Bullah Shah Eng Rhyme Trans by Kazi Word Text

Kafi No.
1
ALlF ALLAH
With A- ALLAH my heart is bright red

Of B- alphabet I've never ever heard
As I tried at letter B, I was dumbfound
Letter Alif gave me pleasure unbound
E or G(E.' e)'s difference, I've no need
ALlF adequate enough to be my guide
Bullah! Alif's attributes eternally abide
With these hearts get cleans'd, turn mild
(Sufis never differ between t or t. t is UdC w/j and t is .uJ/~. This is Bullah
Shah's favourite theme which appears repeatedly in his Kalaam).
Kafi No. 2
Inayat Sain- My Murshid, My Mentor
Love! In coming to us why you are so late

What thought in your mind ye contemplate
Of pain and pleasure, any sense I have lost
All the coiffeur, cosmetics on fire I have put
My bed also has turned into fire-bearing set
I've heard points full of wisdom and thought

I feel all my honour and respect I must quit
Like a cuckoo in separation cry I entire night
Even then you seem to stay of me idifferent
Deer-skin, human skulls in my neck I did put

Beggar of y'r glimpse wander I, in movement
Gypsy is what they call, actual name I forgot
Each of my body part now inundated in dust
When love's herald called Azzan from pulpit

One cant help rushin' to it, this much's must
Praying bow'd I down, so much did prostrate
My forehead too into prayer-niche did convert
Love-town's customs are entirely so different
Love's eyes full with blood keep him content
I got trapped in the net, solely my own fault
I took it jokingly light, got slaughtered at last
Separation-pain never low, it stays constant

Whoever suffers it, he alone knows its taste
At home sure they scold, outsiders too berate
Ever since in love, pain has become my mate
Starling bird in tears, by gardener was caught

Separation pain's iron-grip had lent it no rest
Love decimates; world laughin' stock did treat
Who'll come to assist, as Mentor to resuscitate
Bullah! Love for Beloved never ye disconnect

Many a beauty turned gala dressed, buoyant
As soon Shah Inayat Sain himself did manifest
One couldn't help, my heart for him I had lost
Kafi No. 3
Now I'm in Love
What do I do now, I am Love-smitten

Neither living can I nor death I attain
Love! Our wail and lament you listen
No rest or peace in day or night I gain
Sans love, not a moment I can sustain
Separation's fire, in it we constant burn

My love -burn, can me assist someone
My eyes cant get cool sans love's vision
Bullah! I am caught with heavy burden

Give us help, find for us some medicine
How long I carry on suffering this pain
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Kafi No. 4
Annihilation in Love
(Love stages) Now I am completely lost

Place where I'm lost is called love-State
Me- tryin' hard to reform my affairs' state
Tough task; no head, tail I could work out
'Self' I quit then realized my own estimate
I became knower, matters turned straight
(Headgear off) Disgrace at home did start
Wherefrom then justice or care I'll expect
Bullah! In both worlds beloved is manifest
Save him, no one else appears in sight
Kafi No. 5
Countenance of the Prince
Bless me with your sweet union, my dear!

Initially you had embraced me, so sincere
I request; in y'r duty (loyalty), don't waver
On path; dacoits, jungle, calamities hinder
Hungry cheetahs- me as a morsel desire
Y'r way; vast floods, thorns, many disaster
Heart's boat shivers, help me cross over
WorShip God sincere, prayer He'll answer
To Bullah, love! lift veil, of face do exposure
Kafi No. 6
Get Up- Stop Snoring
o ignorant! Get up, why you do snore?

Of no avail to you is this deep slumber
1.
Someday ye've to quit this worldly affair
In the grave you will become a dweller
Your body's flesh ants will soon devour
Forget not death, on it ye must ponder
3
2.
(Bride) Your wedding date coming near
Have ye arranged colorful dress, dower
You have only wasted yourself- entire
Big loss ye suffer yet ye seem unaware
3.
All your life you have wasted in slumber
Hour of wedlock on y'r head does hover
In the spin-wheel ye put no thread, fibre
Your dower is not ready; how you dare?
4.
Recall your youth days you did savour
With friends happily ye enjoy'd to loiter
You had somehow forgotten the future
Moron! You never reflected things over
5.
From childhood you lacked in manner
With thick-skinn'd; shameless character
Eating habits excessive; potbelly-bearer
No one took you a creditworthy or sober
6.
In a day or so (with groom) y'r departure
Alast you concluded, why still in slumber
You will have to join the flock of stranger
This present hustle-bustle is not forever
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7.
From this mortal world, must is departure
It's not possible ever to set foot again here
This youth and beauty will soon lose luster
Ye wont be able to stay in the world forever
8.
Your destination is indeed distant, too far
In the jungles, valleys you have to wander
Destination- walk on foot, difficult to acquire
And you are sans mount, not even a rider
9.
You'll be required to walk all alone there
In wilderness, jungles, singly you'll steer
Journey-provisions, here ye must gather
Over there, no one any credit does offer
10.
That yonder mansion is desolate and bare
You'll have to stay there alone; sans peer
You'll find no friend, intimate, anyone dear
Fellows from here, to be found there is rare
11.
Recall those who ruled as Kings, Emperor
For whom tolled bells; buntings, big fanfare
Quit this world sans throne, crown sooner
To rely on the world, think such thing never
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12.
Where are the Sultans, those like Alexander
Death never exempt'd them, Prophets or Pir
All big shots did part, so-called world leader
No one here is immortal or will last forever
13.
Where Yousuf- Kin'an Kingdom's Emperor
For his sake Zulikha got youth days' restore
Death assaulted'em, they too were got over
Where went the beauties, make-up, coiffeur
14.
Suleman's famous throne, lies it where?
That had rested up in the sky, so higher
Mighty God had it back after his departure
See! About life, one can never be so sure
15.
Where are those Sultans, Maliks and Mir
All of them quit their stations and quarter
None of them retained any post or tower
Who had vast armies-n-umpteen soldier
16.
Look at jasmines, tulips- many a flower
Lily, hyacinth, cypress fragrance-n-flavor
Autumn wind spoils, how do they wither
Narcissus can't lend one lasting stupor
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17.
Whatever you sow, ye' shall reap there
Otherwise your affairs you shall deplore
And cry like a left over cuckoo; as loner
Unable to fly even, sans wings-n-feather
18.
Such places'lI become your living quarter
Ye'lI face lions, cheetahs, many a disaster
Y'r house here to stay empty sans owner
You will not be treated among its inheritor
19.
Science circle (Qasur) we humbly adhere
Whatever I pen down is all from its favor
Sans Kalma (Tayab), knowledge's failure
Sans Kalma (Tayab), no any boat'll steer
20.
Bullah! Sans Beloved everything is cipher
He is helper, in this world, in the hereafter
Step in the world with caution, utmost care
No one will come back here after departure
Kafi No. 7
Those in our neighboured, they left

