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I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?

Bulleh Shah, Bulleh Shah poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by Bulleh Shah
(1680 - 1758) Timeline

English version by
J. R. Puri and T. R. Shangari

Original Language
Punjabi

Muslim / Sufi
18th Century

I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?
I can neither live, nor can I die.
Listen ye to my ceaseless outpourings,
I have peace neither by night, nor by day.
I cannot do without my Beloved even for a moment.
I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?
The fire of separation is unceasing !
Let someone take care of my love.
How can I be saved without seeing him?
I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?

O Bullah, I am in dire trouble !
Let someone come to help me out.
How shall I endure such torture ?
I have been pierced by the arrow of love,
what shall I do ?
I can neither live, nor can I die.

 

 

-- from Bulleh Shah: The Love-Intoxicated Iconoclast (Mystics of the East series), by J. R. Puri / Tilaka Raja Puri

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Themes

  Death
  Fire
  Lover and Beloved
  Night
  Separation


Recommended Books


Baba Bulleh Shah: Music CD, by Abida Parveen
Bulleh Shah: A Selection Rendered Into English Verse, by Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah: The Love-Intoxicated Iconoclast (Mystics of the East series), by J. R. Puri / Tilaka Raja Puri
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal
Saint Bulleh Shah, by K.S. Duggal

 

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