Kafir-e-Ishqam - Amir Khusro

Kafir-e-ishqam musalmani mara darkaar neest Har rag-e mun taar gashta hajat-e zunaar nest Az sar-e baleen-e mun bar khez ay naadaan tabeeb Dard mand-e ishq ra daroo bajus deedar neest Nakhuda dar kashti-e maagar nabashad go mubaash Makhuda daareem mara nakhuda darkaar neest Khalq mi goyad ki Khusrau but parasti mi kunad Aarey aarey mi kunaam ba khalq mara kaar neest

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I am a pagan and a worshipper of love: the creed (of Muslims) I do not need Every vein of mine has become taunt like a wire the (Brahman’s) girdle I do not need Leave from my bedside, you ignorant physician! The only sure for the patient of love is the sight of his beloved – other than this no medicine does he need If there be no pilot in our boat, let there be none: We have god in our midst: the sea we do not need The people of the world say Khusrau worships idols So he does, so he does; the people he does not need, the world he does not need.