Not a believer inside the Masjid, am I
Nor a pagan disciple of false rites
Not the pure amongst the impure
Neither Moses, nor the Pharoh
Bulleya! to me, I am not known
Not in the holy Vedas, am I
Nor in opium, neither in wine
Not in the drunkard’s intoxicated craze
Neither awake, nor in a sleeping daze
Bulleya! to me, I am not known
In happiness nor in sorrow, am I
Neither clean, nor a filthy mire
Not from water, nor from earth
Neither fire, nor from air, is my birth
Bulleya! to me, I am not known
Not an Arab, nor Lahori
Neither Hindi, nor Nagauri
Hindu, Turk, nor Peshawari
Nor do I live in Nadaun
Bulleya! to me, I am not known
Secrets of religion, I have not known
From Adam and Eve, I am not born
I am not the name I assume
Not in stillness, nor on the move
Bulleya! to me, I am not known
-Bulley Shah
Maybe better to be
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than to be
of "ill-known"
--Steve E
Well said Steve :)
ReplyDeleteNice, like it...:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, BP.
ReplyDeleteNice poem .. Thank you for your nice comments, it made us very happy ;)
ReplyDelete<3
@ Afaf et Marwa,it's my pleasure.
ReplyDeleteThank you for those lovely comments!
ReplyDeleteActually we don't know ! Somebody has our password I guess !
ReplyDeleteWe fixed it now :D
@ Meryem .
ReplyDeleteWelcome ,doll.
@ Afaf et Marwa,
Oh babe,It just hurt me because you are my precious follower/friend .Anyway,I might have problem in blogger .Never mind :)
nice poem, i use to writ poem when i was youn in french and in arabic but now not even read them ,so thank u to made me read this, are u persian? I'm egyptian
ReplyDelete@ Omsolaym ; Really ?Do yo have any poem ?I would love to read them .I am not Persian .Nice to meet you, Mesri gal.
ReplyDeletewriting poems was long time ago when I was teenager, but my father is poet, i don't even read his poet, for me life was't that beautiful, but now hamdolelah my life is better. wish u happy life 2
ReplyDeleteLove overcomes everything
ReplyDeleteI need your love.
Aşk herşeyin üstesinden gelir
Tek ihtiyacım senin sevgin.
may I ask u why u wrote this words i turkish?
wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYeah. Right! Who are you anyway???
ReplyDeleteHi, nice poetry. Keep up the good work.
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