Hazrat Sultan Bahu � Poetry Kalam, Abiat

PAGE NO. 49

Hay

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Hik jaagan, hik jaag na jaanan, Hik jaagdiaan hee sutte hoo

Hik suttian jaa waasil hoo, Hik jaagdiaan hee mutthe hoo

Keeh hoiaa je ghuggoo jaage, Jo laindaa saah aputthe hoo

Main qurbaan tinhaan ton Baahoo, Jinh khooh prem de jutte hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Some people are awake, Some don�t know how to wake up, Some are awake only in their dreams.

A few get robbed in their seeming wakefulness, While others merge in God as they sleep to the world.

Just as owls hoot using the in-breath, So do some people repeat God�s name with the in-breath. But they are blind to Reality, just as owls are to daylight.

I make myself a sacrifice to anyone, O Bahu, Who toils hard at realizing God�s love.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Hik dam sajjan, lakh dam vairee, Hik de maare marde hoo

Hik dam pichhe janam gavaaiaa, Chor bane ghar ghar de hoo

Laaeeaan dee oh qadar keeh jaanan, Maiharam ho na sirr de hoo

Oh kion dhakke khaavan, jehrhe Taalib sachche dar de hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

There is but one moment in your life that is a friend, Against the millions that are your foes. *That one moment is so charged with power That it surmounts The effect of those millions of adversaries.

Anyone who misses that moment wastes his entire life, Like a theif shifting from house to house.*

How can those who don�t know the mystery of God Know the value of love?

If you anchor your hopes in your true Home, You will never be driven from house to house.

• The particular moment in the life of a seeker when he is initiated by a Master into the secrets of God. The foes are those moments that are spent in worldly pursuits that take one away from God.
• �From house to house� is to shift from body to body in the cycle of transmigration.

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Hardam sharm dee tand tarorhe, Jaan eh chhodak bulle hoo

Kichrak baalaan aqal daa deevaa, Birhon anheree jhulle hoo

Ujarh giaan de bhet niaare, Lal jawaahar rulle hoo

Dhotiaan dagh na lainhnde, jitthe Rang majeethee dullhe hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

My deep sighs have raised such a storm That the restraining cords of shyness have snapped.

How long will the sickly flame of reason Hold against the storm of yearning that rages in my heart?

Precious like rubies and diamonds in our own Home, Now we live like destitute aliens-desterted and helpless.

Once you are dyed in the crimson of God�s love The colour will never wash off, For such is the hue of his love-deep and fast!

Roman English of Kalam-e-Bahu

Hassan de ke rovan lioee, Dittaa kis dilaasaa hoo

Umar bande dee ainven gaee, Jion paanee wich pataasaa hoo

Saurhi saamee sutt ghatesan, Palat na saksain paasaa hoo

Saahib lekhaa mangsee Baahoo, Rattee ghatt na maasaa hoo

English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu

Banished from my home of bliss and happiness, I was cast out to this vale of tears. No one came to lend a hand; No one consoled my ailing heart.

Pointless was my existence: I vanished from the scene Like a sugar cube tossed into the ocean!

Finally I was lowered into that narrow hole in the ground Where I couldn�t even turn on my side.

To crown it all, O Bahu, the Lord now demands The full settlement of my account-to that last farthing!