Bulleh Shah, An Ecstatic Poem of Love

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BULLEH SHAH, AN ECSTATIC POEM OF LOVE

 

An ecstatic poem of love from Bulleh Shah, the great 18th century Sufi

Master and mystic poet from the Punjab. Shah was part of Qadiri Order

of Sufis.

 

When you're in love the whole world shines brightly!

 

James

 

LOVE CONSUMMATED

 

Unlike most other poems on love, in which Bulleh Shah has an attitude

of complaint, this one is written in a mood of gratitude. It does not

deal with the pain of separation, but with the joy of union and the delight

of listening to the divine music of the flute. This consummation he has

achieved through his Master, Inayat Shah, to whom he pays tribute in

the very first stanza: " The Unstruck Melody of the flute facinates, I

have now found the throne of Lahore. "

 

The ecstasy that emanates from this divine union is blissful: " All my

dirt and dross stands burnt...The whole world now shines brightly. " The

desire for union is no longer an empty hope, but an actual realization:

" No longer do I rely on the snare of hope. O Bulleh, the Lord has come

right unto me. All my wishes have now been granted. "

 

Mere ghar aya piya hamra

(To My House Has Come My Lord)

 

What an uproar the Unity has produced!

The Unstruck Melody of the flutes fascinates.

I have now found the throne of Lahore.

To my house has come my Lord.

 

All my dirt and dross stand burnt.

I am struck by the blow of true love.

Now I abide under the shelter of my Lord.

To my house has come my Lord.

 

No more do I struggle for union with Him.

Now the cup of bliss has fallen in my hands.

Now I forget the existence of my being.

To my house has come my Lord.

 

Now I am free from all accounting,

For the Beloved has cast a glance on me.

The whole world now shines brightly.

To my house has come my Lord.

 

No longer do I rely on the snare of hope.

O Bulleh, the Lord has come right unto me,

All my wishes have now been granted.

 

To my house has come my Lord.

 

-- Bulleh Shah, from, " Bulleh Shah, " J.R. Puri,

The Mystics of the East Series, RS Books

 

 

 

 

 

 

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