Lord! What should we do after that?
They've got up, now they won't rest

Ready to travel, they're about to quit
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Fire flames burn, flare up in our chest
Separation-fire rages upward, highest
Bullah! Sans beloved, our sweetheart

Bereft of this-n-that world, so we exist
Kafi No. 8
Darling! Embrace us, why with us you quarrel

In sleep nothing seen, beloved I found in vigil
'Get up on my order'; hang'd Shams in reprisal

Dispelled I into lull, lunatic lover earned as title
Between ye-n-me no distance, why hide ye still

Buffalos back, Ranjha didn't, parting prov'd fatal
Love shows such spectacle, Yousuf put into well

Lifted veil, Zulikha of Egypt earned bad label
'Expose on me Lord'; Musa on Sinai had a fall

'Ye will never see me'; reprimand he earned tall
Love turned me a lunatic, an orphan incapable

Bullah! Inayat darling met, love in heart did settle
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Kafi No. 9
There's a certain Ranjha I'm looking for
'Be it, it became' so started my amour

My love not clandestine, hidden never
With buffalos- shepherd he does loiter

Keeps me off jungle, lets me not near
One like my Ranjha, I see none other

Turn'd he only after much I did implore
Wheat-skin'd they, same is eye-colour

Befits red scarf, adds to their glamour
Betw'n Ahad-n-Ahmad, what can I utter

Bullah! M's little letter, secret does bear
Kafi No. 10
Just a single point, beloved me did impart

E, Gh (t or e.J one shape; differ only in dot
In Punhun came love; to rob Sasut's heart
Love has no caste-n-my beloved is Inyat
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Kafi No. 11
Read letter A; of rest be exempt

From A emerged one, two count
Thousands, millions from it erupt
Then grew numbers sans count
Subtlety of A is a distinct secret

Why read bundle-books or script

Earn ye burden on head so great
Look of executioner ye do exhibit
Ahead lies a journey so difficult

Ye memorize Quran; Hafiz's trait

It ye recite, y'r tongue gets fluent
Then rich food, eatables ye covet
Door-to-door ye go pillar to post

Bullah! banyan tree seed I'd plant

Oneday into tall tree it'd manifest
Later, natural death it'd decimate
Seed left behind, (cycle) complete

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Kafi No. 12
The truth lies in just one single point

Read one point, other affairs ye quit
Notes of unbelief do not contemplate
Keep off from hell or grave's torment
Of odd, ill thoughts, cleanse y'r heart
Only on that point entire issues rest

Ye just rubbing the head on the mat

Forehead sign; ye prostrate frequent
Ye utter Kalmah, then act fraudulent
In heart, purity of thought still in want
Can the truth remain for long secret?
Makkah pilgrims return, Haji title get

Some pride in takin' blue sufi garment
Exchange Haj reward; for bread covet
Who'll like such a shameless conduct
Some go to jungle, pray in the desert

Or take a grain, in mosque corner put
Futile; bodies they torment-n-exhaust
Like dead, fatigued at home they rest
In forced hunger-pray, life do deplete

Hold Mentor's hand, serve destitute

Intoxicated in service, be indifferent
Be sans desire, put y'r heart content
Cleanse heart deep, let it remain lit
Bullah! Straight talk never in retreat

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Kafi No. 13
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No distance betw'n ye and me ever
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Ye are near to me, yet seem so far
Why hide fr'm us despite bein' near
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Love! Bullah is wearing headgear
Yet in y'r love keeps whirling ever
Kafi No. 14
Times have changed, it's a different world
Beloved's subtleties only now I understand
Crows cut falcons, sparrows hit eagles bad
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Arabian horses find food from junk mound
(Some versions: Arabian horses get whipped like
vagabond)
Donkeys occupy meadows, turn grass lord
There's no love lost among family or friend
Be they uncles, other members of household
Even there's no unity between son and dad
Daughters distanced from mothers; so sad
Those who speak truth get treat harsh, hard
Those who tell lies are respected, honoured
Noble ones of the past earn insult-n-offend
Newly rich, they are the masters and lord
Brown-bearers (Sikh warriors) power hold
Earlier rulers beg (Durranis); sans cash hard
Bullah! All this came by Lord's command
None can ever change this condition or avoid
Times have changed, it's a different world

Beloved's subtleties only now I understand
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Kafi No. 15
Hermit! change river course, you'll attain vision

Take love-fibre careful, no twist in it or tension
Meditation's spindle, attention's spin in rotation
Lanka-lot gain'd by reverse-walk to Kunbh Karn
(Kunbh Karan is a fair; Kunbh is zodiac sign)
Ravan is hit, Lachhman- now in uproar, rebellion
(Lachhman is Ram Chand's brother)
This secret from Guru learn! his disciple reckon!
Guru! dip pupil in life-water; in God annihilation
Hermit! alter Ganges' course, you'll attain vision
Kafi No. 16
Mom and Dad (Adam and Eve)'s a big favour

