تُو کُجا مَن کُجا
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Where You Are, and Where I Am!
یا نَبی [ x2 ]
صلُّوا علیہ وَآلہِ
Oh, Prophet! [x2]
Blessings upon him and his (family)!
تُو کُجا مَن کُجا [ x4 ]
تُو امیرِ حَرَم ، مَیں فقیرِ عجم [ x2 ]
تیرے گُن اَور یہ لب مَیں طَلَب ہی طَلَب [ x2 ]
تُو عَطا ہی عَطا
Where you are, and where I am! [x4]
You are Chief of the Sanctuary, I am a destitute foreigner [x2]
These lips and I, just seek and seek to (exalt) your merits [x2]
You are benefaction, just benefaction
تُو کُجا مَن کُجا [ x4 ]
اِلْہام ہے جامَہ تیرا ، قُرْآن عَِمّامَہ ہے تیرا
منبَر تیرا عَرْشِ بریں ، یا رحمۃ للعالمین
Where you are, and where I am! [x4]
The revelation is your robe, and the Quran your turban
Your pulpit is the highest heaven, oh, Mercy of the Worlds!
تُو کُجا مَن کُجا [ x4 ]
تُو حقیقت ہے ، مَیں صرف اِحْساس ہوُں
تُو سَمَُنْدَر ، مَیں بھٹکی ہوئی پیاس ہوُں
میرا گھر خاک پَر اَور تیری رَہ گُزَر
سِدْرَۃُ الْمُنْتَہیٰ
Where you are, and where I am! [x4]
You are fact, I am only perception
You are an ocean, I, meandering thirst
My home is on the dust, and your passage
(reaches) the Tree of the Farthest Boundary
Where you are, and where I am! [x4]
اے ، فَرِشْتَو وہ سُلْطانِ معراج ہَیں
تُم جو دیکھو گے حَیران ہو جاؤ گے
زُلف تَفْسِیرِ واللیل بَن جائے گی
چہْرَہ قُرْآن سارا نظر آئے گا
Ho, angels! He is the King of the Miraj,
you will be wonderstruck when you see him!
His hair locks will become commentaries of the Al-Layl surah
His face will look like the whole Quran
میرے آقا اِمامِ صَفِّ أنبیاء
نام پہ اُن کے لازِم ہے صلِ علیٰ
لازِم ہے صلِ علیٰ … [ x4 ]
My Master,leader among the rank of prophets
A "peace be on him" is required upon (saying) his name
A "peace be on him" is required … [x4]
تُو کُجا مَن کُجا
مُصطفیٰ ، مُجتبیٰ
خاتم المُرْسَلیں
یا رَحْمَتِ للعالمیں
Where you are, and where I am!
Chosen One!, Selected One!
Seal of the Prophets!
Oh, Mercy of the Worlds!
Where you are, and where I am! [x2]
خیر البشر رُتبہ تیرا
آوازِ حقّ خُطْبَہ تیرا
آفاق تیرے سامِعِین
سائِس جِبریلِ امین
یا رَحْمَتِ للعالمیں
Your rank is "Best of Mankind"
Your sermon, the voice of truth
The heavens are your audience
Gabriel the Trustworthy, your horse-keeper
Oh, Mercy of the Worlds!
تُو کُجا مَن کُجا [ x4 ]
تُو ہے احرامِ انوار باندھے ہوئے
مَیں دُرُودوں کی دَسْتار باندھے ہوئے
کعبۂ عشق تُو مَیں تیرے چار سو
تُو اثر مَیں دُعا
Where you are, and where I am! [x4]
You are wearing a glowing pilgrim attire,
I am wearing a turban of thanksgiving
You are the Kaaba of Love, I am at your four sides
I am prayer, you are the effect
تُو کُجا مَن کُجا [ x10 ]
Where you are, and where I am! [x10]
About this song
- Singers
- Shiraz Uppal, Rafaqat Ali Khan
- Lyrics
- Muzaffar Warsi
- Music
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Strings, Shiraz Uppal
- Show
- Coke Studio (2016)
tuu kujaa man kujaa (Hindi: तू कुजा मन कुजा, Urdu: تُو کُجا مَن کُجا)
"Where You Are, and Where I Am", is a song written by the Pakistani poet Muzaffar Warsi, and made famous by the singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who also composed its music.
The title of the song, tuu kujaa man kujaa consists of basically Persian words that literally mean mean "you are where, (while) I am where".
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The idiomatic meaning of this "x" where ... "y" where construction, is the same as with Hindustani "x" kahaaN ... "y" kahaaN.
It indicates that "x" and "y" are in very different situations, that they have drifted apart, that they have very unequal statuses, etc.
Because this composition is a naat (a poem written in praise to the Prophet Muhammad), then the singer is declaring how lowly himself is, in relation to the prophet.
This song was performed in 2016 at season 9 of the Pakistani music show Coke Studio.
The song was modified and arranged from the original by Shiraz Uppal and the band Strings.
The singers were were Rafaqat Ali Khan and again Shiraz Uppal.
