Ajh kise ne puchheya
tusi gumnaam kive hoye
me keha dila
eh gal puraani si
odo haale umar niyaani c
nikki umre taaneyaa da seka sek lyaa
aam to khaas
khaas to badnaam hoye
hauli hauli asi v gumnaam hoye
ਅੱਜ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੇ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਗੁਮਨਾਮ ਕਿਵੇ ਹੋਏ
ਮੈ ਕਿਹਾਦਿਲਾ
ਇਹ ਗੱਲ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਸੀ
ਉਹਦੋ ਹਾਲੇ ਉਮਰ ਨਿਆਣੀ ਸੀ
ਨਿੱਕੀ ਉਮਰੇ ਤਾਣਿਆ ਦਾ ਸੇਕਾ ਸੇਕ ਲਿਆ
ਆਮ ਤੋ ਖਾਸ
ਖਾਸ ਤੋ ਬਦਨਾਮ ਹੋਏ
ਹੋਲੀ ਹੋਲੀ ਅਸੀ ਵੀ ਗੁਮਨਾਮ ਹੋਏ…. Gumnaam ✍🏼✍🏼
Dil te laggi satt nu oh ki samjhugi
jo akhiyaa vichli taang na samajh saki
ਦਿਲ ਤੇ ਲੱਗੀ ਸੱਟ ਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਕੀ ਸਮਝੂਗੀ
ਜੋ ਅੱਖੀਆਂ ਵਿਚਲੀ ਤਾਂਘ ਨਾ ਸਮਝ ਸਕੀ
Every morning this dog, very attached to me,
Quietly keeps sitting near my seat
Till touching its head
I recognize its company.
This recognition gives it so much joy
Pure delight ripples through its entire body.
Among all dumb creatures
It is the only living being
That has seen the whole man
Beyond what is good or bad in him
It has seen
For his love it can sacrifice its life
It can love him too for the sake of love alone
For it is he who shows the way
To the vast world pulsating with life.
When I see its deep devotion
The offer of its whole being
I fail to understand
By its sheer instinct
What truth it has discovered in man.
By its silent anxious piteous looks
It cannot communicate what it understands
But it has succeeded in conveying to me
Among the whole creation
What is the true status of man.
✍ Tagore