See now we are reapin' it and we must endure
Mom, Dad stole grain; in child's habit to recur

Even today for petty gain (grain), fights occur
We got the trouble because they usurped there

If steals Khaira, punished is J uma; so unfair

Bullah! Parrots out from garden, owls linger

Kafi No. 17
Come, see me dear! Of my condition
inquire
My body is overwhelmed in hardships
severe
My callous slumber, ye gone, I stay
unaware
In desert robb' d I; pain, wild animals devour
Mulla, Kazi tell religion, yet use faith unfair
They trick the public, rope them in their snare
Religion-rituals tie to our feet they- so heavier
Love shuns caste, faith; from Sharia does
differ
In futile play I'm lost, love lives across the
river
Mentor! Delay not succour, my boat does
waver
Bullah! You'll see love; hold heart, with valour
Love is near, so clear, ye oblivious at noon
hour
Kafi No. 18
Disciples! famous Knower; let's go to his Fair
Listen to rapture, quit hypocrisy or deceit-
wear
Rapture that joins everyone, keeps hearts
clear
Sans Fair union is useless, investment in
gutter
Wayfarer! Love's path is tough, act with
valour
Bullah claimed God's reflection, riots did flare
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Kafi No. 19
F ellas! Extend me your hearty
felicitation
With my beloved Ranjha I attained
union
What a blessed day today that I have

seen
Ranjha did enter into our modest
pavilion
Blanket on shoulder, hands holding
baton
His looks resembl' d those of
shepherdman
Rolling in animal-dung unnoticed is

crown
In jungle, wilderness; none does
estimation
Will one do justice, about God in
oblivion?
About the actual truth, really knows no
one
Bullah Shah has engaged in a

transaction
He took the chalice of poison, yes
poison
In that, indifferent he is about loss or
gain
On his head he bears bundle of grief,
pain
Fellas! Extend me your hearty

felicitation
With my beloved Ranjha I attained
union
Kafi No. 20
Strange; love has an inverse course
Ayub- patient full devotion did

express
See how sweetheart showed his
'grace'
His veins filled with worms, in
excess
Mighty ones' power, can one
suppress
Zakaria to Prophethood he got

access
When love's drum played
mellifluous
On head he got a sharp saw
merciless
What a loss, what a shock
disastrous
16
Strange; love has an inverse course
In love's arena Yahya had a

glimpse
Love's dagger in his chest did
pierce
God granted him vision so gracious
He rolled in blood, dagger
malicious
He winked eye; indicat'd accordance

Mansur took the love-drink's chalice
On gallows, saw love sans
hindrance
Love at its peak, no one could
surpass
When Suleman indulged in

romance
His blessed ring he had to bear loss
Fairies no more by his throne to
pass
For low-caste he enter'd their
service
Bullah! It's better you adopt silence

No need to bluff or pose as
fearless
Nothing doing here; this ye
embrace
Quit all vainglory, give it a distance
Strange; love has an inverse
course
Kafi No. 21
What a light sparked through meditation
Whether one is Hindu or Turk Musliman
Love is prerequisite, need its
approbation
It is only a lover who in the end will win
See thugs create chaos-n-
constemation
About birth-n-death; in pure deception
Based on little logic, they in confusion
True lovers in detail everything explain
What a light sparked through
meditation
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Bullah! Love's subtlety is a special one
Lovers like it much, every now and then
Morons! They have lost brains in vain
Such sweet talk, better silently it listen
What a light sparked through meditation
Kafi No. 22
What name to a strange Sadhu be given

1 shout; 'I am robbed, I'm in Who changes get up, in impersonation
devastation'
Who'll console with one robbed, in
pain Shadev astro treats Lanka, Makkah one
Darling! 1 wail, before ye in Azzan or temple bells, both grant union
imploration
Worldly pains came for my Worship endears not, His liking reckon
consolation If Pandit in meditation, he'll see vision
Everyone came except my
beloved one
At which court 1 let my this No meditator infidel; Hindu, Musliman
lamentation When, where ye see, his colors umpteen
o love! Come to Bullah Shah's
pavilion
Sans ye, each second is century;
hard one
1 sacrificed my body, soul, all that 1
own
Now to whom I should tell, of my
pain
Beloved wounded bad each of my
vein
Kafi Night I must pass in longing for union

NW My friend ignored my torment or strain
hat I know not who in love's contemplation
na
me to a strange Sadhu be given
Enough my dear! Enough anger shown Who changes get up in impersonation
Now please talk to us a little sweet tone '
You dwell in my heart; place ye Kafi No. 23
own Now to whom I should tell, of my pain
Why shy away from me, why ye
run Beloved wound'd bad, each of my vein
My heart ye snatch; y'r magic
grown
After robbery ye flee which
direction
After kill, ye buried never those gone
Like a ball, you beat heads with baton
Whoever rais' d voice, got strangulation
Now in cage ye are put, in tight position
Ye kept hiding, we found your location Night will pass in cries, tears I must rain
Yes, you are expert; in hiding good one Love-trap got tied to neck in lighter vein
But in our heart we trapped; ye in prisonDeath apart; laughin' stock I'm before men
Tell! how can ye escape or be on the run 18
I shout; 'I am robbed, I'm in
devastation'
Who'll console with one robbed, in
pain
Darling! I wail, before ye in imploration
Worldly pains came for my

consolation
Everyone came except my beloved
one
At which court I let my this
lamentation
o love! Come to Bullah Shah's

pavilion
Sans ye, each second is century; hard
one
I sacrificed my body, soul, all that I
own
Now to whom I should tell, of my pain
Beloved wounded bad each of my vein
Kafi No. 24
Enough my dear! Enough anger shown
Now please talk to us a little sweet tone
You dwell in my heart; place ye

own
Why shy away from me, why ye
run
My heart ye snatch; y'r magic
grown
After robbery ye flee which
direction
After kill, ye buried never those gone

