Read In Roman English
Tann Main Yaar Da Shehar Banaaya Dil Vich Khaas Mahalla Hoo
Aan Alaf Dil Vassoon Keeti Hoi Khoob Tasalla Hoo
Sab Kujh Mainu Peaya Sunivaay Jo Bolay Sau Allah Hoo
Dard Mandaan Ah Ramz Pacchaati Bahu Bay Dardan Bhala Hoo
English translation of Kalam-e-Bahu
For my friend I made my body into a city, Where I built for him a special home in my heart,
When the one Lord took abode in it, I was blessed with profound peace.
I now hear his Voice echoing in everything, Even in voices other than his own.*
Only those who suffer the pangs of love Can realize this divine secret; Others will be rebuffed from the Lord’s court.
* God’s own voice is the holy Word or Kalma, which is too subtle a sound to be perceived externally. But once that Kalma is realized within, its pervasiveness becomes manifest in everything – even in the grosser sounds of the Creation.
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Tags: Abiyat-e-Bahu, Bait P, haqbahu kalam, Kalam-e-Bahu, poetry of sultan bahu, sultani kalam, Tann Main
