Persian Bani - Bhai Nand Lal

[bhainandlal]

There were no sign-posts on the Pilgrim's way, through heaven or earth,

It was the zeal of my quest which brought me to the threshold of worship.

[.- Prabhjot Singh -.]

[bhainandlal]

I have burned myself in the flame of Love so badly

That even one who hears of it gets burned.

[bhainandlal]

O come for a moment and sit in my eyes,

If You sit in my eyes and gladden my heart,

Oh, what happens!

[bhainandlal]

Blessed be the breath spent in invoking the Truth,

Like the breeze every breath of life passes while we look on.

[bhainandlal]

If the heart gets wise, it finds the Beloved inside it. If the eye can see, the Beloved is everywhere.

[bhainandlal]

He is to be seen everywhere, but where is the eye that can see Him?

[bhainandlal]

If you have your head, take it as an offering to lay at his feet; If you have Life, sacrifice it at his altar, if need be. If you have hands, go and catch the garment of the Beloved O traveller on the path [of Truth], and walk the same way, if you feet have the pride of speed.

[bhainandlal]

Wakefulness is the life of those who know love,

Say goodbye, O Goya, to the dawn of sleep.

[bhainandlal]

Whichever way I looked, with the eye of search,

Even into the abode of my own self, I found it to be the house of God.