Bulleh’s Poetry
The blossoming of love is strange and wondrous!
When I acquired the knowledge of love, I dreaded the mosque.
I fled to my Lords dwelling, Where a thousand sounds reverberate.
When love revealed its mystery to me,
The parroted words vanished. Inside and out, I was cleansed.
I saw my Beloved wherever I looked.
Heer and Ranjha are already one.
But Heer, deluded, still searches the woods.
Here Ranjha is with her, And she does not even know it.
I am tired of reading the Vedas and the Koran!
Obeisance has only abraded my forehead.
God was not in Mecca, nor any holy place.
But whoever finds Him becomes brightly illuminated.
Burn the prayer rug, break the clay pot,
Divest yourself of rosary, bowl and staff.
Those who love – proclaim repeatedly and loudly,
‘Eat the forbidden! Forsake halaal!’(a lawful diet)
You have spent your life in the mosque,
Yet your heart is filled with filth.
Not once did you discern that God is One!
What is your point in making this racket now? Your devotion was loveless.
Now your protestations are worthless.
Bulleh says, I would have remained silent,
It is love that compels me to speak forcefully.
The blossoming of love is strange and wonderful.
Bhaanve Jaan Na Jaan VeDe Aa VaD Mere
Whether or not you know this,
Enter my courtyard.
I adore you (I would sacrifice my life for you),
Enter my courtyard.
For me, there is nobody else but you.
Though I search every forest, plain and desert.
Though I search the entire world.
Enter my courtyard. People believe you are a lowly cowherd,
Named Ranjha.
But you are my faith, my religion.
Enter my courtyard.
I left my parents for love of you,
My Lord, Shah Inayat.
Honor this love I bear for you.
Enter my courtyard.
Banish the timekeeper, my beloved has come home, my precious one!
Again and again the time keeper strikes the gong,
Diminishing this night of our union.
Were he to look into my heart,
Himself, he would fling it away.
The unheard music plays majestically.
The singer accomplished in rhythm and measure.
Forgotten are my prayers
As the distiller gives me plentiful wine.
At the wondrous sight of his face,
All my sorrows vanished.
The night marches on. How can I extend it?
O build a wall against the day!
I have lost myself.
I can not remember when I was wedded.
It is not possible to hide,
This complete grace that is upon me.
Many magic spells were cast,
Magicians came, big and small.
Now that my beloved is home,
I will remain with him for a hundred thousand years.
Says Bullah Shah, in this beloved bed
I have crossed over to the other side.
Finally, my turn came,
Separation is no longer possible.
Banish the timekeeper, my beloved has
come home, my precious one.
The hajjis go to Mecca.
My beloved Ranjha is my Mecca.
Yes, I am crazy! I am wedded to Ranjha.
Still my father pushes me.
Yes, I am crazy!
The hajjis go to Mecca
My bridegroom, within me, is my Mecca.
Yes, I am crazy!
Hajjis and ghazis both lie within us,
Thieves and pickpockets too.
Yes, I am crazy!
The Hajjis go to Mecca
But I am going to Takht Hazara.
Yes, I am crazy!
Wherever is your beloved, there lies Kaaba,
Though you search the four books.
Yes, I am crazy! Why should I go to Kaaba
When I long for Takht Hazaara?
People worship Kaaba,
I worship my dearest Friend.
I long for Takht Hazaara.
Beloved Raanjha, seeing my defects,
do not put me out of your mind,
Remember(think of) this worthless one.
I long for Takht Hazaara.
Though I cannot swim,
It will be your shame if I drown.
I long for Takht Hazaara.
I found no one like you,
Though I searched the entire world.
I long for Takht Hazaara.
Turn your face toward me,
my dear one,
Turn your face toward me!
It is you who inserted the hook in me,
It is you who pulls the cord.
Turn your face toward me!
The call to prayer came from your throne in heaven,
The sound reverberated in Mecca.
Turn your face toward me!
Says Bulleh, I will not die,
Though someone else may.
Turn your face toward me!
Translated by Suman Kashyap
Stay silent to survive.
People cannot stand to hear the truth.
They are at your throat if you speak it.
They keep away from those who speak it.
But truth is sweet to its lovers!
Truth destroys shara (shariah).
Brings rapture to its lovers,
And unexpected riches,
Which shara (shariah) obscures.
Those lovers cannot remain silent
Who have inhaled the fragrance of truth.
Those who have woven love into their lives,
Leave this world of falsehood.
Bulleh Shah speaks the truth.
He uncovers the truth of shara (shariah).
He opens the path to the fourth level,
Which shara (shariah) obscures.
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