Aj Aakhan Waris Shah Nu....

From one of most celebrated writer 'Amrita Pritam' to a legend 'Waris Shah'

aj aakhan waaris shah nu kiton qabran vichon bol!
    I say to Waris Shah today, speak from your grave
te aj kitab-e-ishq da koi agla varka phol!
    And add a new page to your book of love

ik roi si dhii punjab di tu likh-likh mare vain
    Once one daughter of Punjab wept, and you wrote your long saga;
aj lakkhan dheeyan rondian tainu waaris shah noon kahan
    Today thousands weep, calling to you Waris Shah

uth darmandan dia dardia uth tak apna punjaab!
    Arise, o friend of the afflicted; arise and see the state of Punjab,
aj bele laashaan vichan te lahu di bhari chenaab!
    Corpses strewn on fields, and the Chenaab flowing with much blood.

kise ne panja paanian vich ditti zahir rala!
    Someone filled the five rivers with poison,
te unhaan paanian dharat nu ditta paani laa!
    And this same water now irrigates our soil.

jitthe vajdii phuk pyaar di ve oh vanjhli gayi guaach
    Where was lost the flute, where the songs of love sounded?
ranjhe de sab veer aj bhul gaye usdi jaach
    And all Ranjha’s brothers forgotten to play the flute.

dharti te lahu vasiya, qabran payiyan chon
    Blood has rained on the soil, graves are oozing with blood,
preet diyan shahazadian aj vich mazaaran ron
    The princesses of love cry their hearts out in the graveyards.

aj sab ‘qaido’ ban gaye, husn ishq de chor
    Today all the Quaido’ns have become the thieves of love and beauty,
aj kithon liaaiie labh ke waaris shah ik hor
    Where can we find another one like Waris Shah?

aj aakhan waaris shah noon kiton qabran vichon bol!
    Waris Shah! I say to you, speak from your grave
te aj kitab-e-ishq da koi agla varka phol!
    And add a new page to your book of love.

-- Kalingaa...