Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Ghazal Fifty-two, Divan-i-Goya: Damanpreet Singh & Inni Kaur | Bhai Nand Lal
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Ghazal Fifty-two, Divan-i-Goya: Damanpreet Singh & Inni Kaur | Bhai Nand Lal
Introducing Paigham-i-Goya: Expression of Love, new translations of a selection of ghazals from Bhai Nand Lal “Goya.” Today’s podcast begins with a recitation of Bhai Nand Lal’s ghazal in Persian, followed by a new English transcreation, the result of a unique collaboration between Dr. Fatima Fayyaz and Dr. Nadhra Khan of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Damanpreet Singh, writer, and graduate student, and Inni Kaur of SikhRI, followed by a discussion between Daman and Inni about the beauty of the ghazal and the transcreation process.
Follow Damanpreet and Inni as they discuss their learnings and challenges while engaging with the words of Bhai Nand Lal. The unique and symbolic meanings that these ghazals reveal are a treat for those who yearn to get a glimpse into the court of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib.
Author: Bhai Nand Lal “Goya”
Collection: Divan-i-Goya
Transcreators: Fatima Fayyaz, Inni Kaur, Nadhra Khan, and Damanpreet Singh
Persian Narrator: Gholamhossein Sajadi
English Narrator: Ryan Gillis
Persian
ای کمالِ تو کمال است و کمال است و کمال
ای جمالِ تو جمال است و جمال است و جمال
ای که نزدیکی تو از شه رگ و عالم حیران
یارِ ما این چه خیال است و خیال است و خیال
من ندانم که کدامم که کدامم که کدام
بندهٔ اویم و او حافظِ من در همه حال
دلِ من فارغ و در کوی تو پرواز کند
گر زِ راهِ کرمِ خویش ببخشی پر و بال
صاحبِ حال به جز حرفِ خدا دم نزند
غیرِ ذکرش همه آواز بود قیل و مقال
مرشدِ کاملِ ما بندگی ات فرماید
ای زهی فالِ مبارک که کند صاحبِ حال
بی تو یک دم و نفس هست مرا همچو سال
این وبال است و وبال است و وبال است و وبال
هر که گوید تو چه باشی و چه گوید جز تو
گشت حیران همه عالم همه در عین جمال
English Translation
Such is our deep connection with You,
That only with Your arrival, there is exuberance in the world.
In Your pathway, I have spread out,
My eyes and my heart—the only worthy possessions I could offer.
Have some compassion for the Divine’s faqīrs!
So that you may find bliss in this world.
Direct your heart towards the Divine at all times,
So you can cross the bridge of Sirāṭ with ease.
No one is at ease under the ever-turning sky,
So Goya, just move through this worn perpetual caravanserai.
~~~
Featuring: Damanpreet Singh, Inni Kaur
#BhaiNandLal #Ghazal #Persian #Ghazal #Sikhism #GuruGobindSingh
---
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-sikh-cast-sikhri/support
View all episodes
By Sikh Research Institute
4.4
1212 ratings
Introducing Paigham-i-Goya: Expression of Love, new translations of a selection of ghazals from Bhai Nand Lal “Goya.” Today’s podcast begins with a recitation of Bhai Nand Lal’s ghazal in Persian, followed by a new English transcreation, the result of a unique collaboration between Dr. Fatima Fayyaz and Dr. Nadhra Khan of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Damanpreet Singh, writer, and graduate student, and Inni Kaur of SikhRI, followed by a discussion between Daman and Inni about the beauty of the ghazal and the transcreation process.
Follow Damanpreet and Inni as they discuss their learnings and challenges while engaging with the words of Bhai Nand Lal. The unique and symbolic meanings that these ghazals reveal are a treat for those who yearn to get a glimpse into the court of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib.
Author: Bhai Nand Lal “Goya”
Collection: Divan-i-Goya
Transcreators: Fatima Fayyaz, Inni Kaur, Nadhra Khan, and Damanpreet Singh
Persian Narrator: Gholamhossein Sajadi
English Narrator: Ryan Gillis
Persian
ای کمالِ تو کمال است و کمال است و کمال
ای جمالِ تو جمال است و جمال است و جمال
ای که نزدیکی تو از شه رگ و عالم حیران
یارِ ما این چه خیال است و خیال است و خیال
من ندانم که کدامم که کدامم که کدام
بندهٔ اویم و او حافظِ من در همه حال
دلِ من فارغ و در کوی تو پرواز کند
گر زِ راهِ کرمِ خویش ببخشی پر و بال
صاحبِ حال به جز حرفِ خدا دم نزند
غیرِ ذکرش همه آواز بود قیل و مقال
مرشدِ کاملِ ما بندگی ات فرماید
ای زهی فالِ مبارک که کند صاحبِ حال
بی تو یک دم و نفس هست مرا همچو سال
این وبال است و وبال است و وبال است و وبال
هر که گوید تو چه باشی و چه گوید جز تو
گشت حیران همه عالم همه در عین جمال
English Translation
Such is our deep connection with You,
That only with Your arrival, there is exuberance in the world.
In Your pathway, I have spread out,
My eyes and my heart—the only worthy possessions I could offer.
Have some compassion for the Divine’s faqīrs!
So that you may find bliss in this world.
Direct your heart towards the Divine at all times,
So you can cross the bridge of Sirāṭ with ease.
No one is at ease under the ever-turning sky,
So Goya, just move through this worn perpetual caravanserai.
~~~
Featuring: Damanpreet Singh, Inni Kaur
#BhaiNandLal #Ghazal #Persian #Ghazal #Sikhism #GuruGobindSingh
---
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-sikh-cast-sikhri/support
More shows like The Sikh Cast
View all
The Joe Rogan Experience
228,818 Listeners
Hidden Brain
43,686 Listeners
The Daily
112,584 Listeners
KhojGurbani
30 Listeners
The Intelligence from The Economist
2,534 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,189 Listeners
The Story Isn’t Over: History from the Margins
8 Listeners
Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart
404 Listeners
Cheema Y New Punjabi Song 2025 | Latest Punjabi Songs 2025
5 Listeners
Ishq-
0 Listeners