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Aapnnu Aap Peechhanno Re Momano - Translation A

AAPNNU AAP PEECHHAANNO RE MOMANO
BY SAYYED IMAAMDEEN

ejee aapnnu aap peechhaanno re momano
tame saaheb naam dheeyaa vojee...............................1

Know your own selves, O momins!; and adore the name of the Imaam.

ejee pa(n)j vaara(n)taa man varjeene leeyo
dil ila laasu(n) laavo.......................................2

Avoid the five evil vices (viz. lust, anger, greed,
attachment to the illusive world and pride), and keep the Master
in your mind instead. Then maintain the Lord in your hearts always.

ejee hak sukareetsu meeleeyaa moman
sotaa karannee sudhdh kamaayaa...............................3

Those momins who have through truthful good deeds,
attained (the Lord, the heavens) have indeed earned
for themselves a good hereafter.

ejee saachee sukareetasu galeeyaa moman
sotaa nurmaa(n)he nur samaayaa...............................4

Those momins who have foregone their ego ( "I"ness) through
good deeds, have indeed earned the stage of merging into light
(in the hereafter) after enjoying the light in the present life.

ejee samaayaa re sotaa amar hu-aa
saa(n)hee-aa tejku(n) aapame laadhaa.........................5

Those who have merged (into light of the Lord) have become immortal.
O saint! they have indeed found the light in themselves.

ejee ab suneeyore duniyaa kee keree mohobat
kese kaame jeev baa(n)dhyaa..................................6

Listen now, for the sake of the love of the world,
(see) how you have engrossed your soul in (these trivial worldly) activities.

ejee lobh laalach re man mohsu(n) lagat haye
so deenkee raahse ttaleeyaa..................................7

If the mind is engrossed in greed, temptations and attachment
to the illusory world, it will become remote from the path of religion.

ejee manakee maanetee su(n) meeleeyaa moman
sotaa mohake sen me(n) jaleeyaa..............................8

O momins! those who have been seduced by the desires of the mind,
have indeed become the victims of the forces of illusion.

ejee pa(n)jatanee re moman maal na deve
so umaru(n) kaa jutthaa dha(n)dhaa...........................9

O momins! A person who does not submit the tithe
(which is the right of the Imaam of the time),
is engaged in unrighteous activities through out his/her life.

ejee chaaleesaare hak bujo momano
tame chhoddo duniyaa kaa fa(n)daa...........................10

O momins! realise the fortieth part(2.5%) as being the right of the Peer,
and abondon the entrapments of the world.

ejee murshid kaamal ku(n) nahi jaanne momano
sotaa jugame(n) fire jesaa a(n)dhaa.........................11

O momins! the ones who do not recognise the Perfect
Master (Teacher), wander in this age(world) as blind ones.

ejee peechhaanore moman apane a(n)tarsu(n)
to dil neermal jesaa cha(n)daa..............................12

Recognise (the Imaam of the time) O momins! from the depths
of your interior, then your hearts will become as pure as the moon.

ejee murshid maanore apane man chinta su(n)
saa(n)heeyaa dil maa(n)he hardam huzur......................13

Follow the Master with conviction of your heart and mind,
then you will realise that the Lord is indeed always present in your hearts.

Peer kahet imaamdeen vachan sunno munivaro
bhamar gufaa upar nur.......................................14

Peer Imaamdeen says, "O believers! listen to my command
that the light resides in the region between the two eye brows.

Source: 
Heritage Society Collection


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