بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Kion Larna Hain Ghair Gunahi

Why Quarrel with the Innocent?

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Why quarrel with the innocent?

क्यों लड़ना हैं क्यों लड़ना हैं ग़ैर गुनाही ।

You wrote Do not move—whose neck will take the rope?

लातत्तहर्रक खुद लिख्यो ई किस नूं देना एं फाही ।

Law and scripture have their people; an earlier call brought us.

शर्हा ते अहल कुरान भी आहे, असीं अग्गे सद्दे आई ।

Am I not your Lord? The Yes rang through us.

अलसतुबरब्बुकम वारद होया, कालूबला धुंम पाई ।

Be, and it is was heard—and we were already near.

कुनफईकून अवाज़ा होया, तदां असां भी कोलों आही ।

Delight struck me mad; my former self was lost.

लज़्ज़त मार दीवानी कीती नहीं जाती असली आही ।

Why quarrel with the innocent?

क्यों लड़ना हैं क्यों लड़ना हैं ग़ैर गुनाही ।

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