بُلّھے شاہBULLEH SHAHTHE LIVING VERSE
FROM THE WORDS OF BULLEH SHAH

Vall parde vich pāiā yār

The beloved brought me behind the veil

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Mother, I am undone; the crow has my cotton.

हुन मैं मोई नी मेरीए मां, मेरी पूनी लै गया कां,

Shoo, shoo, I follow the one who drove me from home.

पिच्छे डों डों करदी जां, जिस मेरा वतन छुडाया ए ।

Behind the veil He placed me, then brought us together.

वल परदे विच पाइआ यार आपे मेल मिलाइआ ए ।

Crow, for my beloved's sake, return it, I beg.

कांवां पूनी दईं पिया दे नां, तेरियां मिन्नतां करदी हां,

I bear your blows, who sent me far from home.

ज़रबां तेरियां जरनी हां, जिस मैनूं दूर कराइआ ए ।

Behind the veil He placed me, then brought us together.

वल परदे विच पाइआ यार आपे मेल मिलाइआ ए ।

Clamour no longer pleases; another flower opens within.

हुन मैनूं भला ना लग्गदा शोर, मैं घर खिड़िआ शुगूफ़ा होर,

No be, no te, no se: only alif He taught.

बे ना ते ना से ना होर, इक्को अलफ़ पढ़ाइआ ए ।

Behind the veil He placed me, then brought us together.

वल परदे विच पाइआ यार आपे मेल मिलाइआ ए ।

Call me Majnun no more: each day I become Layla.

हुन मैनूं मजनूं आखो ना, दिन दिन लैला हुन्दा जां,

He made this body a house for His dwelling.

डेरा यार बणाए तां, इह तन बंगला बणाइआ ए ।

Behind the veil He placed me, then brought us together.

वल परदे विच पाइआ यार आपे मेल मिलाइआ ए ।

A thousand graces, Inayat: Bullah repeats his vow.

बुल्ल्हा इनायत करे हज़ार, इहो कौल इहो तकरार,

Behind the veil He placed me, then brought us together.

वल परदे विच पाइआ यार आपे मेल मिलाइआ ए ।

Behind the veil He placed me, then brought us together.

वल परदे विच पाइआ यार आपे मेल मिलाइआ ए ।

بلھے شاہ
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