Lokin pojan rabb
Main tera birharra
Sanu so makkeyan da hajj
Ve tera birharra
Lok kehn main sooraj baneya
Lok kehn main roshan hoya
Sanu kaphi laa geya agg
Ve tera birharra
Piche mere mera saya
Agge mere mera anhera
Kite jaain na baahin chad
Ve tera birharra
Na is vich kise tann di mitti
Na is vich kise mann da koorra
Assan charrh chattaya chajj
Ve tera birharra
Jad vi ghum diyan gharriyan aaiyan
Le ke peerran te tanhaiyna
Assan kol bithaya sad
Ve tera birharra
Kadi taan sathon shabd rangaave
Kadi taan sathon geet unaave
Sanu lakh sikha geya chaj
Ve tera birharra
Jad peerran mere pairin paiyan
Sidq tere de sadqe gaiyan
Taan vekhan aaya jag
Ve tera birharra
Asaan jaan ishqon rutba paya
Lok vadhaiyan devan aaya
Saade roya gal nu lag
Ve tera birharra
Menu taan kujh aqal na kaai
Dunya menu dassan aai
Sanu takht bitha geya aj
Ve tera birharra
Sanu so makkeyan da hajj
Ve tera birharra
English Translation
Even pain has turned its back upon me. Come back! says Shiv,
You have been my tale for a long, long time!
People say I am as brilliant as the sun.
They say I am famous.
What a fire it has lit in me,
This separation from you.
Behind me is my shadow,
Ahead lies my own darkness.
I fear that it might leave my side,
This separation from you.
No taint of the body is in it,
Nor litter of the mind,
All has been winnowed out,
By this separation from you.
When sorrow comes, bringing with it
Pain and loneliness ,
I pull it close to me,
This separation from you.
Sometimes it colors my words,
Sometimes it weaves through my songs,
It has taught me great deal,
This separation from you.
When pain, defeated, fell at my feet,
Amazed at my fidelity,
The world came to see,
This separation from you.
Love earned me fame.
People flocked to congratulate me,
It wept in my embrace,
This separation from you.
The world turned out to tell me
That I had not been clever.
It sat me on a throne today
This separation from you
To me it is Haj to a hundred Meccas,
This separation from you.