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Muslim / Sufi
17th Century

About Sultan Bahu

Timeline (1628 - 1691)

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English version by
Jamal Elias

Original Language
Punjabi
I knew God well when love flashed before me.

Themes
  Fire
  Lover and Beloved
  Night
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Death Before Dying: Sufi Poetry of Sultan Bahu, by Sultan Bahu / Translated by Jamal Elias

I knew God well when love flashed before me.
It gives me strength by night and day, and shows what lies ahead.
In me are flames, in me is fuel, in me is smoke.
I only found my Beloved, Bahu, when love made me aware.

 

 

-- from Death Before Dying: Sufi Poetry of Sultan Bahu, by Sultan Bahu / Translated by Jamal Elias

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