Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

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Dal

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Daal dilaan wich dil jo aakhen, So dil door daleelon hoo

Dil daa daur agohaan keeje, Kasrat kanon qaleelon hoo

Qalb kamaal, jamaalon, jismon, Jauhar jaah jaleelon hoo

Qibla qalb munavvar hoiaa, Khalwat khaas khaleelon hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

A heart among hearts:* The heart that is sublime beyond comprehension.

When your heart advances in contemplation of God, It will comprehend how there is unity in diversity.

The heart is the essence of divinity in man; In form and beauty it is the symbol of perfection.

When I contemplated on my true Firend In the privacy of my inner self, The temple of my heart will illumined with his light.

• In Sufi parlance, the heart means the eye centre, the third eye, the spiritual heart of our very being.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Dil kaale ton moonh kaalaa changaa, Je koee usnoon jaane hoo

Moonh kaalaa dil achhaa hove, Taan dil yaar pachhaane hoo

Eh dil yaar de pichhe hoe, Taan yaar vee kadee pachhaane hoo

Aalim chhorh maseetaan natthe, Jad lagge dil tikaane hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Black skin is better than a black heart- Just think about it.

Though the face is black, let the heart be pure, For it is the heart that identifies with the Friend.

The heart that constantly pursues the Beloved Will, in time, receive the nod of recognition.

The scholars flee their mosques, O Bahu, When their hearts are touched by God�s love.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Dil te daftar wahadat waalaa, Daayam kareen mutaaliaa hoo

Saaree umraan parhhdiaan guzree, Jaihalaan de wich jaaliaa hoo

Ikko Ism Allaah daa rakkeen, Eho sabaq kamaaliaa hoo

Doven jahaan ghulaam tinhaan de, Jain sil Rabb sambhaaliaa hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Unity is written on the tablet of your heart � You should continue studying that tablet for eternity.

You have spent a lifetime reading scriptures And soncumed yourself in this pursuit of ignorance.

You only have to remember the one Word of God- And keep on practising that one Word.

Those who enshrine the Lord in their hearts, O Bahu, Have both the worlds at their command.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Dard andar daa andar saarhe, Baahar karaan taan ghaayal hoo

Haal asaadaa keeven jaanan, Jo duneeaa te maayal hoo

Baihar samundar ishqe waalaa, Hardam raihandaa haayal hoo

Pahunch huzoor aasaan na Baahoo, Asaan naam tere de saayal hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

The pain in my heart burns me inside. Were I to bare the wounds of my heart, The sight would torment the hearts of others!

How can they whose hearts are smitten by this world Ever understand my condition?

Between you and me, my Lord, Surges ocean of love.

To reach your presence is no easy task for me! I beg for your Name-to sail across to you.