Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

PAGE NO. 05
 

Alif

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Aujharh jhall te maaroo bele, Jitthe jaalan aaee hoo

Jis kaddhee noon dhaah hameshaan, Ajj dhatthee kal dhaaee hoo

Nain jinhaan dee vahe sirhaandee, Oh such na saonde raahee hoo

Ret paanee jith hon ikatthe, Uth bannee na bajhdee kaaee hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

This body, this desolate wilderness, In which the soul has come to lodge, Is a rapidly crumbling bank of the river of time.

It will collapse � tomorrow, if not today.

Lodged on the edge of such a shore, How can a traveller sleep in peace?

For where sand and water meet, No embankment can hold, O Bahu.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Aap na taalib hain kaheen de, Lokaan taalib karde hoo

Chaavan khepaan karde sepaan, Na Rabb de qaihron dared hoo

Ishq majaazee tilkan baazee, Pair avalle dharde hoo

Oh sharminde hosan Baahoo, Andar roz hashae de hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

These false prophets Were never disciples themselves. But they contrive to make disciples of others

As an act of seeming benefaction. But they swindle their disciples Of their money and belongings;

They fear not the wrath of God. Crooked in their ways, they lose their footing

In the slippery game of outward love. Say Bahu: They will regret their doings on the day of judgement

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Andar hoo te baahir hoo, Baahoo kith labheeve hoo

Sai riaazat kar karaahan, Khoon jigar daa peeve hoo

Lakh hazaar kitaaban parh ke, Daanishmand sadeeve hoo

Naam faqeer tahendaa Baahoo, Qabar jahendee jeeve hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Hu is within, Hu is without, Hu pervades everything; Where then is Bahu to find Hu?

He has wounded his own heart, He has tortured his own soul

With austerities of all manner, With worship of all kinds, Having read millions of books,

He has also come to be called �wise�,But the name �faqir� befits only him, O Bahu, Whose very grave breathes life!*

• The body is a greave in which the soul stays buried until awakened by the kalma or Word of God.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Alif-Allaah chambe dee bootee, Murshid man wich laandaa hoo

Jis gatt utte sohanaa raazee, Oho gatt sikhaandaa hoo

Hardam yaad rakhe har wele, Sohanaa uthaandaa bahaandaa hoo

Aap samajh samjhendaa Bahoo, Aap aape ban jaandaa hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

My master has sown in my heart The jasmine of God�s Name.

He has taught me how to captivate The heart of my charming Beloved.

He keeps me in his thoughts eternally. He always makes me do his will.

He himself grants me his wisdom, O Bahu. He himself moulds me into his own real Self.