بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

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I Have Found It

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I have found you, found you.

मैं पाइआ ए मैं पाइआ ए ।

It is you who change your face.

तैं आप सरूप वटाइआ ए ।

Here you read the Muslim books; there you chant a Hindu prayer.

कहूं तरक किताबां पढ़ते हो, कहूं भगत हिन्दू जप करते हो,

Here among Gorakh's followers, there in every house you play in love.

कहूं गोरकंडी विच पड़ते हो, हर घर घर लाड लडाइआ ए ।

It is you who change your face.

तैं आप सरूप वटाइआ ए ।

Now enemy, now friend; now teacher, now pupil.

किते वैरी हो किते बेली हो, किते आप गुरू किते चेली हो,

Now Majnun, now Laila; you fill each beating heart.

किते मजनू हो किते लेली हो, हर घट घट बीच समाइआ ए ।

It is you who change your face.

तैं आप सरूप वटाइआ ए ।

Now heedless, now at prayer; now judging from the pulpit.

कहूं गाफ़ल कहूं नमाज़ी हो, कहूं मिम्बर ते बह काज़ी हो,

Now a bold warrior with a sword; now founder of a path.

कहूं तेग़ बहादुर ग़ाज़ी हो, कहूं आपना पंथ बणाइआ ए ।

It is you who change your face.

तैं आप सरूप वटाइआ ए ।

Here the mosque keeps its customs; there a temple stands.

कहूं मसजद दा वरतारा ए कहूं बण्या ठाकुरदुआरा ए,

Here matted locks of renunciation; there the sheikh appears.

कहूं बैरागी जट धारा ए कहूं शैखन बण बण आया ए ।

It is you who change your face.

तैं आप सरूप वटाइआ ए ।

Bulleh, I needed only love; meeting the Lord fulfilled me.

बुल्ल्हा शहु दा मैं मुहताज होया, महाराज मिले मेरा काज होया,

My lover's sight became my ascent; love struck, and this song rose.

मुझे पिया का दरस मिअराज होया, लग्गा इश्क तां इह गुन गाइआ ए ।

I have found you, found you.

मैं पाइआ ए मैं पाइआ ए ।

It is you who change your face.

तैं आप सरूप वटाइआ ए ।

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