BirhaRa			BirhaRa - Separation
LokeeN poojan rab MaeN tera birhaRa. Saahnu sau makiyaaN da haj, Ve tera birhaRa!			Everybody worships god. I worship this separation from you. To me it is Haj to a hundred Meccas, This separation from you.
Lok kahin maeN suraj baneya Lok kahin maeN roshan hoiya. Saahnu kehi la gaya ahg, Ve tera birhaRa!			People say I am as brilliant as the sun. They say I am famous. What a fire it has lit in me, This separation from you.
PiCHe mere mera saaya, Ahge mere mera nhera. Kite jaaye na baaheeN CHaD, Ve tera birhaRa!			Behind me is my shadow, Ahead lies my own darkness. I fear that it might leave my side, This separation from you.
Na is vich kise tan di miTi, Na is vich kise man da kooRa. AsaaN chaaRh CHaTaaiya CHaj, Ve tera birhaRa!			No taint of the body is in it, Nor litter of the mind, All has been winnowed out, By this separation from you.
Jad vi gham deeyaaN ghaRiyaaN aaeeyaaN, Le ke peeRaaN te tanhaaeeyaaN, AsaaN kol biTHaaeya sad, Ve tera birhaRa!			When sorrow comes, bringing with it Pain and loneliness , I pull it close to me, This separation from you.
Kadi taaN saathoN shabad raNgaave Kadi taaN saathoN geet unaave, Saahnu lakh sikha giya chaj, Ve tera birhaRa!.			Sometimes it colors my words, Sometimes it weaves through my songs, It has taught me great deal, This separation from you.
Jad peeRaaN mere paereeN paeeyaaN Sidak mere de sadke gaeeyaaN TaaN vekhan aaya jahg Ve tera birhaRa!			When pain, defeated, fell at my feet, Amazed at my fidelity, The world came to see, This separation from you.
AsaaN ja ishkoN rutba paaya Lok vadhaaeeyaaN devan aaya SaaDe roya gal nu lahg Ve tera birhaRa!			Love earned me fame. People flocked to congratulate me, It wept in my embrace, This separation from you.
Maenu taaN kujh akal na kaayi, Duniya maenu dasan aayi. Saahnu takhat biTHa geya aj Ve tera birhaRa!			The world turned out to tell me That I had not been clever. It sat me on a throne today This separation from you
Saahnu sau makiyaaN da haj, Ve tera birhaRa!			To me it is Haj to a hundred Meccas, This separation from you.
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