Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

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Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Jo dil mange hove naaheen, Hovan rahiaa parere hoo

Dost na deve dil daa daaroo, Ishq na vaagaan phere hoo

Is maidaan muhabbat de wich, Milde taa tikhere hoo

Main qurbaan tinhaan ton Baahoo, Jinh rakhiaa qadam agree hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

What the heart desires it does not find; Far distant remains its fulfillment:

The Friend does not dispence the balm for my heart; The heart suffers but love does not accede,

While in the arena of love, rages the fire of longing!

I sacrifice myself to anyone, O Bahu, who, Having once stepped on to the path of love, Always moves ahead.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Je toon chaahen wahadat Rabb dee, Mal murshid deeaan taleeaan hoo

Murshid lutfon kare nazaaraa, Gul theevan sab kaleeaan hoo

Inhaan wich hik laalaa hosee, Gul naazuk kul phaleeaan hoo

Doheen jahaneen multthe, jinhaan Sang keetaa do daleeaan hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

If you desire to attain the oneness of God, Submit yourself at the Master�s feet.

When the Master casts his merciful glance on you, The buds of mystery will unfold Into the blossoms of revelation.

Among them will be the scarlet poppy* In whose delicate petals will shine a subtle mystery.

Those divided in their loyalties, half-hearted in their approach Will be deprived in both the worlds, O Bahu.

• The secret poppy is compared to a lover�s heart owing its colour, delicate petals and dark spot in the centre which signifies burning in separation. This dark spot also symbolizes nuqta-i-suvaida, the eye of the heart, the third eye.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Jisne alif mutaaliaa keetaa, Be daa baab na parhdaa hoo

Chhorh sifaatee jis laddios zaatee, Aamee door chaa karda hoo

Nafs ammaaraa kutrhaa jaane, Naaz niaaz na dhardaa hoo

Kiaa parvaah tinhaan noon, jinhaan Ghaarhoo laddhaa ghar daa hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

One who has grasped the meaning of Alif Need not proceed to read the chapter of bey*

One who has obtained the true Name of God Will discard the names that simply describe him.

He does not feed and pamper the cruel dog of his ego.

They are free of all care, O Bahu, Who have the Master in their home To fashion the ornament of their soul.

• Bey (Prounounced �bay�) is the second letter of the Arabic, Persian and Urdu alphabets. Here it means all knowledge that is other than God�s, who is symbolized by Alif, the first letter. See also the footnote of Bait 28.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Jain dil ishq khareed na keetaa, So dil sakht na-bakhtee hoo

Ustaad azal de sabaq parhhaaiaa, Hath dittas dil takhtee hoo

Bar sar aaiaan dam na maareen, Jaan aave sir sakhtee hoo

Parhh tauheed ho waasil Baahoo, Sabaq parhheeve waqtee hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Ill-starred is the heart That has not struck the bargain of love.

My timeless Teacher has insribed this lesson On the tablet of my heart:

�Be not vain when you taste success; make no complaint when times prove hard.

Learn the lesson of oneness and merge in God, O Bahu- The lesson only a living Master can teach.