Like a ball, you beat heads with baton
Whoever rais'd voice, got
strangulation
Now in cage ye are put, in tight
position
Ye kept hiding, we found your

location
Yes, you are expert; in hiding good
one
But in our heart we trapped; ye in
prison
Tell! how can ye escape or be on the
run
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OfBullah Shah I'm servant obedient
one
On his countenance, my head I'll give
in
I beg-n-implore him often times
umpteen
Know I well, arrows ye cast fully drawn
Enough my dear! Enough anger

shown
Now please talk to us a little sweet
tone
Kafi No. 25
Bullah does not know what is love's

caste
Sounds so sweet yet difficult; sleep is
lost
To Ranjha I curse yet pray for him in

heart
Me-n-Ranjha are one; for public is trial,
test
Jungle where friends live, race unto it

must
Bullah! For jungle but quit not
sweetheart
Bullah does not know what is love's

caste
Sounds so sweet yet difficult; sleep is
lost
Kafi No. 26.

BULLAH! WHO I AM I KNOW NOT
Neither I am a MOMIN- a mosque
dweller
N or of unbelievers' customs I am aware
N either with those pure or amongst
impure
Neither I am Moses nor Pharao-the
tyrant
o Bullah! Who I am? I know not
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N either a reader of Vedas or
Scripture
N or I take any hemp or a hard liquor
I'm far from profligate drunk- in
stupor
Neither I am in vigil nor do sleep I
get
Neither any joy or sorrows I
harbour
N either I am clean nor I am
impure
No dust nor water in my
composure
N either of wind or fire my body
cast
Neither Arab nor I'm from Lahore
Neither to Hind I belong nor to
Nagor
Origin not of Hind, Turk or
Peshawar
I am also not Nadon city's
inhabitant
I attempted not as religion's explorer
Adam-n-Eve's child; I've been never
No name attributed; a free soul ever
Neither in motion nor one who does
sit
I know only myself; before and
after
Of others I know not, I stay
unaware
Who else more than me can be
wiser
Bullah! I know not beloved's
caste?
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Kafi No. 27
With Bullah Plead His
Sisters
With Bullah plead his sisters, ladies of the

household
Please quit low-caste Arain's skirt, listen to our
word
Y ou- progeny of Prophet-n-Ali, why earn repute
bad
Whoever calls us Sayed, may hell be his lasting
abode
Whoever calls us RA'IN, paradise swings he'll
behold
Arain is a Sain present everywhere, so decreed
Lord
High caste holds back, lower caste dear He does
hold
If ye desire Eden-garden, be slave at Arain's
threshold
Bullah! ask not love's caste, it is God's choice, be
glad
Kafi No. 28
Kirshan played the lute in a strange
tone
My shepherd Ranjha, lute that you

own
All enjoy; your melody is sweetest
one
Your waves with our fibre so
intertwine
Our tunes with yours so matchfully
join
Lute-player! they name you magic-
man
Your melodies are many, appealing
one
Ye are not visible, by our sight not
seen
Yet y' r games are great, beguiling
one
Lute everyone can play or one can

listen
Its true secret hardly can fathom
everyone
If someone understands melodies
divine
He is bound to get lost in this lute's
tone
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I have heard this lute's loud
lamentation
I cry like peacock; body-n-heart in
burn
I noticed this rise and fall in its intonation
Entire act based on one tone
(Kunfayakun)
This lute's lyric not so simple; a long one

Whoever went after it, got
comprehension
This lute's lines (wires) are always green
Its attributes aren't ordinary; indeed
divine
This lute has few pores; five or even

seven
Trill from the pores plays with
automation
One tone (breath) in these is prominent
one
By that single one, we have lost our
brain
Bullah! Promis'd creditors are right

therein
Friends are at the door, to you now
beckon
With Kalmah, keep affinity, y'r interaction
Prophet to vouchsafe for ye; shun
concern
Kirshan played the lute in a strange tone
Kafi No. 29
o physician! I am senseless, do some treat
In y'r love, I dance at Thayya Thayya beat
Y'r love in my innerself deep did

penetrate
Chalice oflove's poison I drank; my fault
o Healer! Come soon or I will die prompt
In y'r love, I dance at Thayya Thayya
beat
Sun has set in; it's just the hour of

twilight
Show y'r face, for ye my life I'll terminate
I did not follow Pir's footsteps, I did
forget
beat
From y'r love's portion I remained

exempt
It's a loss as ifhammers on my head
burst
Love's stroke, everywhere cries
reverberate
beat
Of this love, Mom! Do not, me ye

prevent
Now who'll bring to shore this sailing
boat
My sense was lost that I joined sailor
caste
beat
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In love's jungle, now sings peacock
sweet
To me is like Ka'ba focus- my sweetheart
Wound'd me; never asks I'm in what
state
beat
Bullah! Let us move to Shah Inayat's gate

Whose love led us wear green, red
garment
In dance heel I hit, destination there I'd
get
In y'r love, I dance at Thayya Thayya beat
Bullah Shah Kafi No.

30
Though intimacy yet one can not trust
One fears, beloved can turn indifferent
In fire flames Prophet Ibrahim was put

Coal-fire at ironsmith Suleman did
heat
In the seas; Yunus a fish him did
ingest
Yusufwas sold in the Egyptian market
A saw Zakariah' s head into two did cut

Ayub's body eaten by worms; got infect
San'an's neck- Christian girdle was put
Shams Tabriz was skinned, body' d
roast
A light from dearest Apostle did erupt

Hussain- thus named child of Prophet
His rock; archangel did roll-n-oscillate
Later cut at Kerbala; many days thirst
One fears, beloved can turn
indifferent
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By a tree refuge when Zakariah
sought
Anger felt; disapproved his hiding act
A saw mercilessly his head into two
cut
Even the tree too, into two had to
split
Though intimacy yet one can not
trust
indifferent
Yahya was close friend from the

outset
He engaged in love, selfless so
intimate
Rigorously Sharee' at he did
propagate
Killed at queen's order; head on
plate
trust
indifferent
Bullah! Now I know well sweetheart

