بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Suno tum ishq kī bāzī

Hear the wager of love

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Hear love's wager: what angel will agree?

सुनो तुम इश्क की बाज़ी, मलायक है कहां राज़ी,

Here separation conquers. Who will fall?

यहां बिरहों पर है गाज़ी, वेखां फिर कौन हारेगा ।

I searched for the beloved; blood filled my eyes.

साजन की भाल हुन होई, मैं लहू नैन भर रोई,

Shawl cast aside, I danced beneath bewilderment's stones.

नच्चे हम लाह कर लोई, हैरत के पत्थर मारेगा ।

Name the lucky hour; let me go and see Him.

महूरत पूछ कर जाऊं, साजन को देखने पाऊं,

Let me hold Him, or this self cannot survive.

उसे मैं ले गले लाऊं, नहीं फिर खुद गुज़ारेगा ।

Love's blade slew me; no second being remains.

इश्क की तेग़ से मूई, नहीं वोह ज़ात की दूई,

Beloved, beloved, I died; among the dead He knows my soul.

और पिया पिया कर मूई, मोयां विच रूह चितारेगा ।

My head for His sight, my blood for wine.

साजन की भाल सर दिया, लहू मध अपना पिया,

My arms stitched my shroud; He will lay me in earth.

कफ़न बाहों से सी लिया, लहद में पा उतारेगा ।

This love is Yours, beloved; it has taken Bullah's life.

बुल्ल्हा शहु इश्क है तेरा, उसी ने जी लिया मेरा,

Come to my home; see who will give their head.

मेरे घर बार कर फेरा, वेखां सिर कौन वारेगा ।

بلھے شاہ
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THE POEM, GIVEN VOICE

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Karamjit Singh Gathwala

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