Silsila-e-Roz-o-Shab (Masjid-e-Qurtuba)

Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, naqsh-gar-e-hadisaat
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, asal-e-hayat-o-mamat

Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, taar-e-hareer-e-do-rang
Jis se banati hai Zaat apni qaba-e-sifaat

Tujh ko parakhta hai yeh, mujh ko parakhta hai yeh
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, sairafi-e-kainaat

Tu ho agar kam-ayaar, main hoon agar kam-ayaar
Maut hai teri baraat, maut hai meri baraat

Tere shab o roz ki aur haqeeqat hai kya
Ek zamane ki rau jis mein na din hai na raat

Ishq hai asal-e-hayat, maut hai us par haraam
Tund o subuk-khez hai garcha zamane ki rau!

The relentless chain of day and night is the sculptor of all mortal events; The chain of day and night is the primal source of life and death. The chain of day and night is a two-toned thread of woven silk, With which the Divine Essence fashions Its mantle of attributes. It tests you relentlessly, and it tests me with unrelenting scrutiny; This chain of day and night is the supreme assayer of the universe. If you prove deficient in spiritual purity, or if I prove of hollow worth, Death is your final destiny, and death is my final destiny! What other reality lies behind your fleeting days and nights Except a rushing river of time wherein exists neither day nor night? Transcendent Love (Ishq) is the true essence of life; upon it, death is forever forbidden, Though swift and tempestuous be the rushing river of mortal time!