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| 16) you are, by God, better than they in short, by God, you are better! |
un
se vall;aah aap achchhe hai;N ;sam ba all;aah aap achchhe hai;N |
| 17) your style is somewhere beyond [theirs] is it weighing the subtleties, or is it a miracle? |
kahii;N
ba;Rh kar hai aap kaa andaaz nuktah-sanjii hai yaa kih hai i((jaaz |
| 18) you
are the power-manifestation of Meaning in reality, you are the lord of Meaning! |
aap
qudrat-numaa-e ma((nii hai;N fii'l-;haqiiqat ;xudaa-e ma((nii hai;N |
| 19) in
your presence, who would open his mouth? who has the power to say anything? |
aap
ke aage kaun mu;Nh khole kis kaa maqduur hai jo kuchh bole |
| 20) this
style is your portion [alone] this miracle is your portion [alone] |
hai
yih andaaz aap kaa ;hi.s.sah hai yih i((jaaz aap kaa ;hi.s.sah |
| 21) in
our heart we have already meditated on it there's only you, and nobody else |
dil
me;N ham ;xuub kar chuke hai;N ;Gor aap hii aap hai;N nahii;N ko))ii aur |
| 22) you
and like this, you are like that we consider that you are such |
aap
aise hai;N aap vaise hai;N ham samajhte hai;N aap jaise hai;N |
| 23) how
would you recognize your own worth? ask us! what would you know? |
aap
kyaa qadr apnii pahchaane;N puuchhiye ham se aap kyaa jaane;N |
| 24) your
task is to build castles in the air you're the limit of coquettish expression |
aap
kaa kaam hai havaa-bandii aap par ;xatm hai adaa-bandii |
| 25) when was such a poet born? he was never born, nor will he now be born |
aise
shaa((ir hu))e the kab paidaa nah hu))e the nah ho;Nge ab paidaa |
| 26) in
short, they fling words into the air they are prostrated, they are despoiled |
al-;Gara.z
be-takii u;Raate hai;N bichhe jaate hai;N luu;Te jaate hai;N |
| 27) their
praise is so absurd that it causes other's hearts to ache |
un
kii ta((riif hai vuh laa-:taa))il jis se dukhtaa hai duusro;N kaa dil |
| 28) there,
verses emerge from the mouth here, they throw their hats into the air |
mu;Nh
se vuh shi((r udhar nikalte hai;N yih idhar ;Topiyaa;N uchhaalte hai;N |
| 29) those
whose praise has been mentioned here in their hearts they're extremely happy |
jin
kii ta((riif kaa yih thaa ma;zkuur apne dil me;N bahut hii hai;N masruur |
| 30) if,
in the midst of it, anybody would get angry no surprise if sticks would be wielded |
agar
is me;N kisii ko ;Gu.s.sah aa))e kuchh ta((ajjub nahii;N kih la;Th chal jaa))e |
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