Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

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Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Aashiq ho te ishq kamaawe, Dil rakkheen vaang pahaarhaan hoo

Sai sai badeeaan, lakh ulaahme, Jaaneen baagh bahaaraan hoo

Chaa soolee Mansoor dittaa, Jo waaqif kul asraaraan hoo

Sajdoin sir na chaaee-e Bahoo, Kaafir kaihan hazaaraan hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Become a lover, and let your heart be like a rock.

If people hurl abuse at you, consider it as a blessing.

Even Mansur, who knew all the secrets of God, Was sent to the gallows.

Once you have bowed you head in prayer, Do not lift it again, O Bahu, Although the multitude may brand you an infidel.*

• The Muslim prayer, namaaz is offered in verying postures like standing, bowing, kneeling, in a given sequence, as directed by the prayer leader. But once a lover has bowed his head in prayer, he forgets his surroundings, even his own body. �The faithful� brand him infidel because he does not join them in their set pattern of ritual prayer.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Aashiq raaz maahee de kolon, Hon kadee na theevan vaande hoo

Neend haraam tinhaan te, jehrhe Zaatee Ism kamaande hoo

Hik pal mool aaraam na aae, Raat dine kurlaande hoo

Jinhaan alif sahee kar parhiaa, Waah naseeb tinhaan de hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Lovers are always engaged In inner contemplation of the Beloved.

They even deny themselves their nightly sleep- So absorbed are they In their practise of God�s real Mane.

They are restless day and night; They cry in the pain of their separation from God.

Bahu hails the good fortune of those devotees Who rightly devote themselves To the lesson of Oneness.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Aashiq ishq maahee de kolon, Phiran hameshaa kheeve hoo

Jeende jaan maahee noon dittee, Doheen jahaaneen jeeve hoo

Shamaa chiraagh jinhaan dil roshan, Oh kion baalan deeve hoo

Aqal fikr dee pahunch na othe, Faanee faiham kacheeve hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Lovers remain completey intoxicated In the ecstasy of their love for the Beloved.

They offer their souls to the Beloved while still living And thus immortalize themselves In this life and the hereafter.

Why should anyone Whose heart shines with the light of God Burn candles in temples?

Grossly limited are reason and intellect, O Bahu! They have no access to the realm of love.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Aashiq daa dil mom braabar, Maashooqaan dil kaahlee hoo

Tu�amaa wekkhe tur tur takke, Jion baazaan dee chaalee hoo

Baaz vichaaraa kionkar udde, Paireen pios dawaalee hoo

Jain dil ishq khareed na keetaa, Dohaan jahaanon khaalee hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

A lover�s heart melts like wax, But slow in response is the Beloved.

Like a hawk, the lower eyes the Beloved�s heart And seeks it out.

But tied down to earthly strings, How can the poor hawk fly?

The heart that has not purchased love In the marketplace of life, O Bahu, Will go empty-handed-in this world and the next.