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Muslim / Sufi
18th Century

About Bulleh Shah

Timeline (1680 - 1758)

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

Original Language
Punjabi

The soil is in ferment, O friend

Themes
  Garden
  Sound
 
 
 

 

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

The soil is in ferment, O friend
Behold the diversity.
The soil is the horse, so is the rider
The soil chases the soil, and we hear the clanging of soil
The soil kills the soil, with weapons of the soil.
That soil with more on it, is arrogance
The soil is the garden so is its beauty
The soil admires the soil in all its wondrous forms
After the circle of life is done it returns to the soil
Answer the riddle O Bulleh, and take this burden off my head."\

 

 

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

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