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Sho’le haiṅ Nāsarī ke
Sho'le haiṅ Nāsarī ke
Hawāeṅ bujhāeṅ kyoṅ
Ḳhādim haiṅ ham Ḳhudā ke
Balāeṅ satāeṅ kyoṅ
Āṅkhoṅ meṅ roshnī hai
Ḳhudāwand ke pyār kī
Qāsid1 haiṅ rāstī2 ke
Na rūheṅ bachāeṅ kyoṅ
Tāza masah meṅ bhī
Kab āe haiṅ zeb-tan3
Fat'h se baṛh ke ġalaba
Na Shaitāṅ pe pāeṅ kyoṅ
Yesū' ke ḳhūn-e-Pāk ke
Chhīṅṭoṅ ke sāth sāth
Rūh-ul-Quds4 gawāh hai
Kahīṅ aur jāeṅ kyoṅ
Mall5 ko Ḳhudā ne chun liyā
Apnā banā liyā
Ibn-e-Ḳhudā ke gīt na
Quwwat se gāeṅ kyoṅ
- Qāsid: messenger, envoy, message bearer, emissary ↩︎
- Rāstī: righteousnes ↩︎
- Zeb-tan (zeb-e-tan): adornment of the body ↩︎
- Rūh-u’l-Quds: Holy Spirit ↩︎
- Mall: “Taḳhallus” of Pastor Ernest Mall
Taḳhallus: a poetic pen name or literary signature used by poets in Urdu. Traditionally woven into the maqtā’, which is the final “sher” (stanza or line), of a ġazal. ↩︎