A few poems by Bulleh Shah
Recently, I was asked to help a friend with the original text of Bulleh Shah’s Hindu na Na heen Musalmaan. I found the original Punjabi and also found two other pieces that I am posting here.
Bulleh Shah’s poetry addresses most maladies that we face in this day and age.
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HiNdu na naheeN musalmaan,
Baheeye tiranjan taj abhimaan.
Sunni na naheeN ham sheeya
Sulha kuhl ka maarag leeya.
Bhookhe na naheeN ham rahje,
NaNge na naheeN ham kahje.
RoNde na naheeN ham hasde
UjaRe na naheeN ham vasde.
Paapi na sudharmi na,
Paap pun ki raah na jaanaaN.
Bulhe Shah jo hari chit laage,
Hindu turak doojan tiyaage
Neither Hindu nor Muslim,
Sacrificing pride, let us sit together.
Neither Sunni nor Shia,
Let us walk the road of peace.
We are neither hungry nor replete,
Neither naked nor covered up.
Neither weeping nor laughing,
Neither ruined nor settled,
We are not sinners or pure and virtuous,
What is sin and what is virtue, this I do not know.
Says Bulhe Shah, one who attaches his self with the lord.
Gives up both hindu and muslim.
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Partisans live in Dharamsalas, cheats in temples,
butchers reside in mosques;
while lovers (of the Lord) live apart.
He further says :
Bullah is neither Rafzi nor Sunni, nor learned
nor an intellectual nor a Jaini.
I have learnt the lesson of love of God alone.
People say : Bulleh is an Infidel (Kafar)
and an idol-worshipper.
But in the Lord’s court, both the Momin and Kafar
(Believer and un-believer) are treated alike.
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Kithe Ramdas kithe Fateh Muhammad
Eh do qadimi shor
Mit gia duha da jhagra
Nikal pia kuch hor
(Here was Ramdas [a Hindu] and there Fateh Muhammad [a Muslim]
What an ancient noise between them
But now their quarrel has vanished
And something new has emerged !)
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if someone could please explain this verse from baba bulleh shah
kha haraam te pahd shukrana
kar tauba tarq sawabon
chhad maseet te pakad kinara
teri chhutte jaan azaabon
naka kalma jehda kehnda munkar
ve tu horo ik sawabon
bulleshah chal otthe chaliye
jitthe mana na karan sharabon.
bulla says in his kalaam ‘ hari chit laage ‘ hari means krsishna and krishna means god
diffrence bitween ISHWAR & ALLAH is the same inbitween NEER & AAB.
@ hargeet ..u r sch a dork,,…(EDITED)…if u cnt tell d meanin don evn try…bullehshah baba doesnt indactin hea any krishna or ram….he meant hari as he supreme power..d almighty one…read him n undastnd corrctly
can u send me the following Kalam pLz Plz Plz :
“Bahvein jaan na jaan, Bahvein jaan na jaan , aay veray anvaan mery, tery jaya menu hoor na koi, suna jungle bela rohi………… ”
pLz Plz Plz if u know send me plz……???
o god you are such idiots. Bulleh shah spent whole of his life in making society understand that god is one divine power and the difference is just of name but this is what you people are interpreting.you need to introspect guys. stop spoiling yhe names of such great seers.
@ Imran Hashmi,
BhaaveN jaan na jaan
Ve vihRe aa vaR mere.
MaeN tere kurbaan,
Ve vihRe a vaR mere.
Tere jiha maenu hor na koi,
DhooNDHaaN jaNgal, bela, rohi.
DhooNDHaaN ta saara jahaan,
Ve vihRe a vaR mere.
LokaaN de bhaane chaak maheeN da,
RaaNjha te lokaaN vich kaheeNda,
SaaDa te deen imaaN,
Ve vihRe a vaR mere.
Ma pe CHoR lahgi laR tere,
Shah anaayit saaeeN mere,
LaaiyaaN di lahj paal,
Ve vihRe a vaR mere.