Maati ke tum deevare,
(O lamps of clay)
Jo suniyo hamari baat,
(Listen to my request)
Aaj milaavara mohe piya ka,
(Tonight my sweetheart is coming to meet me)
Jo jagyo saari raat,
(So keep up your vigil and burn brightly all night)
Aaj rang hai ri maa,
Rang hai ri,
(Today there is jubilant colour, O mother,
Jubilant colour!) (x4)
More khaajah ke ghar rang hai ri,
(At my Khwaja’s home, there is jubilant colour)
Aaj rang hai ri maa,
Rang hai ri,
(Today there is jubilant colour, O mother,
Jubilant colour!))
More khaajah ke ghar rang hai ri,
(At my Khwaja’s home, there is jubilant colour)
Aaj sajan milaavara more aangan mein,
Sajan milaawara more aangan mein,
(At my Khwaja’s home, there is jubilant colour!
Today, my sweetheart has come to my home)
Aaj rang hai re maa,
Rang hai re,
(Today there is jubilant colour, O mother,
Jubilant colour!) (x2)
Raini charhi rasool ki,
(The glorious colour of the Prophet is the blessed dye)
So rang maula ke haath,
(And Maula Ali’s auspicious hand does the dying)
Jis ki choonar rang diyo,
(Whosoever’s veil gets dyed in this colour)
So dhan dhan wa ke bhaag,
(Happy is their fortune)
Aaj rang hai e maa,
Rang hai ri,
(Today, there is jubilant colour, O mother!
Jubilant colour!) (x6)
Mere mehboob ke ghar,
E ri sakhi ri,
(At my sweetheart’s home,
O my friend, at my sweetheart’s home) (x3)
Mere mehboob ke ghar,
(At my sweetheart’s home,)
Rang hai ri,
(Jubilant colour)
Aaj rang hai e maa,
Rang hai ri,
(Today, there is jubilant colour, O mother!
Jubilant colour!) (x2)
Mohe peer paayo nijaam ud-deen auliya,
(I have found my guide – Nizamuddin Auliya) (x4)
Mohe peer paayo saabir ‘ala ud-deen auliya,
(I have found my guide – Alauddin ‘Sabir’) (x2)
Mohe peer paayo,
(I have found my guide)
Nijaam ud-deen auliya,
‘ala ud-deen auliya,
(Nizamuddin Auliya
‘lauddin ‘Sabir’) (x3)
Main to jab dekhoon more sang hai ri,
Maa rang hai ri,
(Whenever I look, he is with me, O mother! There is jubilant colour!) (x3)
Aaj rang hai ri maa,
Rang hai ri,
(Today, there is jubilant colour, O mother!
Jubilant colour!)
Des vides men dhoonḍ phiri hoon,
Des vides men dhoonḍ phiri hoon,
Are des vides men dhoonḍ phiri hoon,
(I have wandered far and wide in search)
Tora rang man bhaayo nijaam ud-deen,
(Yours is the colour that has captivated my heart, Nizamuddin) (x3)
Tora rang man bhaayo main tora rang,
(Yours is the colour that has captivated me completely) (x4)
Bhul rahi re maa,
(I have forgotten all else, mother)
Main toh aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before)
Mehboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved)
Main to aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before) (x2)
Mehboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved)…
Khusro rain suhaag ki so main jaagi pi ke sang,
(Khusrau, I spent the wedding night awake with my beloved husband) (x2)
Tan mora man peehu ka,
(My body and my beloved’s soul)
Tan mora man peehu ka so donon ek hi rang,
(My body and beloved’s soul both became dyed as one)
Main toh aiso rang
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before))
Mahboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved) (x2)
Gokul dekha,
(I have explored Gokul)
Mathura dekha,
(I have explored Mathura) (x2)
Poorab dekha,
(I have explored the east)
Pachchhim dekha,
(I have explored the west)
Uttar dekha,
(I have explored the north)
Dakkhan dekha,
(I have explored the south)
Uttar dekha,
(I have explored the north)
Dakkhan dekha,
(I have explored the south)
Par tosa nah koyi rang dekha re,
(But nowhere have I seen a colour such as yours)
Main to aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before))
Mahboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved)
Main to aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before))
Mahboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved)
Phiri zamaane men chaar jaanib,
(I have wandered everywhere in the world)
Allah,
(O God!)
