Bulleh Shah: You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!

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You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!

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by Bulleh Shah
(1680 - 1758) Timeline

English version by
Safir Rammah

Original Language
Punjabi

Muslim / Sufi

18th Century

You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!
You alone exist, I do not!
Like the shadow of a house in ruins,
I revolve in my own mind.
If I speak, you speak with me:
If I am silent, you are in my mind.
If I sleep, you sleep with me:
If I walk, you are along my path.
Oh Bulleh, the spouse has come to my house:
My life is a sacrifice unto Him.
You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!

Themes

Lover and Beloved

Marriage

Silence

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
	Saint Bulleh Shah, by K.S. Duggal

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