Kis-wal akheya we Majnu-nu, O teri Laila disdi kaali we! Majnu ne jawab ditta, O teri ankh wekhan-waali we! Je tu dekhe meri ankh naal, Teri surat na jaaye samhaali we! Ved bhi chitta ter Quran bhi chitti, Vich shyahi rakh ditti kaali we! Ghulam Farid jitthe ankhiyaan lagiyaan, Utthe kya gori, kya kaali we!

I know this is not the right title for the poem, but I am putting it anyways.
It is one of my favorite poems, written by the Ghulam Farid.

Contrary to the common notion, Laila wasn’t really fair. The peom talks about Majnu’s reaction, when someone states that Laila is black. To this Majnu replies, “Your eye hasn’t been able to see her real beauty. If only you could see through my eyes, you’ll be awed and wouldn’t be able to handle it“. He then goes on to say my favorite lines, “Although Ved (Hindu holy scriptures) and Quran are nothing but white papers, the real value comes with the ink, which is black in color“. Ghulam Farid closes the stanza by saying that if Ghulam Farid has fallen for someone, the back-white color matters no more.

As with all the Sufi poets, Ghulam Farid basically uses Laala-Majnu as mere symbols to express lot deeper messages.