Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

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Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Tan main yaar daa shaihar banaaiaa, Dil wich khaas mahallaa hoo

Aan alif dil vasson keetee, Hoee khoob tasallaa hoo

Sab kujh mainoon piaa suneeve, Jo bole maasawaa allaah hoo

Dardmandaan eh ramz pachhaatee, Bedardaan sir khallaa hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

For my friend I made my body into a city, Where I built for him a special home in my heart,

When the one Lord took abode in it, I was blessed with profound peace.

I now hear his Voice echoing in everything, Even in voices other than his own.*

Only those who suffer the pangs of love Can realize this divine secret; Others will be rebuffed from the Lord�s court.

• God�s own voice is the holy Word or Kalma, which is too subtle a sound to be perceived externally. But once that Kalma is realized within, its pervasiveness becomes manifest in everything � even in the grosser sounds of the Creation.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Torhe tang puraane hovan, Gujjhe raihan na taazee hoo

Maar naqaaraa dil wich varhiaa, Khed giaa ik baazee hoo

Maar dilaan noon jol ditto jad, takke nain niazee hoo

Unhaan naal kee hoiaa, jinhaan Yaar na rakhiaa raazee hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

The saddle may be old, it�s girth worn, But an Arabian horse will not go unnoticed.*

With the beat of a drum has entered my heart,* And look! What a wondrous game he has played:

My heart was stirred to its very depth When I looked into his gracious eyes.

Ask not the fate of those, O Bahu, Who could not earn the pleasure of the beloved Friend.

• An Arabian horse, in terms of its speed and agility, symbolizes the all-powerful Word or Kalma, of which the Master is a physical manifestation.

• Beat of a drum signifies the holy Sound � the Word or Shabd. Whenever the Master manifests himself within a disciple he is invariably accompanied by the Sound.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Tasbee daa toon kasbee hoion, Dam maaren sang waleeaan hoo

Dil daa mankaa ik na pheren, Gal paaen panj veehaan hoo

Den giaan gal ghotoo aave, Lain giaan jhat sheehaan hoo

Patthar chit jinhaan de, Othe zaaiaa vasanaa meehaan hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

You have become an expert in counting beads; You conduct yourself with an air of piety,

A hundred-bead rosary circles your neck, But you have failed to count The one bead of your heart!

When it comes to giving, you feel strangled; When taking, you grab like a lion.

On the hearts that are hard like stone, O Bahu, rainfall is a wasted offering.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Tad faqeer shataabee banadaa, Jad jaan ishq wich haare hoo

Aashiq sheeshaa nafs murabbee, Jaan jaanaan ton vaare hoo

Khud nafsee chhad hastee jherhe, Laah siron sab bhaare hoo

Moiaan bajh na haasil theendaa, Sai sai saang utaare hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

A seeker can quickly become a Saint When he loses himself in love:

His self becomes subdued and friendly; His heart becomes refined and transparent As he sacrificed his self to the Beloved,

One must, hence, shake off the load of ego- Of life itself-for without dying in love,

The goal of life cannot be attained! Countless other means have I tried and failed.