Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

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Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Parhh parhh ilam hazaar kitaaban, Aalim hoe bhaare hoo

Harf ik ishq daa parhh na jaanan, Bhulle phiran vichaare hoo

Ishq aqal wich manzil bhaaree, Saiaan kohaan de paarhe hoo

JInhaan ishq khareed na keetaa, Doheen jahaaneen mare hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

They have read thousands of books, They have come to be known as great scholars,

But the one word, �love�, they could not grasp � So helplessly they wander in delusion,

Vast is the gulf between love and intellect.

Those who have not purchased love In the marketplace of this life, O Bahu. Will always be losers in this world and the next.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Parhhiaa ilam te vadhi aghrooree, Aqal bhee giaa talohaan hoo

Bhullaa raah hidaayat waala, Nafaa na keetaa dohaan hoo

Sir dittiaan je sirr hath aave, Saudaa haar na tohaan hoo

Varheen bazaar muhabbat waale, Raihbar laike soohan hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

You acquired learning, your pride swelled, And your mind took a downward course,

You strayed from the path of living guidance � Neither your learning, nor your pride did you any good,

If you gain the inner secret by selling off your head* You will not be the loser in the deal.

But when you enter the marketplace of love, Be sure to have a Guide who knows this inner secret.

• Selling off your head means unconditionally surrendering your self or ego to the Lord.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Paak paleet na honed torhe, Raihande wich paleetee hoo

Wahadat de dariaa uchhalle, Hik dil sahee na keetee hoo

Hik butkhaane waasil hoe, Hik parhh parhh rahe maseetee hoo

Faazil sutt fazeelat baithe, Ishq namaaz jaan neetee hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

The pure are never contaminated Even while they live in this polluted world.

A tide of love has surged in the ocean of Unity, But those who have not prepared themselves Cannot open their hearts to it.

Some merge with the Beloved�s form In the idol house [of their hearts],* While others pore over scriptures in mosques, Gaining nothing.

Scholars renounce their �superior� learning, O Bahu, when they learn the prayer of love.

• In Muslim belief a mosque is the house of God, whereas an idol house is a symbol of heresy because praying to an idol is considered a sin against God. In Sufi literature �Idol temple� is used as a metaphor for the eye centre, the spiritual heart, which contains the radiant image of the Master, the object of inner worship.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Peer mile te peerh na jaave, Taan us peer kee dharnaa hoo

Murshid miliaan rushd na man noon, Oh murshid kee karnaa hoo

Jis haadee theen naheen hidaayat, Oh haadee kee pharhnaa hoo

Sir dittiaan haqq haasil have, Mauton mool na darnaa hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

If a master does not end your pain of separation. He is not even worth calling a Master.

Who would even need the kind of Master Who does not bestow spiritual blessing?

Why even go to the kind of teacher Who is incapable of giving proper instruction?

If you can reach God by sacrificing your head, Be not afraid of that death, O Bahu!