In any form I recognize; so manifest
He comes, how goes; not so difficult
Him- now I can never forget at least
trust
indifferent
Kafi No. 31
Sisters! I'm tired of my this spinning
wheel
Thread box missing; I have only cotton
roll
Spin wheel in front; fibre cut from the
reel
wheel
Reel-frame fell, fibres stretched;
intermingle
Lover is goat; love is butcher, me he did
kill
Dower or jewels futile as I hold love's

bowl
Get hold of that thief who my heart did
steal
wheel
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I,
Good; my spin-wheel broke, in pain came lull
Bullah! love made me dance, alllik'd my whirl
Sisters! I am now tired of my this spin-

wheel
Kafi No. 32
You know me or not, come to my

abode
For you life I give, come to my
threshold
No one else to me the way you I

behold
In jungles, forests, deserts I tried to find
I searched y'r match in the entire world
threshold
Ye graze cattle; to public ye a

shepherd
Ranjha y'r are called among animal
herd
For me , faith-n-religion in ye combined
threshold
Parents I did quit, in y'r trail, on y'r road

o Shah Inayat, my dear Sain, my
beloved
Lovers' honour ye now protect and hold
For you life I give, come to my threshold
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Kafi No. 33
My sweetheart, dear reveals many a
secret
In the 'M' cover he's settled, so his
habitat
Himself 'God's friend' Mansur does treat

I'm Ana Haqq (truth) himself does
narrate
Himself goes to gallows, into pieces is
cut
Sweetheart smiles nearby, stands
intimate
My sweetheart, dear reveals many a

secret
In the 'M' cover he's settled, so his
habitat
Kafi No. 34
Friends filled buckets each one on her
turn
This world ye count on; it is shaky,
uneven
Some stay idle, some fill' d, others in

action
With belts, garlands in neck, appealing
one
In arm they wear glass bangles jingling
one
In ears they bear fish-shaped
ornamentation
All this make up, shine decor served none
Love had no effect, they forgot home
even
Henna on feet, on hands too its

application
Hair plaited, braided long tress in fashion
Applied perfume, in mouth betel-leaf pan
Teeth clean with Missi (powder) too
shine
27
o lad! Beloved look'd not, dress-up in vain
Friends filled buckets each one on her turn
Bullah! Go ahead if beloved does beckon

So path to ye be familiar, to ye be known
Ye seek sides seventeen in game plan; win
But you are defeated; three sides ye attain
Now deaf, dumb-n-drained, life ye abandon
Friends filled buckets each one on her turn
This world ye count on; it is shaky uneven
Kafi No. 35
Love not seen, letter I write at evenin' hour
My pavilion desolate, spendin' night severe
On paper I pour my pain, eyes full of tear

Separation kills, my heart [ will put on fire
I asked clair-voyant, pundit-n-fortune-teller
No fault in their study; stars are sans favour
It ditched me; inimical is my own slumber

Sleep lets not love come in my dream
ever
The more I weep, my sorrows grow further

Someone cast spell, eyes are left sans
water
In every organ erupts pain of that stranger

Hard-hearted, checks my arm, flees
further
Clairvoyant! Tell the truth, do this favour

If my luck feeble, say it clear, don't waver
No lamp no lantern there, it is dark cloister

By arms drag; no friend, mate as eo
traveler
In love as beggar, now can't disengage

ever
In my neck hangs love's chain multi-layer
Both eyes gone, now I realize pinch severe

Inayat Qadri left, I ife turns to tale of horror
Mendicant's robe is a solace, love its tailor

In sound sleep is darling, in vigil poor lover
Flower basket in hand I hawk-n-seek trader

I knock door to door, world is transient Fair
Let's move to loveland where lives my dear page)'

Bulla! Keep askin' love, glance he'll shower
Love not seen, letter I write at evenin' hour

My pavilion desolate, spendin' night severe
Kafi No. 36
Sweetheart! Why Ye hide behind the veil

Through veil amorous glance Ye do spill
First You shaped the sweetheart so well

Now command to worship; Shariah will
You come Yourself to see the spectacle
You appear in Laila and glances Y e
steal
Shams Tabrizi skinned, an act so brutal

Mansur to gallows; into pieces they kill
Zakaria; saw cuts head into halves
equal
Then what is left after this much struggle
Kun (be) had Fayakoon (done); Y'r will

From naught appeared the world mortal
For y'r sake was creat'd cosmos
colossal
Ye awarded with Lolak; sans you is Nil
Ye turn to us; we'll go through the mill

Ye can't hide; Ye desire to appear in full
In the shape of Bullah is appearance
drill
Clay-made frame retained below the
veil
Sweetheart! Why Ye hide behind the veil

Through veil amorous glance Ye do spill
Kafi No.
37
Lovers are put in trial by the rivals off-n-on
As I got into love, sense gone, like a moron

Nahn Aqrab (We're close) in
comprehension
I know (God) is nearer than my jugular vein
From Heer, (true love) into Ranjha I did

turn
A point- among thousands knows hardly
one
Whoever got to it, all problems get
resolution
To seek intercession, night vigil as a

routine
Prophet's blessings, favours shower
umpteen
Look at our pavilion, we too got a big
portion
He made sage utter Ana 'I Haq

proclamation
Mansur could have never said so on his
own
Mullah rushed to seize him under the
Canon
Bullah! Y'r love is a Qazi, knows the Canon

Of Haqeeqat (Truth) too he's
comprehension
For every house, competent to do
arbitration
Kafi No.
38
Dear! No more feels good, noise to
us
We like an environment full of
silence

us
Some new bud blossomed in my
house
New spring, sorts of flowers I
witness
Say no more, nothing needs to
express
us
silence
Now I'll sure die, Mom! I'm in stress

