That turns ash to fire, water to dry rusk
The love of loves, the headiest of musk
Presenting
for Shamli, by Shamli, of Shamli
Laila - Majnu!
This is a tale of every town, of every street up and down
But which town, which street, I'm not quite sure of that
But the one thing I am sure of is together they both would stay
Every night and every day
Now which day, how many nights, I'm not quite sure of that
But the one thing I am sure of is
When all the learned men would scream at them
To learn the word of god
Learn it now you fool!
Write Allah
And he would write Laila
I said Allah!
Laila, Laila, Laila
You'll be cursed to hell! What is this Laila Laila you spout?
She's mere flesh and blood.
You compare her to Allah, lout? your hand!
The other too!
Dont hurt him, it hurts me, please!
Comfort that little hand please
Dont hurt him, it hurts me, please
What nature is this, strange
or the work of the deranged?
I strike his hand, but bruises she
It's her blood but feels it he
He feels her pain?
A magic spell, incredible!
Don't bring her where he is!
Take them far apart!
It's the work of gremlin, ghoul!
Dark forces, evil, foul
Tie the Maulvi's amulets to their arms
Take them far apart
Childhood flew away like a kite
Hearts fluttered to horizons new
Youth was on them now
It fluttered inside them too
Is this youth starting to brew?
Every touch the sting of dew
Youth has come and brought some
Love with the wind
The body sways in sudden ways
The sky spills its color
We collide with breeze and tide
I'm your Romeo, you're my Juliet
I'm your Ranjha, you're my Heer
Meet me at the Carnival, this is the blush of youth
If i cannot be with you, what use is the flush of youth
No one's ever seen a flood
in the rush of youth
So they curse and sigh, deny us the crush of youth
Khurjan from Khurja
Peda from Madhura
Revdi from Meerut
Chaat from Dariba
If I order you, you'll bring
Juicy dates from arab kings
And in my courtyard you'll string them up for me
I will
In Benares, down the Ganges we'll float
To Kashmir for the fragrance of the snow
No matter how hard, I'll show you Baghdad
I swear
This Bikar Chunri's for you
earrings, kohl, mehndi too
All for you
So crash me at the carnival, this is the flush of youth
This is no laughing matter, it's the sly hush of youth
It gallops through me, o this gush of youth
No leash can contain the ripe raw rush of youth
the rush of youth
Am i here and are you too?
Or are we both not here at all
What who why, are you and I?
Can't we hear or say at all?
Am i here and are you too?
Or are we both not here at all
Ask and I shall get you a memory of yore
A mark of our love or a tale told evermore
Or should Iet this restless heart hear your call?
Me, Laila, You Quais whispered God in our ears
These words clung to every tongue will stay for many years
Am i here and are you too?
Or are we both not here at all?
Am i here?
You scum, you brute
I'll chop your hands off
Do you know who you taint with your touch?
She is mine
You are slime
Your caste your crime I'll bury you this time
And if I don't, my name isn't Tabrez
And she is not of my blood
I can't take this anymore
She is mine
Enough Enough
You dare to touch a stranger's skin?
Stay that hand allay thy stand
Forget not, insolent rot, you dared to touch her
She's my frenzy in a flood, she's in my veins, my blood
For her I pray
Nature's own plea, the savior's decree
A gift from God, a balm for every pain
Her tears are precious, rare, her smile's without compare
I, Quais, now do declare to say that Laila's mine
Take her name again and I'll turn your lips to dust
Those lips will claim Laila's
You're a puppet, that's all
Before you I wont fall!
I'll dig his grave right now
I warn you one last time
There will be two corpses, you'll get twice the crime
I swear I'll end this tale today
Majnu, I'll tear you into a thousand bits
Let her bleed - Stay!
Let her die - Stay!
Your blood - Stay!
I want it now - Stay!
My sword pierces your flesh and
You're ready for your grave
Laila forgive me now, the thought of you turned me into a helpless knave
Majnu's gone insane, a brother he has slain
The decree is death
The law does not condone, they'll
strike him with stones
until his last breath
Majnu hangs by ever breath Laila exhales
He has no sense left, his logic fails
Let him be, for if the poor thing awakes
The dreams he sees of his love Laila breaks
Dont stone
My beloved madman
my beloved
Stock these stones with care
There will be a day when
of these stones homes will be built
They will speak in tongues that jilt
of the legend of Laila - Majnu
Everyone will sing it then
This stack of stones today
Will be a Taj Mahal someday
And you'll have no time
To regret this then
Dont stone
My beloved
'Enough' Laila thundered
'Stop this all' Laila surrendered
If this is how you want it, wed me off without delay
But promise me, set Majnu free
in quiet exile today
The stones of this city
Lay tired on the ground
They though they struck you
But hit me instead, unsound
Jawan - Bakht may have my body
But my heart is yours
Keep it safe and sound, Quais
I'm now a lost cause
But i swear any man that touches me
Will find cold dust instead
Soon this world will tremble
With fear and flee
When from heaven he descends
To see our graves
This palanquin bears a corpse bedecked
I'll warn the carriers to make no haste
No palanquin, no celebratory vow
But like Radha Meera she took her marriage vows
love love this love, love love this love, this love
But like Radha Meera she took her marriage vows
Ghalib Moumin didnt proclaim
neither was this a human claim
This was the word of God
love love, this love, love love, this love, this love
This was the word of God
I'm Jawan Bakht the king
my women have luxuries at their beck and call
But you're nothing like I've ever seen
Of my harem you're the queen
Here silver flows unseen
Can I bathe you in some?
I cant wait another chime
I'll say this one last time
Let me touch you, come
Stay this body's gray, gut it now
No blaze, its in a daze, cut it now
It's ashen, douse your passion, rebut it now
It's rust, grind it to dust, shut it now
Careful, it burns inside, you might catch fire
I may just be ashes but I'm your funeral pyre
I'm not your lover or your friend, I'm your spouse
I may be your wife, but my heart's in Majnu's house
Alert my soldiers, prepare to leave
Let's see what love these two weave
Our love will scare you, look here
These wounds are his, his blood flows here
Bulleh-shah, Khusrau, or who burnt in flames without ado
When they stoked this fire
love love, this love, love love this love, this love
Jaawan Bakht now rides out to see
who is mightier, Majnu or he
Laila's yours yet you shout?
You dont know what love's about!
She's god's bewitching smile
She's the shadow of love fertile
She shied from every battle, found fight futile
In sin man wondered what evil turns this tide?
When in truth he didn't have Laila by his side
And now she's there but you don't care
Remember this date, it may be your last
Wipe the slate, erase it all, when all's stolen curtains fall
And we beg before the Lord
love love this love, love love this love, this love
And we beg before the Lord
That's your grave
It's the honor i crave
That's your death
That's my last breath
I'll cut you at the stake
It'll be for her sake
I'll slice you up with glee
Laila will go with me!
I'll watch her like a hungry hawk
In the darkest dungeon I'll have her locked
Dig her the darkest dungeon, she'll never give in to you
If I fly away, she'll spread her wings and take off too
Here, kill me
I draw my knife
Kill me!
It could be rife
Kill Me
love love this love, love love this love, this love
Believe in Brahma's word or what the Gita holds
In the Bible, the Koran, or Guru Granth's divine folds
But faith without love could wear out your soul
Believe in love and mankind before the last bell tolls