Bhalere Bhai Tame Kari Liyo Kamai

bhalere bhāi tame karī līyo kamāī

Sayyid Muhammad Shah · 9 verses

Verse 1

Ejī bhalere bhāī tame karī lio kamāi, Bhāī apnā kiyā tame pāvogere

English meaning: O brother! Earn something. You will be rewarded for deeds you performed.

Verse 2

Ejī apne sāhebjīkū sab kuchh mālūm, Āgaḷ chhupī kiye ghar jāogere

English meaning: O brother! Our Lord knows everything. Later on where will you go and hide?

Verse 3

Ejī jūṭhere pākhanḍe tame kāiṅ rācho, Bhāī mārā phirī phirīne pastāogere

English meaning: O my brother! Why are you indulged in fraud and deceit? You will have to repent repeatedly.

Verse 4

Ejī maesar veḷāmāṅhe ṭhor ja nāhiṅ, Tiyāṅ kiyūṅ karī mukh dikhlāogere

English meaning: O brother! On the Day of Judgment there will be no stability. How will you show your face there?

Verse 5

Eji kāchīre kayā ne koṭ miṭīdā, Māṅhe vimras karī dekhore

English meaning: O brother! Your mortal body is like a fort made of raw clay; contemplate in it and perceive.

Verse 6

Ejī agan pāṇī ebī donū samāyā, Bhāī iyūṅ karī pinḍ nipāyāre

English meaning: O brother! Fire and water both have been included in it. Your body is created in this manner.

Verse 7

Ejī ek kaṇ desho tenā palatra savā lākh lesho, E to nipaṇhārā khālakre

English meaning: O brother! For every grain you give you will receive one hundred and twenty five thousand times in the next world. The Creator is the One who rewards.

Verse 8

Ejī Alīre Mahmad sāchāre kalmā, Bhāī tin binā mokh nāhīṅre

English meaning: O brother! The Kalima of Hazrat Ali (a.s) and Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.s) is the true Kalima. There will be no salvation without them.

Verse 9

Ejī Sayyad Mahmad Shāh sāchūṅre ākhe, Āpṇī kirat kamāi sāth le jāogere

English meaning: O brother! Sayyid Muhammad Shah (r.a.) tells the truth that you will take your earnings with you.