Crow snatched cotton reel, thread
box
I follow it, for its return plead my
case
Give back my reel that now ye
possess
us
We like an environment full of silence page 30
Bulla! I harbor for Sain love
immense
Inayat's mercy; to favour us in
excess
We've concluded, agreed between
us
Sweetheart will stay within me;
close
us
silence
Kafi No. 39
In beckoning belov' d, into beloved we did
turn
Now to whom as our beloved we should
reckon
The distinction between the union-n-

separation
We shun; of someone why I become
possession
In beckoning belov'd, into beloved we did

turn
reckon
Like the crazy lover in wilderness- the
Majnoon
Now I am Laila; now left beloved or lover
none
In beckoning belov' d, into beloved we did

turn
reckon
Bullah, look! now beloved came to our
pavilion
Why should I bear others' insults or
reprobation
In beckoning belov'd, into beloved we did
turn
reckon
Kafi No. 40
Dear! Sans attaining aim, world you quit
Please come to senses for a while at least
F our days arrogance, later old and exhaust
Ye torment public, compromise y'r repute
Please come to senses for a while at
least
31
Whomever ye count on, won't go as
mate
See silent necropolis; is entire world's
fate
Dear! Sans attaining aim, world you
quit
least
Death-angel sails filled boats day-n-

night
Here all are content, me- a sinner,
decrepit
Dear! Sans attaining aim, world you
quit
least
Enemy approaches Bullah, him to

decimate
God's Friend help, I'll be rid of angel
angst
least
Kafi No. 41
Take care, love's fever, regret not in the
end
Keep going straight, there is no return

road
Many a lion lie ahead, trap for ye too
spread
end
Yusuf went into well, in the market later
sold
His worth thread ball, ye weigh not penny
old
end
See Zulekha's love, lovers lot at her

threshold
Majnoon sighed great, what ye from love
find
end
32
Some got skinn' d, some had saw cut their
head
Some got gallows, ye too want to be
beheaded
Take care, love's fever, regret not in the end
Y'r house near tavern, thirsty drinkers that

side
Bowls full they drink, ye too feel drinkin'
greed
Ye're gone where? Things can happen even

bad
Drunk ones avoid or drunk ye too'll be
labeled
Bullah! Quit not shari'ah! Enjoy a sleep sound

Say not 'I'm Haqq', singing to gallows ye'll ride
Kafi No. 42
In sweetheart's longing burn I ever
In skies I let crow fly as my courier
No single penny I own nor any

lucre
Yet I'm keen (for love) to cross
over
I've no acquaintance with any
sailor
It suits not quarrel with'em or
bicker
Near the banks of the Chinab

river
Whirlpool in swing, spins
speedier
Drowned in its water many a
diver
IfI'm to cry, entire world will hear
In sweetheart's longing burn I
ever
In skies I let crow fly as my
courier
Chinab's tributaries too bear

danger
Many divers plunge in its deep
water
My love on the other side went
over
Alone, unattended, only I'm left
here
In skies I let crow fly as my courier Page
33
Chinab's branches hold waters
galore
I look his path, waiting for my amour
Beloved's love afflicted me so
severe
If I cry I'll be lost, I'll remain no more
Chinab side are jungles in big

number
In jungles roam bloody lions and tiger
God! unite me with my belov'd
sooner
In this thought, all time on this I
ponder
It is mid-night, now set down the

star
Some set, others ready for
departure
I reached river bank, quit my
slumber
Now to cross over, wait Ion the
shore
I know not swim, nor I'm sailor, diver

I have no anchor, any chord or the
oar
Sans support here, whirlpool's
danger
I'm crying, at luck lines in hand I
stare
Bullah! If love in my house will enter

Make up, decor I will sure endeavour
Tilak on forehead, on face put
powder
Thus meet him, auspicious I'll
consider
34
Kafi No.
43
Come my dear friends! Join, let us meet
Time to depart, parents home I must quit
All come to see off, now is time to part

Sisters of parents, wives of uncles; aunt
All are in tears; sobbin', cryin' constant
Time to depart, parents' home I must
quit
All give hint, a humble conduct ye adopt

Then in-laws'Il accept, to ye give respect
Time to depart, parents' home I must
quit
After goodbye all left, alone travel I must

Like a crane away from flock I fly separate
It's time to depart, parents' home I must quit
Bullah! Beloved come to hut, embrace swift

He's different; fits loyalty to one sweetheart
It's time to depart, parents' home I must quit
Kafi No.
44
You give us some

treatment
Our condition turns
ultimate
He himself came to my hut

Then he occupied my heart
He's shadow; spell did cast
Seek from him detailed fact
You give us some
treatment
Our condition turns
ultimate
In my heart he made habitat

Sits with us, smiles
constant
He gets up if I ask the
secret
Flies as falcon, turns distant
You give us some
treatment
Our condition turns
ultimate
1.
In love's lake I am now put
I'm helpless; strong
current
Head spins; in vortex
caught
Rains pour, dark is the
night
You give us some
treatment
Our condition turns
ultimate
Many tricks my fellas

adopt
Claim stars under the
basket
Chords into snakes
convert
I'm lost with acts
fraudulent
You give us some
treatment
Our condition turns
ultimate
Charmer played such a

flute
On my heart'd painful effect
I cried out, I came with
shout
I'm in lament, tears
incessant
You give us some
treatment
Our condition turns ultimate
Crazy love stained my

repute
Every place I bag libel,
insult
Destined to butcher like
goat
Wrapped by a fear constant
You give us some
treatment
Rohila (caste) love; I'm unfit

I hide in, dancing it jumps out
To me, good news now
narrate
Gimme solace, be my
intimate
You give us some treatment
Me unaware, love I know

not
Friends push, tease-n-
torment
Differ how melon, citron fruit
What's doctor or a
pharmacist
Like Bareli bamboo- an isolate
Sans belov'd; a twig of tree cut
Cryin' in jungle, 'mate, 0 mate!'
Can one offer solace-n-comfort
Bullah! When I go to sweetheart

