بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Piāre bin maslihat uṭṭh jāṇā

You must leave without consultation

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

Dear one, departure will not ask your leave.

प्यारे बिन मसल्हत उट्ठ जाना ।

Come to your senses while you can.

तूं कदी ते हो स्याना ।

A few proud days, then helplessness.

करके चावड़ चार देहाड़े, थीसें अंत निमाना ।

Stop making others suffer beneath your hand.

ज़ुलम करें ते लोक सतावें, छड्ड दे ज़ुलम सताना ।

Dear one, departure will not ask your leave.

प्यारे बिन मसल्हत उट्ठ जाना ।

Nothing you boast of will follow you.

जिस जिस दा वी मान करें तूं, सो वी साथ ना जाना ।

Remember the silent city that receives us all.

शहर-खामोशां वेख हमेशां, जिस विच जग्ग समाना ।

Dear one, departure will not ask your leave.

प्यारे बिन मसल्हत उट्ठ जाना ।

Death, the mighty ferryman, carries boatloads over.

भर भर पूर लंघावे डाढा, मलकुल-मौत मुहाना ।

All here stand assured; I stand frail and flawed.

ऐथे हैन तनते सभ, मैं अवगुणहार निमाना ।

Dear one, departure will not ask your leave.

प्यारे बिन मसल्हत उट्ठ जाना ।

Bullah faces a foe whose strength is great.

बुल्ल्हा दुशमन नाल बरे विच, है दुशमन बल ढाना ।

The divine beloved opens the way; fear of the angels fades.

महबूब-रब्बानी करे रसाई, ख़ौफ जाए मलकाना ।

Dear one, departure will not ask your leave.

प्यारे बिन मसल्हत उट्ठ जाना ।

Come to your senses while you can.

तूं कदी ते हो स्याना ।

بلھے شاہ
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