Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

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Alif

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Alif alast suniaa dil mere, jind balaa kookendee hoo

HUbb watan dee ghaalib hoee, Hik pal saun na dendee hoo

Qaihar pave is raazan duneeaa, Haqq daa raah marendee hoo

Aashiq mool qabool na Bahoo, zaaro zaar ruvendee hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

When, at the time of Creation, God separated me from himself,

I heard him say: �Am I not your God?�* �Indeed you are,� cried my soul, reassured. Since then has my heart flowered.

With the inner urge to return Home, Giving me not a moment of calm here on earth.

May doom strike this world! It robs souls on their way to God.

The world has never accepted his lovers; They are persecuted and left to cry in pain.

• According to the Qur�an, God created souls and decided to send them down to inhabit the creation. When he saw them in torment at the prospect of their separation from him, he reassured them by asking, �Am I not your God?� meaning that he was not deserting them for good, and that he would call them back.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Oho nafs asaada belee, jo naal asaade siddhaa hoo

Zaahid aalim aan nivaae, tukrha wekhan thiddhaa hoo

Jo koee usdee kare savaaree, Naam Allaah us laddhaa hoo

Raah faqar daa mushkil Baahoo, Ghar maan na seeraa riddha hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Only the mind that works in harmony with my spirit is my friend.

Only the person who has so tamed his mind Can realize the Name of God.

This same mind forces the abstinent and the devout To grovel before greed and temptation,

Tough is the path to God, O Bahu, It is not a bowl of your mother�s pudding.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Azal abad noon sahee keetose, wekh tamaashe guzre hoo

Chaudaan tobaq dile de andar, Aatish laae hujre hoo

Jinhaan haqq na haasil keetaa, Doheen jahaaneed ujrhe hoo

Aashiq gharq hoe wich wahadat, Wekh tinhaan de mujre hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

I have, at last, grasped the beginning and the end: I have seen the whole sectacle of past, present and future Pass before my eyes.

Within my heart are fourteen realms.* Chambers of light � ablaze With the profusion of God�s light.

Those who have not realized God will wander, Homeless in this world, destitute in the next.

But watch the lovers dance with ecstasy, As they merge into the oneness of God.

• Some sufi mystics divide the inner journey into fourteen stages or realms, Hu symbolizes the resonant Sound, Word or Kalma; it also stands for God, who pervades the universe in the form of that Sound or Word. The name Bahu is made up of ba (with) and Hu, and therefore means �one who abdies in God�

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Andar hoo te baahir hoo, Hardam naal jalendaa hoo

Hoo daa daagh muhabbat waalaa, Hardam piaa sarhendaa hoo

Jitthe hoo kare rushnaaee, Chhorh andheraa vaindaa hoo

Dohee jahaan ghulaam us Baahoo, Jo hoo sahee karendaa hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Hu is within, Hu is without, Hu always reverberates in my heart.

The wound in my heart aches constantly With the unabating pain of Hu�s love.

The darkness of ignorance departs From the heart lit by Hu.

I sacrifice myself to the one, O Bahu, Who has realized the significance of Hu.