Damn care if head-n-torso is lost
Be there; return cant
contemplate
Here my entire life in vain, waste
Kafi No. 45
Where from Ye come, Where ye head on?
Can you tell us where is your end station?
The post you rely on, that strong pavilion

It won't go with ye or be in y'r possession
Ye act a tyrant, at y'r hands suffer

human
Plunder, pilferage became y'r
occupation
If God's friend lend help, ease we'll gain

Then there is no fear of death-angel
even
Let us settle in the silent dwellers' town

Place where everyone in the end will
turn
Sure, death's angel is the powerful one

Frequent fills boat, takes across
umpteen
Just for four days this worldly play-n-fun

o ignorant! Oneday ye too go bier-borne
Amongst all here, Bullah earned big sin
He's worthless; sinner from the day
one
Wherefrom Ye come, Where ye head

on?
Can you tell us where is your end
station?
37
Kafi No. 46
Dear! It's only Your existence, I'm
nowhere
Dear! Yours' is the existence, I am
nowhere
In mind, circled well's upper layer does

stir
nowhere
I speak Ye echo, I'm quiet hush

everywhere
nowhere
I sleep Ye in slumber, I walk, Ye move

over
nowhere
Bulla! love comes my home, life I

surrender
nowhere
Kafi No. 47
To Your name Sire, we adhere
Of Bullah fireplace seems

better
At least in cooking it's a helper
Faqirs assembled in get

together
Meal, morsels they equally
share
Of the arrogant caste of
Ranghar
Khingar (foot-clean tool) better
Bullah! He'lllove'~nion acquire

Who turns into goat of the
butcher
38
Kafi No. 48
On what strength your leg you
extend
Your stay is transit, not a lastin'
abode
It's a market, soon to uproot-n-

enfold
Do what ye can in terms of good
deed
This hour; a golden opportunity
indeed
extend
It's a night-stay in the inn on the

road
This isn't a place to relax and
expand
Tomorrow when bell tolls, hit the
road
extend
You came from there, the heaven

side
Here in the form of Adam ye did
land
Now quit the place, for the real
world
extend
Bullah! Beloved's Trust ye sure hold

It's indeed heavy, mountain-like load
No easy path to destination, you
head
extend
Your stay is transit, not a lastin'
abode
Kafi No. 49
Guess who in disguise, came here
In changed looks like an imposter
Who is without any pain in

amour
Can't get glimpse of love's
sphere
In vain will go his every
endeavor
Why is born such soul by a
mother
Guess who in disguise, came
here
In changed looks like an imposter page 39
Like Palash tree your state of O
affair f
Even before flower its leaves
wither T
Its black petal, so is your face a
darker r
Love can turn red your facial e
colour e
Guess who in disguise, came here q
In changed looks like an imposter a
t
God's name alone is a big
treasure b
No thief ever this wealth to o
plunder r
Its blessing stays with one n
together ,
Of rivals' fear one must keep
aware i
Guess who in disguise, came t
here '
In changed looks like an imposter s
Shun duality! everything gets l

clear i
none is Turk, Hindu for that k
matter e
No thief here; all are owner,
master m
In everyone's heart He is a o
dweller t
Guess who in disguise, came h
here e
In changed looks like an imposter r
Why stories, tales ye T

manufacture h
Gulitsan, Bostan you recite e
louder n
Why unnecessary quarrel-n-
bicker r
Who imparted ye such silly e
lecture v
Guess who in disguise, came e
here a
In changed looks like an l
imposter s
Shari 'at is acts mid-wife; t

manager
o us Haqeeqat clear
Gnostic Marifat at the end
acquire
Guess who in disguise, came
here
In changed looks like an
imposter
It's a matter that one needs to

share
Something in the heart you
ponder!
Tell us how to earn belov'd's
favour
Many veils in between, why
hinder?
4
0
This knowledge is must as a
seeker
But prohibited to open up or
declare
Whoever to open, see fate of
Mansur
On the gallows life he'd to
surrender
You obligated to follow penury,juqr

How much Bayazid had to
endeavour
Asceticism made Farid- Qutb-n-
Ieader
No one sans toil such rank did
acquire
How long from exertion you'll flee far

When'll ye get up, still in deep
slumber
Late rising, you will shed constant
tear
Lament that why slept long so
unaware
E or Gh (t, t)- similar as the two

appear
Look at the two, only by a dot they
differ
From your heart, that dot if you can
clear!
You notice, now even t as t does
appear
One who in my mind occupied a

quarter
How can one say I'm dead, I'm no
more
Inayat has dissolved into my body
entire
I named him Bullah; so my
nomenclature
41
Kafi No. 50
By magic spell, I will reconcile with

amour
I'll do sorcery, charm; even put sun on

fire
amour
Dark mascara in eyes, eyelashes ignite

fire
amour
Not much I've yet tress I'll turn into snare

amour
Seven seas in my heart, waves from it

stir
amour
As lightning I'll strike, as cloud beleaguer

amour
To ignite stars, in love-pot hermalI'll pour

amour
N either married nor virgin, baby I'll bear

amour
Bullah! Beyond space trumpet I shall roar

amour
Love will embrace, myself lady I'll declare

amour
42
Kafi No.
51
Now I know relation between love-n-Canon
Pundit, Mulla study deep yet secret

unknown
Bullah read one letter, God in
comprehension
Now I know relation between love and
Canon
Of no avail prayer, fasting who in intoxication

Your vision appear'd, I can only utter I'm
gone
Now I know relation between love and Canon
Wool-weav'r knows not gold-thread profession

,ett,)Forgets studied lesson Knows not E or
Gh
Now I know relation between love and Canon
Kanz Qudoori; all holy texts go down the

drain
Goes dumb, lisping Bullah in beloved's
session
Now I know relation between love and
Canon
Kafi No.
52
Until you experience not mundane infatuation
Without thread, a needle too can not sew alone
Like a mouth one can compare love

mundane
Whoever tastes it, he experiences
intoxication
Love penetrates deep into the marrow of

bone
Though alive, dies every valiant and brave
one
Love's our real mother, love's our father
even
A lover's body goes thru constant annihilation

