بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Padh Padh Aalim Fazil Hoyon

You Never Read Your Own Self

Traditionally attributed; historical authorship unconfirmed.

Two ways into the same verse. Tap a line to find its echo.

You read and read till scholarship was yours,

पढ़ पढ़ आलिम फ़ाज़िल होइओं,

yet never read the self within.

कदे अपने आप नूँ पढ़िआ ई नहीं।

You enter temples and mosques, again and again,

जा जा वड़दा ऐं मंदर मसीतीं,

yet never enter your own heart.

कदे मन अपने विच वड़िआ ई नहीं।

You fight with Satan daily, all in vain,

ऐवें रोज़ शैतान नाल लड़नैं,

yet never wrestle with your own desire.

कदे नफ़स अपने नाल लड़िआ ई नहीं।

Bulleh Shah, you catch what flies across the sky,

बुल्ल्हे शाह असमानीं उड्डदियाँ फड़नैं,

yet never catch the one who sits at home.

जेहड़ा घर बैठा उहनूँ फड़िआ ई नहीं।

بلھے شاہ
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THE POEM, GIVEN VOICE

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Stay with the words.
Then hear how they travel.

Noori, Saieen Zahoor, Rohail Hyatt

medley · YouTube

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

Recording-specific Coke Studio Season 2 lyric page prints the complete opening four couplets and links the official video. Producer Rohail Hyatt's official upload identifies the session and credits Bulleh Shah.

The opening four couplets correspond to all eight base lines, with ilm te faazil and bhaj bhaj wording variants. Later refrains and other poetry form a medley. No listening or timestamp claim.

Noori, Saieen Zahoor, Rohail Hyatt

medley · Spotify

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

Recording-specific Coke Studio Season 2 lyric page prints the complete opening four couplets and links the official video. Producer Rohail Hyatt's official upload identifies the session and credits Bulleh Shah. Spotify identifies the same named Season 2 performance; alternate studio/live labeling may represent a mix or edit.

The opening four couplets correspond to all eight base lines, with ilm te faazil and bhaj bhaj wording variants. Later refrains and other poetry form a medley. No listening or timestamp claim.

Noori, Saieen Zahoor, Rohail Hyatt

medley · Spotify

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

Recording-specific Coke Studio Season 2 lyric page prints the complete opening four couplets and links the official video. Producer Rohail Hyatt's official upload identifies the session and credits Bulleh Shah. Spotify identifies the same named Season 2 performance; alternate studio/live labeling may represent a mix or edit.

The opening four couplets correspond to all eight base lines, with ilm te faazil and bhaj bhaj wording variants. Later refrains and other poetry form a medley. No listening or timestamp claim.

Ali Zafar

medley · YouTube

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

The film-song lyric page prints the selected six corresponding lines and explicitly links this exact YouTube ID.

Maps the reading/self, temple/mosque/heart and sky/home couplets; source l005–l006 (Satan/nafs) are omitted. Opening uses ilm te faazil; l002 uses man instead of aap. The surrounding Makke Gayan, Chal Bulleya and Ki Jaana verses are other poems. No timestamps inferred.

Ali Zafar

medley · YouTube

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

The film-song lyric page prints the selected six corresponding lines and explicitly links this exact YouTube ID.

Maps the reading/self, temple/mosque/heart and sky/home couplets; source l005–l006 (Satan/nafs) are omitted. Opening uses ilm te faazil; l002 uses man instead of aap. The surrounding Makke Gayan, Chal Bulleya and Ki Jaana verses are other poems. No timestamps inferred.

Ali Zafar

medley · YouTube

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

The film-song lyric page prints the selected six corresponding lines and explicitly links this exact YouTube ID.

Maps the reading/self, temple/mosque/heart and sky/home couplets; source l005–l006 (Satan/nafs) are omitted. Opening uses ilm te faazil; l002 uses man instead of aap. The surrounding Makke Gayan, Chal Bulleya and Ki Jaana verses are other poems. No timestamps inferred.

Ali Zafar

medley · Spotify

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

Recording-specific Total Siyapaa lyric page contains the poem's six retained lines. Spotify connector returned Ali Zafar, Total Siyapaa, 203559 ms.

Maps the reading/self, temple/mosque/heart and sky/home couplets; source l005–l006 (Satan/nafs) are omitted. Opening uses ilm te faazil; l002 uses man instead of aap. The surrounding Makke Gayan, Chal Bulleya and Ki Jaana verses are other poems. No timestamps inferred.

Hadiqa Kiani

medley · YouTube

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

Recording-specific 2017 Hadiqa Kiani Kamli lyrics print all four corresponding couplets among other texts. Artist-owned official WAJD Chapter 4 video names the recording and credits Bulleh Shah.

Four couplets appear inside the Kamli medley. Its opening is ilm hazaar kitaaban and final line places the beloved in the heart rather than sitting at home. These are explicit performance variants; not a verbatim rendition of the selected Sufinama reading. No timestamps claimed.

Hadiqa Kiani

medley · Spotify

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

Recording-specific 2017 Hadiqa Kiani Kamli lyrics print all four corresponding couplets among other texts. Artist-owned official WAJD Chapter 4 video names the recording and credits Bulleh Shah. Spotify connector returned Kamli, Wajd Vol. 1, 522784 ms; Kamli Da Dhola is a separate track and excluded.

Four couplets appear inside the Kamli medley. Its opening is ilm hazaar kitaaban and final line places the beloved in the heart rather than sitting at home. These are explicit performance variants; not a verbatim rendition of the selected Sufinama reading. No timestamps claimed.

Sami Kanwal

A musical rendition · YouTube

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Matched to the poem · recording notes

Fsee Production's lyric page names Sami Kanwal and Bulleh Shah, gives all four couplets, and its inspected HTML embeds emz5zaY7ghk.

Publisher's recording-specific Roman transcription includes all four couplets. Wording varies (aalam te faazil, bhaj bhaj, larna); no added source verses imported, and no timestamp or listening claim.

Sami Kanwal

A musical rendition · Spotify

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Source-linked performance · recording notes

Publisher documents this named Sami Kanwal rendition with all four couplets. Spotify lists Baba Bulleh Shah Collection, Fsee Production, 2022, 4:53.

Publisher corroborates rendition identity; exact 2022 Spotify master has not been independently matched to the 2019 video. No direct content-match claim for this platform item.

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