Kis wal akheyan majnu nu by Khwaja Ghulam Farid
Kis wal akheya wey majnu nu, O teri Laila disdi kaali wey [“Your Laila is of dark complexion,” someone remarked to Majnun] Majnun ne jawaab ditta, O teri akh na vekhan vaali wey [To which Majnu relplied, you don’t have eyes to see her beauty] Je tu dekheyn meri akh naal, teri surat na jaye sambhali wey [If you could see Laila from my eyes, you couldn’t even comprehend her beauty] Ved vi chitte te Quran vi chitti, vich syahi rakh ditti kaali wey [Ved and Quran are nothing but white pages, but real value comes from the black ink] Ghulam Farid jithe akhiyaan lagiyaan, othe kya gori kya kaali wey [Ghulam Farid, where one’s eyes are set; there black or white doesn’t matter] ...