Maye ni maye! Me ek shikra yaar banaya!

Maye ni maye, main ik shikra yaar banaya

Ohde sir te kalgi
Ohde pairin chanjhar
O chog chugenda aaya

Ik ohde roop di dhup tikheri
dooja mehkan da tirhaya

Teeja ohda rang gulabi
O kise gori maan da jaya

Ishqe da ik palang nawari
Ve assan chanania vich daya

Tan di chadar ho gayi meli
Os pair jaan palange paya

Dukhan mere naina de koye
Te vich harr hanjuan da aaya

Sari raat gyi vich sochan
Os ae ki zulm kamaya

Subah savere layni vatna
We assan mal mal os navaya

Dehi de vichon niklan chingan
Ni sada hath gaya kumlaya

Churi kuttan ta oh kaunda naahi
Ve assan dil da maas khawaya

Ik uddari aisi mari
O murr watni na aaya

Maye ni..
Main ik shikra yaar banaya...

O my mother, I made a hawk my beloved,
A plume on his feet,
Bells on his feet!
He came pecking for grain!
His beauty was as sharp as sunlight,
And he was thirsty for fragnances!
Third, his color was like a red rose,
He must be son of a very fair mother!
A bed of love,
I laid for him under moonlight!
Sheet of this body was strained,
That very instant when he laid his feet over it!
Corner of my eyes hurt,
A flood of tears engulfed me!
All night long I tried to fathom,
How he could do this to me?
In early morning,
With beauty mix, I scrubbed and bathed his body!
There were flames coming out from the body,
My hand were burnt!
I crush food for him,
But he never ate!
So I fed him with flesh of my heart!
He took such a flight,
That he never returned back!
O my mother, I made a hawk my beloved….