Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

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Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Addhee laanat duneeaa taaeen, Saaree duneeaa daaraan hoo

Jain raah sahib kharch na keetee, Lain ghazab deeaan maaraan hoo

Peovaan kolon putt kohaava, Bhatth duneeaa makkaaran hoo

Tark jinhaan duneeaa theen keetee, Laisan baagh bahaaraan hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Accursed is life in this world; Twice as accursed are they who are attached to it.

Those who have not dedicated their lives to God Shall suffer the unrelenting blows of destiny.

Abominable is this sly world � It can even prompt a father to kill his own son.

Those who have renounced this world Will enjoy the delights of the garden That is eternally in bloom.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Imaan salaamat har koee mange, Ishq salaamat koee hoo

Imaan mangan sharmaavan ishqon, Dil noon ghairat hoee hoo

Jis manzil non ishq puchaave, Imaan khabar na koee hoo

Ishq salaamat rakkheen Baahoo, Diaan imaan dharoee hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Believers pray to God for the protection of faith, But few pray for the gift of his love.

I am ashamed at what they ask for, Even more at what they are willing to yield.

Religion is quite unaware of the spiritual plane To which love can raise us.

O Lord, keep my love for you ever fresh, says Bahu: I shall mortgage my religion for it.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Eh tan meraa chashmaan hove, Murshid wekh na rajjaan hoo

Loon loon de mudh lakh lakh chashmaan, Ik kholaan ik kajjaan hoo

Itniaan dithiaan sabar naa aave, Hor kite val bhajjaan hoo

Murshid daa deedaar hai Baahoo, Lakh karorhaan hajjaan hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Were my whole body festooned with eyes, I would gaze at my Master with untiring zeal.

O, how I wish that every pore of my body Would turn into a million eyes � Then, as some closed to blink, others would open to see!

But even then my thirst to see him Might remain unquesnched. What else am I to do?

To me, O Bahu, a glimpse of my Master Is worth millions of pilgrimages to the holy Ka�ba!

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Andar wich namaaz asaadee, Hikse jaa niteeve hoo

Naal qiam rakooa sajoode, Kar takraar parheeve hoo

Eh dil hijar firaaqon sarhiaa, Eh dam mare na jeeve hoo

Sachchaa raah Mohammad waalaa, Jain wich Rabb labheeve hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

I offer my prayer in the temple of my heart � The only true place to worship God.

I stand in supplication, I bow in obeisance, I tender my prayer without break in its repetition.

Hanging between life and death My heart burns in the fire of separation from him.

The path indicated by the Prophet is true, O Bahu: Following it one can find God