Consider this :
Most of Bulleh Shah’s poetry is sacrilegious or agressive. But still, he is considered one of the best poet in punjabi language, and adored by folks from all background.
surprisingly enough, apart from traditional or folk artistes, his poems are very popular among contemporary pop artistes
Re: Bulhey Shah' blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
There is something called, "Shairana Ta'alli".
These passages shud not be taken as literal. They actually reflect that passion shud guide the rituals.
Re: Bulhey Shah' blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
bulleh shah was the original gansgta... KEEPIN IT REAL DAWG!
Re: Bulhey Shah' blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
he speaks in metaphors. but who did the translation? its not very accurate at places.
Re: Bulhey Shah’ blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
^ these are just Kaam chalao, dont know who did translations 
Re: Bulhey Shah' blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
he was a sufi poet....
so the love he talks about is divine love, love for Allah....
so maybe on that basis ppl excuse him....
but what these sufis forget that no one loved Allah more than Muhammad (saw) and that never made him forget namaz, rozay or other farayed so how can they take these excuses as valid....
but then again, they r sufis so anything goes with them....
Re: Bulhey Shah' blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
bulleh shah was the original gansgta... KEEPIN IT REAL DAWG!
word.
Re: Bulhey Shah' blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
as much as i've read his shairi ......
it wasnt islamic .. i might be wrong ...... but yeah he did talked abt cocept of One God ... but for him ..... goin to mandir in search of tht God n goin to mosque is the same thing ...
Re: Bulhey Shah’ blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
Seems some people can not see that Bulleh Shah is being sarcastic:
for example the last two verse actually mean:
Bulleh lets go to the goldsmith to get Golden ornaments for Attire
by our own hands decorate our own faces with hell Fire!
You can clearly read the last word is “aag”
some idiot had to rhyme a word with “Gold”
and came up with “mould” now come on…
Re: Bulhey Shah’ blasphemy : Contempt of God or ungodly business
^ spot on. He was being sarcastic there
You need to read more of his poetry. He is actually again that godly business which is sad reality of sub-contient culture. Molivi and pundits have monopoly and firm grip on religion, and people mostly cant talk to God one-on-one.
He preached direct relationship between God and man, with out any interferance.
Again he speaks another evil of the society, the caste system. If You watch famous and controversial new Pakistani movie “Khuda ke leye” there is a Bulhey Shah’s Kalam sung in a very catchy tune.
You might not be able to understand the meaing of these few verses even if you know punjabi, because you need to know the background in order to understand.
Actually Bulhey Shah was a ‘syed’ (belonged to lineage of prophet Muhammad pbuh) He got religious education as a child then he moved to a city Kasur where he found a learned man ‘Shah Inayat’ and Bulhey Shah found him a man of wisdom and spritual flair… He became his student. Shah Inayat belonged to Arian race ( called Arayeen) and was a farmer by ocupation. Although it was not considered an inferior race as there is no caste system in muslim where anyone is considered inferior or superior, but ‘Syed’ was an exception due to its affiliation with prophet of Islam common muslims used to respect them and consider them revered.
Family and acquaitance of Bulhey Shah objected on his decision of making a Non-syed his spritual teacher (murshad ) …The verse are his rebuttal in this case.
Hopefully you can understand the meaning of these verses, with less difficulty