Thursday, August 25, 2011

"Buliya Ki Jaana Mai Koun" by saint Bulleh Shah

Buliya Ki Jaana Mai Koun (I "Bulla Shah" don't know who I am)

Na Mai Momin Wich Maseet Aan (Neither am I the believer inside a mosque)
Na Mai Wich Kufr Di Reet Aan (Nor do I believe in any false rites)
Na Mai Paak Aan Wich Paleet Aan (I am not even impure among the pure)
Na Mai Moosa Na Firroun (I am neither the Moses or the Pharoah)

Buliya Ki Jaana Mai Koun

Na Mai Andr Vaed Kataab Aan (I am not in the Vedas or holy books)
Na Wich Bhang Aan Na Sharaab Aan (Not in drugs and wines)
Na Wich Raenda Mast Kharaab Aan (Nor do I dwell in a drunkards wasted state)
Na Mai Jaagan Na Wich Soun (Nor am I am in Consciousness or in the state of sleep)

Buliya Ki Jaana Mai Koun

Na Wich Shaadi Na Gam Naakee (Not in joy nor in sorrow)
Na Mai Wich Paleeti Paaki (I am not in Piety or in inequity)
Na Mai Aabee Na Mai Khaaki (Neither water nor soil)
Na Mai Aatish Poun (I am not fire and nor am I air)

Buliya Ki Jaana Mai Koun

Na Mai Arabi Na Lahori (I don't belong to Arabia nor am I from Lahore)
Na Mai Hindi Shehar Nagauri (Neither and Indian or a Nagauri)
Na Hindu Na Turk Pishaawri (Not a Hindu, Not a Muslim from Peshawar)
Na Mai Raenda Wich Naadaon (And you won't find me a Naduan)

Buliya Ki Jaana Mai Koun

Na Mai Bhaed Mazhab Da Paaya (I haven't understood the soul of religion)
Na Mai Aadam Hawaa Jaaya (Nor was I born of Adam and Eve)
Na Koi Apna Naam Dharaaya (I am not the name I have assumed)
Na Wich Baethan Na Wich Bhaaoun (I am not in the stillness nor in the flow)
Aval Aakhir Aaap Nu Jaana (Though of myself as the start and the finish of things)
Na Koi Dooja Hour Paechaana (Never understood anyone else)
Methoun Hoer Na Koi Sayaana (Assumed myself to be the wisest of all)
Buliya Shah Khadaa Hai Koun (Who then is the person I am)

Buliya Ki Jaana Mai koun

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The Symphony of love..

Look into my eyes
you’ll see the world
I’ll be your sight
and together we’ll make the things right!!
The waves going over the crest are touching the shore of my heart
feelings like molten coal having become darker and deeper 
make me cling to you like the evergreen creeper!!
I want to cross the seven rivers and fly across the seven skies
leaving aside all the worldly ties!!..