Lo! I am standing under the Neem tree all
alone
Look at beloved, in laughter uncontrol1 'ble
one
Love teaches us things without rhyme or
reason
Behold! On whomever the love's craze

befallen
Helpless he'd turn, his energies down the
drain
Ecstasy, intoxication, it brings to his every
vein
43
mundane
intoxication
There's not iota of doubt, any suspicion
therein
Entangled in love, everywhere the Lord is
seen
Bullah! Only that lover will be victorious one

Who's at beloved's pavilion his concentration
God's union; one gets answer to every
question
Light too sparks in mind, heart and soul
within
mundane
intoxication
Kafi No.
53
Whoever is afflicted with the love's perfection

He dances spontaneous, sans step
coordination
No one disturbs them who are in (love's)

pain
They manage their own affliction, their
concern
They care not about life and death's
discussion
They know well their own thoughts-n-
intention
coordination
Whoever attained love's attire and had it put

on
For him, Fatwa (decree) from Lord in
operation
Cup of presence he drank, audience he did
attain
He's exempt from any kind of this, that
question
coordination
Whoever has beloved settled deep inside;

within
Every minute in vigil, to beloved he does
beckon
He needs neither strings nor instrument, any
tune
He's all the wherewithal, his tunes fully
function
coordination
Bullah! In beloved's town, all truth I did attain

All lies, uncertainties, fiction, there I did shun
His words true one, truly reflected in the
Quran
I too found his sublime vision; attained union
coordination
44
Kafi No.
54
I am caught; my life is now in the
snare
Love said our flesh one; He does

differ
I hear your words, more they bewilder
From Shariah they detour, I'm
nowhere
snare
snare
Y'r love's grain is a mountain; heavier

F or one glimpse worldly load I did
bear
Toiled hard, mighty one's mercy is
rare
snare
snare
Why wail I, who bums, he won't waver

Not a straw of joy, acres of pain
scatter
What's decreed, I can't it alter 0 dear!
snare
snare
Peace makes not, ignores, I try once

more
Yesterday mad he-n-I, now why he's fear
From hiding he hits, hurts my heart
galore
I am caught; my life is now in the snare
Arrows at chest, strangulation
maneuver
Head I hit at earth, seek him
everywhere
I'm only one in love or friends tried ever
45
Known world over why flee from lover
In my scarf hide, yet secret do not share
Mid-road me gripped, hanged I linger
Insider, come out! Y'r arm I catch near

Apparently ye hide yet in me ye dweller
Wounded like Zulekha, my chest in tear
Tales I share he would ignore; sans care

I cry constant, remorsefully I sigh over
Instead of , get tin' I 'give'; so his favour
Agitate I within, wish to tell what I cover

Truth takes to gallows, lies can life spare
Sensitive word utter, then can't it recover
Angels as courier; y'r proximity I endear

I sleep not ye awake, I sleep ye in slumber
Whoever loves ye, no comfort can acquire
I'm disgrac' d, few others earned dishonour

A distant glimpse then ye skip here-n-there
In hidin', fleein' what sort of ye feel honour
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Kafi No.

With A- ALLAH my heart is bright red

Love! In coming to us why you are so late

I've heard points full of wisdom and thought

Deer-skin, human skulls in my neck I did put

When love's herald called Azzan from pulpit

Separation-pain never low, it stays constant

Starling bird in tears, by gardener was caught

Bullah! Love for Beloved never ye disconnect

What do I do now, I am Love-smitten

Separation's fire, in it we constant burn

Bullah! I am caught with heavy burden

(Love stages) Now I am completely lost

Bless me with your sweet union, my dear!

o ignorant! Get up, why you do snore?

Those in our neighboured, they left

They've got up, now they won't rest

Bullah! Sans beloved, our sweetheart

Darling! Embrace us, why with us you quarrel

'Get up on my order'; hang'd Shams in reprisal

Between ye-n-me no distance, why hide ye still

Love shows such spectacle, Yousuf put into well

'Expose on me Lord'; Musa on Sinai had a fall

Love turned me a lunatic, an orphan incapable

There's a certain Ranjha I'm looking for

'Be it, it became' so started my amour

With buffalos- shepherd he does loiter

One like my Ranjha, I see none other

Wheat-skin'd they, same is eye-colour

Betw'n Ahad-n-Ahmad, what can I utter

Just a single point, beloved me did impart

Read letter A; of rest be exempt

Subtlety of A is a distinct secret

Why read bundle-books or script

Ahead lies a journey so difficult

Ye memorize Quran; Hafiz's trait

Door-to-door ye go pillar to post

Bullah! banyan tree seed I'd plant

Seed left behind, (cycle) complete

The truth lies in just one single point

Only on that point entire issues rest

Ye just rubbing the head on the mat

Makkah pilgrims return, Haji title get

Some go to jungle, pray in the desert

In forced hunger-pray, life do deplete

Hold Mentor's hand, serve destitute

Bullah! Straight talk never in retreat

Egypt's Zulikha, the wife of Potiphar

Lifted veil; for her troubles did pour

Crows cut falcons, sparrows hit eagles bad

Times have changed, it's a different world

Hermit! change river course, you'll attain vision

Mom and Dad (Adam and Eve)'s a big favour

Mom, Dad stole grain; in child's habit to recur

Mom and Dad (Adam and Eve)'s a big favour

If steals Khaira, punished is J uma; so unfair

Mom and Dad (Adam and Eve)'s a big favour

What a blessed day today that I have

Rolling in animal-dung unnoticed is

Bullah Shah has engaged in a

Fellas! Extend me your hearty

Ayub- patient full devotion did

Zakaria to Prophethood he got