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Bulleh Shah: Aik Alif Music Video [Punjabi Translated]

Sufi Poetry, Video

English Translation and Lyrics originally in Punjabi:

Parh parh ilm te faazil hoya
(You read to become all knowledgable)

Te kaday apnay aap nu parhya ee na
(But you never read your inner-self)

Bhaj bhaj warna ay mandir maseeti
(You rush to enter your mosques and temples)

Te kaday mann apnay wich warya ee na
(But never did you enter your own heart)

Larna ay roz shaitaan de naal
(Everyday you fight Satan)

Te kadi nafs apnay naal larya ee na
(But never did you tackle your own Ego {animal impulses})

Bulleh Shah asmaani ud-deya pharonda ay
(Bulleh Shah, you surely try grabbing that which is in the sky)

Te jera ghar betha unoon pharya ee na
(But you never get a hold of what sits inside yourself)

Bas kareen o yaar
(Stop it all my friend)

Ilm-oun bas kareen o yaar
(stop seeking all this knowledge my friend)

Ik Alif teray darkaar
(Only an Alif is what you need)

Bas kareen o yaar
(stop it all my friend)

Ilm-oun bas kareen o yaar…
(Stop with all this {worldly} knowledge my friend)

Allah Sayyaan Allah Sayyaan
(God is Greatness, God is All)

Nee main jaanaa Jogi de naal
(I shall follow the Jogi {ascetic/Sufi})

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Jalaluddin Rumi: The Chickpea

Sufi Poetry, Sufi Stories

A chickpea in a pot leaps from the flame,
out from the boiling water,
Crying, “Why do you set fire to me?
You chose me, bought me, brought me home for this?

The cook hits it with her spoon into the pot.
No! Boil nicely, don’t jump away from the one who makes the fire.
I don’t boil you out of hatred.
Through boiling you may grow flavorful, nourishing,
and united with vital human spirit.
I don’t inflict this suffering out of spite.
Once green and fresh, you drank rain in the garden;
you drank for the sake of this fire.  


God’s mercy precedes His wrath;
by God’s mercy the sick ones suffer.
It has always been so; this is how God creates all that exists.
Without pleasure, no creatures would come into being.
Without creatures,
what could the burning love of the Friend consume?
Such sorrow may come that you might wish
to be free of this life.
yet the Grace of God will overtake His wrath,
once you are washed clean in the river of suffering.

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Rumi: Say I Am You

Sufi Poetry, Video
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Rumi: Stay Bewildered in God

Sufi Poetry, Video
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Rumi: Sufi Poem

Sufi Poetry, Video
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Rumi: God’s creative energy is our parent

Sufi Poetry

What is the real meaning of “the inner nature of his parent”?
God’s creative energy is our parent:

The divine impulse is the kernel;
the physical parenting is just the shell.

O nut-like body, know that Love is your friend:
Inspired by Love the soul will break away the shell
in search of the kernel

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Rumi: “Go, seek the water!”

Sufi Poetry

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