Chal Way Bullehya Chal O'thay Chaliyay

Chal Way Bullehya Chal O'thay Chaliyay
Jithay Saaray Annay
Na Koi Saadee Zaat Pichhanay
Tay Na Koi Saanu Mannay

O' Bulleh Shah let's go there
Where everyone is blind
Where no one recognizes our caste (or race, or family name)
Or where no one thinks anything of us


Masjid Dha Day, Mandir Dha Day
Dha Day Jo Kujh Dhainda
Par Kissay Da Dil Na Dhaween
Rub Dilaan Wich Rehnda

Tear down the Mosque, tear down the temple
Tear down every thing tear-able
But don't tear down anyone's heart
Because God lives there

Mittar Pyare Nu ~Guru Gobind Singh

ਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਹਾਲ ਮੁਰੀਦਾ ਦਾ ਕਹਿਣਾ ॥

ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਰਜਾਈਆ ਦਾ ਓਢਣ ਨਾਗ ਨਿਵਾਸਾ ਦੇ ਹਹਿਣਾ ॥
ਸੂਲ ਸੁਰਾਹੀ ਖੰਜਰ ਪਿਆਲਾ ਬਿੰਗ ਕਸਾਈਆਂ ਦਾ ਸਹਿਣਾ ॥
ਯਾਰੜੇ ਦਾ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਸੱਥਰੁ ਚੰਗਾ ਭਠ ਖੇੜਿਆ ਦਾ ਰਹਿਣਾ ॥

Please tell the dear friend - the Lord - the plight of his disciples.

Without You, rich blankets are a disease and the comfort of the house is like living with snakes.
Our water pitchers are like stakes of torture and our cups have edges like daggers. Your neglect is like the suffering of animals at the hands of butchers.
Our Beloved Lord's straw bed is more pleasing to us than living in costly furnace-like mansions.

BhaaveN Jaan Na Jaan (Bulleh Shah)

BhaaveN jaan na jaan
Ve vehde aa vad mere.
MaeN tere kurbaan,
Ve vehde a vad mere.

Come to my courtyard, my dear
You may not be aware
I'll give to you my life, my dear
Come to my courtyard

Tere jiha mennu hor na koi,
DhooNDHaaN jaNgal, bela, rohi.
DhooNDHaaN ta saara jahaan,
Ve vehde a vad mere.

There's no one like you for me
I've searched all deserts, forests and plains
I've searched the whole world to find you
Come to my courtyard, my dear

LokaaN de bhaane chaak maheeN da,
RaaNjha te lokaaN vich kaheeNda,
SaaDa te deen imaaN,
Ve vehde a vad mere.

Let people call you a lowly cowherd
Let them say you are a wonted lover
But you are my everything -
My faith and my being -
Come to my courtyard, my dear

Ma pe CHoR lahgi laR tere,
Shah anaayit saaeeN mere,
LaaiyaaN di lahj paal,
Ve vehde a vad mere.

I left for you my father and mother
I wanted you to be my lover
Shah Innayat, you're my master
Honor the love of the beloved
Come to my courtyard, my dear.

Aao Saiyo Ral Deyo Ni Vadhaai (Bulleh Shah)

Aao saiyo ral deyo ni vadhaai,
MaeN var paaiya raaNjha maahi.

Friends, come and tell me I'm lucky.
My lover has come to marry me.

Ahj taaN roz mubaarak chaRiya,
RaaNjha saaDe vehde vadiya.
Hath khuNDi, mondhe kaMbal dhariya,
ChaakaaN vaali shakal banaai.
Aao saiyo ral deyo ni vadhaai.

The day of greetings has arrived.
My lover in my courtyard has arrived.
In his hand he has a staff.
A blanket covers his shoulders.
So humble and lowly he looks.
Friends, come and tell me I'm lucky.

MukaT gaoowaaN de vich rulda,
JaNgal joohaaN de vich rulda,
Hai koi allah de val bhulda,
Asal haqeeqat khabar na kaai,
Aao saiyo ral deyo ni vadhaai.

His crown rolls among the cattle.
In pastures and forests he wanders.
Could anyone tell he's the Lord?
No one can tell who really he is.
Friends, come and tell me I'm lucky.

Bulhe Shah ik sauda keeta,
Peeta, zeher piyaala peeta,
Na kujh laha ToTa leeta,
Dard dukhaaN di gaTHaRi chaai,
Aao saiyo ral deyo ni vadhai.

Bulleh Shah says this:
I struck a deal with him -
I drank a cup of poison for him.
I didn't care for the loss or gains.
I didn't care for the grief or pains.
Friends, come and tell me I'm lucky.

kuttey teython ute

RaateeN jaageyN kareyN ibaadat
RaateeN jaagan kuttey, teython ute

you do not sleep at night, you pray
dogs do not sleep either
they are superior to you

bhonkan band mool naa hundey
jaa ruree tey suttey, teythoN utte

they keep on barking all night
and sleep finally on a pile of trash
they are superior to you

khasam apney da dar na chhaddey
bhaaweyN so so wajjan jutey

they do not leave the master's door
even if hit by shoes a hundred times

Bulleh shah koi rakht weyhaaj ley
baazzi ley gae kuttey, tethoN utte

do some good deeds, says Bulleh Shah
you lost your bid even to dogs
they are superior to you

Bulleh Shah asmaani ud-deya

Parh parh ilm te faazil hoya
Te kaday apne aap nu parhya ee na

You study to become knowledgeable
But you never studied yourself

Bhaj bhaj warna ay mandir maseeti
Te kaday mann apne wich warya ee na

You run to enter your mosques and temples
But you never entered your own heart

Larna ay roz shaitaan de naal
Te kadi nafs apne naal larya ee na

Everyday you fight Satan
But you never fight your own conscience

Bulleh Shah asmaani ud-deya pharonda ay
Te jera ghar betha unoon pharya ee na

Bulleh Shah, you try grabbing that which is in the sky
But you never get ahold of what sits inside your own house

Ilmon bas karin ohh yaar

Ilmon bas karin ohh yaar
Ikko ALF tere darkaar
Ilm na aavay vich shmaar
Jaandi umr naieen aitbaar
Ilmon bass karin oh yaar

Enough of learning my friend!
To it there is never an end,
An alphabet should do for you,
it’s enough to help you fend.

Parh parh likh likh laaviin dher
Dher kitabaan chaar chophair
Kirdey chaanan vich anhaer
Pichho rah Tey khabar na saar

You’ve amassed much learning around,
The Quran and it’s commentaries profound.
There is darkness amidst lighted ground
Without the guide you remain unsound,


Parh parh shaikh mshaaikh kahaavin
Ultey maslay gharon bataavin
Bey ilmaan nu lut lut khaavin
Jhuthe sache karin iqraar

Learning makes you a Shaikh or his minion,
And thus you create problem trillion,
You exploit others who know not what,
Misleading them with wild opinion.

Parh parh nafl namazaan guzaarin
Uuschiyaan bangaan chhangaan maarin
Minbar te chard wa’az pukaarin
Keeta tainun ilm khwaar

You meditate and say your prayers,
You go and shout at the top of the stairs,
Your cry reaching the high skies,
It’s your avarice which ever belies.

Jad main sabq ishq da parhiya
Dariya daikh wahdat da varhya
Ghuman ghairdhan de vich ardhya
Shah Anayat layaa paar

The day I learned love’s lesson
I plunged in to the river of divine passion
An overwhelming gale, I was confounded and lost
When Shah Inayat cruised me across

~ Bulleh Shah