Nigaar-I yakta tumheen ko dekha,
(But found nothing to parallel your rare beauty)
Haseen dekhe jameel dekhe,
(I saw many breath-taking, enchanting faces)
Bas ek tum sa tumheen ko dekha
(But not even one could compare with the beauty of you)
Main to aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before))
Mahboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved)
Main to aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before))
Mahboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved)
Des vides mein dhoond phiri hoon,
(I have wandered far and wide in search) (x3)
Tora rang man bhaayo nijaam ud-deen,
(Yours is the colour that has captivated my heart, Nizamuddin) (x2)
Jag jag jag jag,
(The world.. The world)
Jag jag jag ujyaaro,
(makes the world bright)
Jag ujyaaro,
(makes the world bright)
Ve jag ujyaaro,
(makes the world bright)
Khaajah nijaam ud-deen jagat ujyaaro,
(Khwaja Nizamuddin makes the entire world bright)
Khaajah nijaam ud-deen jagat ujyaaro,
(Khwaja Nizamuddin makes the entire world bright)
Saabir ‘ala ud-deen jagat ujyaaro,
(Alauddin ‘Sabir’ makes the entire world bright)
Saabir ‘ala ud-deen jagat ujyaaro,
(Alauddin ‘Sabir’ makes the entire world bright)
Meharwa,
(Rain)
Meharwa ras boondaan barse,
(The clouds rain down sweetness)
Meharwa ras boondaan barse,
(The clouds rain down sweetness)
Boondaan barse,
(Rain down)
Ras boondaan barse,
(Rain down sweetness) (x2)
Khaajagaan ke darbaaran mein,
(At the courts of the twenty-two mystics of Delhi) (x2)
Aaj dekho ghan garje,
(Look how the rainclouds of blessed mercy surge today) (x3)
Ras boondaan barse,
(rain down sweetness)
Meharwa ras boondaan barse,
(The clouds rain down sweetness)
Meharwa ras boondaan barse,
(The clouds rain down sweetness)
Khaajah fareed ud-deen auliya,
(Khwaja Fariduddin ‘Ganj-i Shakar’)
Qutub ud-deen auliya,
(Qutbuddin ‘Kaki’)
Khaajah mu’een ud-deen auliya,
(Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti)
Khaajah qutub ud-deen auliya,
(Khwaja Qutbuddin ‘Kaki’)
Khaajah mu’een ud-deen auliya,
(Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti)
Khaajah qutub ud-deen auliya,
(Khwaja Qutbuddin ‘Kaki’)
Khaajah naseer ud-deen,
(Khwaja Nizamuddi)
Khaajah nijaam ud-deen,
(Khwaja Nasiruddin ‘Chiragh’)
Khaajah naseer ud-deen,
(Khwaja Nasiruddin ‘Chiragh’)
Aaj shuhrah nijaam naseer ud-deen ka laa’l mehboob bana,
(Today, Chiragh Dehlavi’s renowned darling has become my beloved)
Laal mehboob bana,
(become my beloved) (x4)
Nijaam ud-deen auliya jag ujyaaro,
(Nizamuddin Auliya makes the world bright) (x3)
Nijaam ud-deen auliya jag ujyaaro,
(Nizamuddin Auliya makes the world bright)
Jagat ujyaaro,
(He makes the entire world bright)
Jagat ujyaaro,
(He makes the entire world bright)
Jag ujyaaro jagat ujyaaro,
(He makes the entire world bright) (x6)
Teri soorat se kisi ki nahin milti soorat,
(There is no one who resembles your form) (x2)
Ham jahaan men teri tasveer liye phirte hain,
(We carry around your image everywhere with us)
Dekho main toh aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before) )
Mehboob-I ilaahi,
(O God’s beloved)
Main to aiso rang,
(Such colour as this, I have (never seen before)
Nijaam ud-deen auliya jag ujyaaro,
(Nizamuddin Auliya makes the world bright) (x2)
Jag ujyaaro jagat ujyaaro,
(He makes the entire world bright) (x3)
Woh to jo maage barsat hai ri maa rang hai ri,
(Whatever he asks for becomes granted. Mother, there is jubilant colour!) (x2)
Aaj rang hai ri maa,
Rang hai ri,
(Today there is jubilant colour, O mother,
Jubilant colour!) (x2)
