Bulleh Shah's words...!

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source from sikhnet:

found the following translated piece of Baba Bulleh Shah's poetry. As many of you may know, Punjabi poetry is divided into Ishq Haqeeqi (True Love, for God) and Ishq Mazaazi (Love of Material things, non-God related). Thus, even Waris Shah's Heer has a double-meaning.

Can you find the parallels below? Its brilliant! The theme is paralleled in Sikhi!. God is everywhere, but we forget that He is with us ALWAYS.

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http://artisticide.com/bullehshah.htm

Bulleh's Poetry

Translated by Shuman Kashyap

The blossoming of love is strange and wondrous!

When I acquired the knowledge of love,

I dreaded the mosque.

I fled to my Lord�s dwelling,

Where a thousand sounds reverberate.

When love revealed its mystery to me,

The parroted words vanished.

Inside and out, I was cleansed.

I saw my Beloved wherever I looked.

Heer and Ranjha are already one.

But Heer, deluded, still searches the woods.

Here Ranjha is with her,

And she doesn�t even know it.

I am tired of reading the Vedas and the Koran!

Obeisance has only abraded my forehead.

God was not in Mecca, nor any holy place.

But who ever found Him became brightly illuminated.

Burn the prayer rug, break the clay pot,

Divest yourself of rosary, bowl and staff.

Those who love proclaim repeatedly and loudly,

�Eat the forbidden! Forsake halaal!�(a lawful diet)

You have spent your life in the mosque,

Yet your heart is filled with filth.

Not once did you discern that God is One!

What is your point in making this racket now?

Your devotion was loveless.

Now your protestations are worthless.

Bulleh says, I would have remained silent,

It is love that compels me to speak forcefully.

The blossoming of love is strange and wonderful.

[Pheena]

wow that is just beautiful veer...thanks for sharing...

[Amrikingh]

wooohh