Ibaadat
Josh Malihabadi
ibaadat karate hai.n jo log jannat kii tamannaa me.n
ibaadat to nahii.n hai ik tarah kii vo tijaarat hai
[ibaadat=prayer; jannat=heaven; tijaarat=trade]
jo Dar ke naar-e-dozaKh se Khudaa kaa naam lete hai.n
ibaadat kyaa vo Khaalii buzadilaanaa ek Khidamat hai
[naar-e-dozaKh=fires of hell; buzadilaanaa=cowardly; Khidamat=service]
magar jab shukr-e-ne'mat me.n jabii.n jhukatii hai bande kii
vo sachchii bandagii hai ik shariifaanaa ita'at hai
[shukr-e-ne'mat=thanks for blessings; jabii.n=forehead; ita'at=submission]
kuchal de hasarato.n ko beniyaaz-e-mudd'a ho jaa
Khudii ko jhaa.D de daaman se mard-e-baaKhudaa ho jaa
[beniyaaz-e-mudd'a=oblivious of one's goals; Khudii=self/ego]
[mard-e-baaaKhuda=man/servant of God]
uThaa letii hai.n lahare.n tahanashii.n hotaa hai jab ko_ii
ubharanaa hai to Garq-e-bahr-e-fanaa ho jaa
[tahanashii.n=submerged; Garq-e-bahr-e-fanaa=drowned in the waves of the sea of mortality]