بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Kaun Aia Pahin Libas Kure

Who Has Come in This Disguise?

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Who comes dressed like this, girl?

कौन आया पहन लिबास कुड़े ।

Ask him from the heart, girl.

तुसीं पुच्छो नाल इख़लास कुड़े ।

Staff in hand, dark blanket round him, light within his eyes.

हत्थ खूंडी कम्बल काला, अक्खियां विच वसे उजाला,

No servant—one drunk on love. Sit him close and ask.

चाक नहीं कोई है मतवाला, पुच्छो बिठा के पास कुड़े ।

Who comes dressed like this, girl?

कौन आया पहन लिबास कुड़े ।

Call him no mere herdsman; a secret moves within him.

चाकर चाक ना इस नूं आखो, इह ना खाली गुझ्झड़ी घातों,

Parted from the earliest night, he comes in search.

विछड़्या होया पहली रातों, आया करन तलाश कुड़े ।

Who comes dressed like this, girl?

कौन आया पहन लिबास कुड़े ।

He is no keeper of cattle, no lover of the herd.

ना इह चाकर चाक कही दा, ना इस ज़र्रा शौक महीं दा,

Milk and curds cannot tempt him; neither thirst nor hunger rules.

ना मुशताक है दुद्ध दहीं दा, ना उस भुक्ख प्यास कुड़े ।

Who comes dressed like this, girl?

कौन आया पहन लिबास कुड़े ।

Bulleh's love sits hidden, keeping his secret still.

बुल्ल्हा शहु लुक बैठा ओहले, दस्से भेत ना मुक्ख से बोले,

Father looks among the Kheras; my own love sits beside me.

बाबल वर खेड़्यां तों टोले, वर मांहढा महंडे पास कुड़े ।

Who comes dressed like this, girl?

कौन आया पहन लिबास कुड़े ।

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