بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Ik Rānjhā mainūn loṛīdā

I need only Ranjha

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Our love began before creation's “Be.”

कुन-फअकूनों अग्गे दीआं लगियां,

This was no stolen love.

नेहुं ना लगड़ा चोरी दा,

Ranjha alone is all I need.

इक रांझा मैनूं लोड़ीदा ।

He goes off with the buffaloes;

आप छिड़ जांदा नाल मझ्झीं दे,

why turn me from the woods?

सानूं क्यों बेलियों मोड़ीदा,

Ranjha alone is all I need.

इक रांझा मैनूं लोड़ीदा ।

No one is like Ranjha to me;

रांझे जेहा मैनूं होर ना कोई,

plea after plea would bring him back.

मिन्नतां कर कर मोड़ीदा,

Ranjha alone is all I need.

इक रांझा मैनूं लोड़ीदा ।

The proud women have lovely eyes;

मान वालियां दे नैन सलोने,

the fair girl's scarf is red.

सूहा दुपट्टा गोरी दा,

Ranjha alone is all I need.

इक रांझा मैनूं लोड़ीदा ।

Bullah, Ahad and Ahmad are not apart;

अहद अहमद विच फरक ना बुल्लिआ,

a tiny turn makes the difference seem.

इक रत्ती भेत मरोड़ी दा,

Ranjha alone is all I need.

इक रांझा मैनूं लोड़ीदा ।

بلھے شاہ
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