Re: Baba Bulleh Shah
Ilmon bass karin ohh yaar
Ikko “ALF tere darkaar
Ilm na aavay vich shmaar
Chaandi umr naieen aitbaar
Ilmon bass karin oh yaar
Parh parh likh likh laaviin dhaer
Dhaer kitabaan chaar chophair
Kar de chaanan vich anhaer
Pichho rah? Tey khabar na saar ilmon ilmon bass karin ohh yaar
Parh parh shaikh mshaaikh kahaavin
Ultey maslay gharon bataavin
Be ilmaan nu lut lut khaavin
Jhuthe sache karin iqraar
Ilmon bas karin ohh yaar
Parh parh nafl namazaan guzaarin
Uuschiyaan bangaan chhangaan maarin
Minbar te chard wa’az pukaarin
Keeta tainun ilm khwaar
Ilmon bas karin ohh yaar
Jad main sabq ishq da parhiya
Dariya daikh wahdat da vardiya
Ghuman ghairdhan de vich ardhiya
Shah Anayat layaa paar
Ilmon bas karin ohh yaar
Translation by Batoul Ali
Enough of learning my friend!
To it there is never an end
An alphabet shoul do for youit’s enough to help you frnd..
You’ve amassed much learning around
The Quran and it’s commentaries profound
Without the guide you remain unsound
Learning makes you a Shaikh or his minion
And thus you create problem trillion
You exploit others who know not what
Misleading them with wild opinion
You meditate and say your prayers
You go and shout at the top of the stairs
Your cry reaching the high skies
It’s your avarice which ever belies
The day I learned love’s lesson
I plunged in to the river of divine passion
An overwhelming gale, I was confounded and lost
When Shah Inayat cruised me across