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He whose head is in the shadow of love
will have heaven beneath his feet.
Whose head is in the shadow of love...
Walk in the shadow.
Walk in heaven, walk in the shadow.
  	 
There's a friend who is like a sweet fragrance, 
whose words are like poetry (lit. Urdu, the language of poetry),
who is my evening, my night, my existence.
That friend is my beloved!
  	 
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Sometimes (my beloved) flirts like a flower,
so fragrantly that you may see her scent.
Having made it into an charm, I will wear it. 
She shall be obtained as a miracle is obtained.
She is my song, my declaration of faith 
(kalama: the Muslim confession of faith, as in, "la ilaaha il allaah" - "there is no God but Allah").
(My friend is like a priest to me.)
My song... my declaration of faith...
She moves like the dew.
She walks with the garden of heaven beneath her feet,
sometimes through the branches, sometimes amidst the leaves.
I shall search the wind for her trail!  
  	 
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trade in her beauty. 
Fickle, she flits shamelessly from sun to shade. 
She changes her bright colors;
I negotiate that as well.
  	 
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jinke sar ho ishq kii chha.nh He whose head is in the shadow of love 
pao.n ke niiche jannat hogi will have heaven beneath his feet. 
jinke sar ho ishq ki chha.nh Whose head is in the shadow of love... 
chal chhaiyya  Walk in the shadow. 
pao.n jannat chale chal chhaiyyan  Walk in heaven, walk in the shadow. 
    
vo yaar hai jo khushbuu kii tarah There's a friend who is like a sweet fragrance,  
jiskii zabaan Urdu kii tarah whose words are like poetry (lit. Urdu, the language of poetry), 
merii shaam raat merii qainaat who is my evening, my night, my existence. 
vo yaar mera saiyya saiyya That friend is my beloved! 
    
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gulposh kabhii itarae kahii.n  Sometimes (my beloved) flirts like a flower, 
mahake to nazar aa jaa'e kahii.n so fragrantly that you may see her scent. 
taawiiz banake pahanuu.n use Having made it into an charm, I will wear it.  
aayat kii tarah mil jaaye kahin She shall be obtained as a miracle is obtained. 
mera nagama vahii.n mera qalama vahii.n She is my song, my declaration of faith 
(kalama: the Muslim confession of faith, as in, "la ilaaha il allaah" - "there is no God but Allah"). 
(vo yaar hai jo imaam ki tarah) (My friend is like a priest to me.) 
mera nagama nagama mera qalama qalama My song... my declaration of faith... 
yaar misale.n os chale  She moves like the dew. 
paon ke tale phirdaus chale She walks with the garden of heaven beneath her feet, 
kabhii Daal Daal kabhii paat paat sometimes through the branches, sometimes amidst the leaves. 
mai.n hawa pe DHuu.nDHuu.n us ke nishaan I shall search the wind for her trail!   
    
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mai.n uske ruup ka sedaaii  I trade in her beauty.  
vo dhuup chhaa.nho.n sa harjaaii Fickle, she flits shamelessly from sun to shade.  
vo shokh ra.ng badalta hai She changes her bright colors; 
mai.n ra.ng ruup ka saudaaii I negotiate that as well. 
    
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