Man Ke Basham Az Bahar e Jalwa e Dildar Mast Lyrics & Meaning – Bu Ali Qalandar

This Persian Ghazal by Bu Ali Qalandar is a masterpiece of spiritual ecstasy, celebrating the state of divine intoxication. In “Man Ke Basham Az Bahar e Jalwa e Dildar Mast,” the poet describes a level of immersion in the Beloved’s beauty that renders the world, formal religion, and even the concepts of Heaven and Hell irrelevant. It is a quintessential Qalandari declaration of being drunk from the primordial wine of “Alast,” seeing the entire universe as a reflection of that same divine intoxication.

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من کہ باشم از بہار جلوہ دلدار مست
چوں منے ناید نظر در خانہ خمار مست

Man Ke Basham Az Bahar-e-Jalwa-e-Dildar Mast
Choon Maney Naid Nazar Dar Khana Khumaar Mast

I am intoxicated by the spring of the Beloved’s manifestation;
An intoxicated one like me is not seen even in the house of the vintner.

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مے نیاید در دلش انگار دنیا ہیچ گاہ
زاہدا ہر کس کہ باشد از ساغر سرشار مست

May Nayayad Dar Dilash Angaar-e-Dunya Heech Gah
Zahida Har Kas Ke Bashad Az Saghar-e-Sarshaar Mast

The thought of the world never enters the heart;
O Ascetic! of anyone who is drunk from that overflowing goblet.

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جلوہ مستانہ کر دی دور ایام بہار
شد نسیم و بلبل و نہر و گلزار مست

Jalwa-e-Mastana Kardi Door-e-Ayam-e-Bahar
Shud Naseem-o-Bulbul-o-Nahar-o-Gulzar Mast

You displayed your ecstatic radiance during the days of spring;
And thus, the breeze, the nightingale, the stream, and the garden became intoxicated.

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من کہ از جام الستم مست ہر شام کہ سحر
در نظر آید مرا ہر دم درو دیوار مست

Man Ke Az Jaam-e-Alastam Mast Har Shaam Ke Sahar
Dar Nazar Ayad Mara Har Dam Dar-o-Deewar Mast

I have been drunk from the Cup of Primordial Covenant every evening and dawn;
To my eyes, every door and wall appears intoxicated at every moment.

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چوں نہ اندر عشق او جاوید مستیہا کنیم
شاہد مارا بود گفتار و ہم رفتار مست

Choon Na Andar Ishq-e-Oo Javaid Mastiyaan Kuneem
Shahid-e-Ma Ra Buwad Guftar-o-Hum Raftar Mast

Why should I not engage in eternal ecstasy within His love?
When my Beloved’s very speech and gait are themselves intoxicated.

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تا اگر راز شما گوید نہ کس پروا کند
زین سبب باشد شمارا محرم اسرار مست

Ta Agar Raaz-e-Shuma Goyad Na Kas Parwa Kunad
Zeen Sabab Bashad Shuma Ra Mahram-e-Asrar Mast

Even if your secret is told, no one would pay heed;
For this reason, your confidant of secrets is also intoxicated.

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غافل از دنیا و دین و جنت و نار است او
در جہان ہر کس کہ میباشد قلندر وار مست

Ghafil Az Dunya-o-Deen-o-Jannat-o-Naar Ast Oo
Dar Jahan Har Kas Ke Me-Bashad Qalandar Waar Mast

He is oblivious to the world, religion, paradise, and hellfire;
Whoever in this world is intoxicated in the manner of a Qalandar.

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