Motap Joso To Meda Na Thase (Bai Budhai No Samvad - 14)
moṭap joso to meḍā na thāse (bāi buḍhāi no samvād - 14)
Sayyid Imam Shah · 7 verses
Verse 1
Jīre bāi moṭap joso to meḍā nahīṅ thāse, Sansārmā vagūtā raheshe jīre bāi
English meaning: O sister! If you will seek pride and vanity then there will be no coming together (you will not be able to join in the concourse). You will wander in the world.
Verse 2
Jīre bāi sāsū sasrā terā moṭeḍā kahīye, Paṇ tere bāp kā hae darvān jīre bāi
English meaning: O sister! Your father in law and mother in law are elite people but (they) are your father’s gatekeepers.
Verse 3
Jīre bāi tāre māre have kāṅi nathī bolvūṅ, Āj dahāḍā thī kol ja chūkūṅ jīre bāi
English meaning: O sister! I do not want to say anything more to you. It is my promise from today.
Verse 5
Jīre bāi have amāre pūri fakīrī ja levī, Te Hājar Beg nī sāthe jīre bāi. Jīre bāi amārī pāse to kāṅi ja nathī, Bhāioe paṇ kāṅi nav dīdhūṅ jīre bāi
English meaning: O sister! I have no possessions and brothers too have not given anything.
Verse 6
Jīre bāi tāre bāpe amne imān ja āliyūṅ, Tasbīh sākar hāthe sūṅ dīdhī jīre bāi
English meaning: O sister! Then our father gave me faith; he gave me a rosary and sugarloaf with his own hands.
Verse 7
Jīre bāi tamāre sansārmā hajī hajār varas rahevūṅ, Amāre to ajar āvīne beṭho jīre bāi
English meaning: O sister! You have yet to live in the world for a thousand years; for me death (last moment) has come.
Verse 8
Jīre bāi bhaṇe Sayyad Imām Shāhā sāmbhḷo benā, Araj amāri ehī ja jāṇo jīre bāi
English meaning: O sister! Sayyid Imam Shah (R.A.) says: Listen O sister! This is my only entreaty.