Verse 1
Allah ek khasam sabūkā PīrHasan Kabīrdīn(ra) (Selected verses) EjīAllah ek khasam sabūkā, dunīyāuskīsārī; Avichal nām khudāvand bhaṇīye, aor sab miṭiyāk e r ībājī; Ilāhībhed tantav nām līje, apṇe jīvḍekīchintāre moman bhāi kīje; Apṇe jīvḍekun dozak na dīje; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! Only Allah is everyone’s Lord, the whole universe b elongs to him. Only Allah’s name is permanent, the rest is all a drama of clay. Remember the mystery and essence of God. O believer brother! Be concerned about your soul; do not let your soul go to hell.
Verse 2
Ejī NabīMahammad būjobhāi, to tame pāmo imām; Mushrik man to kāfar kahīe, moman dil Quran; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! Recognize Prophet Muhammad (saas) then you will be able to obtain the Imam (as); the polytheist heart is an infidel and believers’ heart is the Holy Qur’an.
Verse 3
EjīLoho Kalam nit uṭh dekhiyā, to ek-kūrad ja kīyā; Fome mukar dāve paḍīyā, to lekhārad ja kīyā; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! Always saw on the D ivine Tablet that one angel will be expelled. Even after understanding he (Azazil) refused to bow (to Adam), and according to the written words he was banished.
Verse 4
Ejījumle firashte sujidākiyā, Adam sujidāliyā; Azāzīl farmān na māniyā, so lekhārad ja kīyā; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! All the angels prostr ated (and) Adam (as) accepted the prostration. Azazil did not obey the command and according to the written word he was banished.
Verse 5
Ejīaḍhār lākh baraskīumro, usko khālak diyā; Anat ilam ne anat daulat, so lekhārad ja kīyā; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! The Creator ga ve him a life of immense knowledge and much wealth. Then too according to the written word he was banished.
Verse 6
EjīAzāzīl firashtābuzrag kahīe, ane budhvant kahīe taesā; Chhatrīsk a r oḍk ītābāpaḍīyā, paṇ bhītar bhed na pāyā; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! Angel Azazil was ve ry venerable and was equally intelligent; he had read 360 million (thirty-six crore) books, even then he did not understand the inner mystery.
Verse 7
Ejīhindūke ghar betāāyā, hūvāmusalmān; PaelāIbrahim nām bhaṇāyā, dīnh uvāRahemān; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! A son was born i n a hindu household and became a Muslim. He was named Ibrahim and he adopted the religion of The Merciful (Rahman).
Verse 8
Ejī ādhāgandam bahot amrat, Adam khāyāetā; Kanīk dānāAdam khāyā, tise nākhiyābahesht-thīheṭhā; ilāhī…
English meaning: O brother! Half the wheat gra in tasted very sweet and Adam (as) ate only that much. (Though) Adam (as) ate very little of the grain yet he was thrown down from the heavens.
Verse 9
Eji Us bhedathi andesaa kiyaa, Nabi Mahamad chetyaa; ek mann ne sher addhaai, tresatth khaayaa etaa - Allah
Verse 10
Eji Sag poski misak banaai, us maanhe bhariye jam jam kuvekaa paani; kutaa kabhi paak na hove jo dhove soho paani - Allah
Verse 11
Eji Paak paani farmaane huvaa, sarovar nadiyaa jaanni; be farmaani paak na hove, jo dhove so paani - Allah
English meaning: O brother! The water of the ocean and river became pure with the command, but the Vaṇ kalme jo nimāz guzāre, sir binā dhaḍ kaesā; LOāKī… 12 disobedient will not be purified even though he/she is cleansed in this water a hundred times. (Mī kalmā NXQFKī mindar terā, peṭh na sage anerā;
Verse 12
Eji Bhanne sunne ne buje nahi, eysaa bhed na jaanne tesaa; vann Kalame jo nimaaj gujaare, sir binaa dhadd kesaa - Allah
English meaning: O brother! Reads, listens and understands yet does not know the mystery. If the Namaz is recited without the Kalima, then how will the body seem without the head?
Verse 13
Eji Kalamaa kunchi mindar teraa, petth na sage aneraa; kalame binaa mokh na hove so kalamaa kunchi teraa - Allah
English meaning: O brother! The Kalima is the key to your heart, in which no one else can enter. Salvation cannot be obtained without the Kalima; the Kalima is your key.
Verse 14
Eji Shaah Ali julfikaare duniyaa samjaayaa, ilam je na pati-annaa; savaa laakh jab raajaa maaryaa Mahamad kalamaa kiyaa - Allah
English meaning: O brother! Shah Ali (as), the Lord of the Zulfiqar, made the world to understand, those (Mī Shah Ali Julfikar duQīyā samjāeyā, elam je na pDWīaṇā; who were not accepting knowledge. When he killed one hundred and twenty-five Savā lakh jab rājā māriyā, Mahammad kalmā Nīyā; LOāKī… 14 thousand kings only then people recited the Kalima of the Prophet Muhammad (saas).
Verse 15
Eji Gaafal thaa taakun munivar kiyaa haajar Shaah dikhlaayaa; Shaah dekhi je daave paddiyaa so nishtte dojakhe sadhaariyaa - Allah
English meaning: O brother! He made the ignorant believers and showed them the present Imam. Those Shāhā GHNKī je dāve paḍīyā, so Qīste dozake sadhāriyā; LOāKī… 15 who saw the Imam and yet opposed they surely went to hell.
Verse 16
Eji Bhrahmaa, vishanav, maheshar bhaniye, kal maa(n)he Vishnu(n) Imaam, je jiv faramaane chaaliaa, so pohotaa bahesht makaan - Allah
Verse 17
Eji Aal Ali Islaamshaah raajaa, Allaha ehi Imaam; Pir bhane Sadardin kahet Kabirdin mere momaneku(n) behesht makaan - Allah