Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Na mei moman vich masetan Neither I am a believer (who stays) in a mosque
Na main vich kufar dian reetan Nor do I indulge in actions of disbelief
Na main pakan vich paleetan Nor am I the pure one amongst the impure
Na main andar bed kitaban Neither I exist in books of Vedh
Na main rehnda phaang sharaban Nor do I stay drunk
Na main rehnda mast kharaban Nor do I remain stoned, rotting
Na main shadi na ghamnaki Neither I am happy nor sad
Na mei vich paletan pakeen Nor am I in the (argument of) Purity and Impurity
Na main aaabi na main khaki Neither I am (made) of water nor of earth
Na main aatish na main paun Nor am I fire nor air
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Na main arabi na lahori Neither I am Arabic nor Lahori
Na main hindi shehar Nagaori Nor am I (resident of) the Indian City Nagaori
Na hindu na turk pashauri Nor Hindu nor Turk Peshaweri
Na main bhet mazhab de paya Neither I found the secret of religion
Na main aadam hawwa jaya Nor did understand Adam and Eve
Na koi apna naam dharaya Nor did I create a name for myself
Avval aakhar aap nu jana From beginning to end, I tried to understand myself
Na koi dooja hor pacchana I did not come to know of anyone else
Mai ton na koi hor syana I am not just another wise one
Bulle shah kharha hai kaun Bulla Shah, who is this standing?
Bulla ki jaana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jaana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jaana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jaana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Na main moosa na pharon Neither I am Moses nor Pharoah
Na main jagan na vich saun Neither I am awake nor asleep
Na main aatish na main paun Neither I am fire nor Air
Na main rahnda vich Nadaun Nor do I live among fools
Na main baitthan na vich bhaun Neither I am sitting nor am I in a tornado
Bulle shah kharha hai kaun Bulla Shah, who is this standing?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
Bulla ki jana main kaun Bulla, who knows who I am?
finally i get the meaning of the BULLA KI JAANA MAIN KAUN sung by so many people- Wadali brothers, Junoon,Rabbi Shergil..etc
no wonder this is such a popular song.it gives an exact description of the state in which iam.although the whole song is based on dualities...which are most of the times the opposite of one another in the bewildering arrangements of this world.the most awesome part of the poem is the frustration expressed in the lines
Avval aakhar aap nu jana From beginning to end, I tried to understand myself
Na koi dooja hor pacchana I did not come to know of anyone else
Mai ton na koi hor syana I am not just another wise one
the poet is being brutally true to himself along with the expression of irony which fate or luck (or whatever if ever) in his being a not-knowing-the-self person(due to his being a low intellect or the material of the self being too complex for him to understand),seems as much true with me as it is with him.
the ultimate question of WHAT AM I? is immortalized in the contradictions and HUMANLY stopped at the same point at which it started(a question of who is this MYSELF standing?),questioning in turn the vanity of the effort of writing the poem in the first place(and of course my comments on the poem too).
Monday, January 21, 2008
aaj ke daur me.n ai dost ye ma.nzar kyuu.N hai
zaKhm har sar pe har ik haath me.n patthar kyuu.N hai
jab haqiiqat hai ke har zarre me.n tuu rahataa hai
phir zamii.n par kahii.n masjid kahii.n ma.ndir kyuu.N hai
apanaa a.njaam to maaluum hai sab ko phir bhii
apanii nazaro.n me.n har insaan sika.ndar kyuu.N hai
varnaa har aa.Nkh me.n ashko.n kaa sama.ndar kyuu.N hai
saamane hai jo use log buraa kahate hai.n
jisako dekhaa hii nahii.n usako Khudaa kahate hai.n
zindagii ko bhii silaa kahate hai.n kahanevaale
jiinevaale to gunaaho.n kii sazaa kahate hai.n
faasale umr ke kuchh aur ba.Daa detii hai
jaane kyuu.N log use phir bhii davaa kahate hai.n
jisako mahabuub ke haatho.n kii hinaa kahate hai.n
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