بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Akkhan vich dil jani piariya

Beloved of my heart, within my eyes

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

Beloved of my heart, within my eyes,

अक्खां विच दिल जानी प्यारिआ,

What spell have you set there?

केही चेटक लाइआ ई ।

Not a speck of distance parts us,

मैं तेरे विच जर्रा ना जुदाई,

Yet you hide yourself from me.

साथों आप छुपाइआ ई ।

The buffaloes return; my Ranjha does not.

मझीं आईआं रांझा यार ना आया,

Longing's hot breath sets me reeling.

फूक बिरहों डोलाइआ ई

Beloved of my heart, within my eyes,

अक्खां विच दिल जानी प्यारिआ ।

So near, and yet why do you seem so far?

मैं नेड़े मैनूं दूर क्यों दिसना एं,

Yet you hide yourself from me.

साथों आप छुपाइआ ई

Beloved of my heart, within my eyes,

अक्खां विच दिल जानी प्यारिआ ।

Like Zulaikha in Egypt,

विच मिसर दे वांग ज़ुलैख़ां,

You strip my veil and make me wander.

घुंगट खोल्ह रुलाइआ ई

Beloved of my heart, within my eyes,

अक्खां विच दिल जानी प्यारिआ ।

Bulleh's Lord is hidden by a veil;

शौह बुल्ल्हे दे सिर पर बुरका,

Your love has set my feet dancing.

तेरे इश्क नचाइआ ई

Beloved of my heart, within my eyes,

अक्खां विच दिल जानी प्यारिआ,

What spell have you set there?

केही चेटक लाइआ ई ।

بلھے شاہ
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THE POEM, GIVEN VOICE

One verse. Many voices.

Stay with the words.
Then hear how they travel.

Karamjit Singh Gathwala

A spoken reading · YouTube

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