Bulla kee jaana maen kaun!

Rabbi rules with this new composition - A poem by the post aurangzeb era sufi saint Bulley Shah


Bulla kee jaana maen kaun........................................ Bulla - I, don't know who I am

Na maen momin vich maseet aan............................ I am not like a believer in the mosque
Na maen vich kufar diyan reet aan.......................... Nor a disciple of false rites
Na maen paakaan vich paleet aan........................... I am not pure amongst the impure
Na maen moosa na pharaun..................................... Neither Moses nor Pharaoh

Bulla kee jaana maen kaun

Na maen andar ved kitaab aan................................. I am not in the vedas or holy books
Na vich bhangaan na sharaab aan........................... Neither in opium, Nor in wine
Na vich rindaan masat kharaabaan......................... Not in the drunkards wasted intoxication
Na vich jaagan na vich saun...................................... Not in wakefulness or sleep.

Bulla kee jaana maen kaun.

Na vich shaadi na ghamnaaki................................... I am not in sorrow nor in joy
Na maen vich paleeti paaki........................................ Neither clean nor unclean
Na maen aabi na maen khaki.................................... I am not water, I am not earth
Na maen aatish na maen paun.................................. I am not fire, I am not air

Bulla kee jaana maen kaun.

Na maen arabi na lahori............................................ I am not from Arabia or Lahore
Na maen hindi shehar nagauri..................................Not from India, Not from Nagaur
Na hindu na turak peshawri .....................................Neither a hindu or muslim from Peshawar
Na maen rehnda vich nadaun................................... Nor do I live in Nadaun

Bulla kee jaana maen kaun.

Na maen bhed mazhab da paaya............................. I don't not know the Secrets of religion
Ne maen aadam havva jaaya................................... I wasn't born off Adam and Eve
Na maen apna naam dharaaya................................ I am not what my name states
Na vich baitthan na vich bhaun................................ Not in stillness, nor in movement

Bulla , kee jaana maen kaun

Avval aakhir aap nu jaana ........................................I don't know if I am the first or the last
Na koi dooja hor pehchaana..................................... Nobody else could figure out who I am either
Maethon hor na koi siyaana..................................... They weren't any smarter than I
Bulla! ooh khadda hai kaun...................................... Then who is this person that I am

Bulla, ki jaana maen kaun......................................... Bulla - I, don't know who I am