer manaanda
Te darshan yaar da paanda (x2),
O lagi bina rain na jaage koi (x2).
