AIK ALIF : Bulleh shah

[Sung by Coke Studio]

Parh parh ilm te faazil hoya
Te kaday apnay aap nu parhya ee na

(You read to become
all knowledgeable
But you never read yourself)



Bhaj bhaj warna ay mandir maseeti
Te kaday mann apnay wich warya ee na

(You run to enter temples and mosques
But you never entered your own heart)



Larna ay roz shaitaan de naal
Te kadi nafs apnay naal larya ee na

(Everyday you fight Satan
But you never fight your own Ego)



Bulleh Shah asmaani ud-deya pharonda ay
Te jera ghar betha unoon pharya ee na

(Bulleh Shah you try grabbing that which is in the sky
But you never get hold of What sits inside you)



Bas kareen o yaar
(Stop it all my friend)



Ilm-oun bas kareen o yaar
Ik Alif teray darkaar

(Stop seeking all this knowledge my friend
Only an Alif is what you need)



Bas kareen o yaar
(Stop it all my friend)


Allah Sayyaan Allah Sayyaan
(God is the Master, God is All)



Nee main jaanaa Jogi de naal

(I shall follow the Yogi {ascetic/sufi})



Jo naa jaane, Haqq ki taaqat
Rabb naa devey us ko Himmat

(Those who deny the Strength of Truth
Lord does not give them courage)



Hum Mann ke darya mein doobey
Kaisi nayya? Kya manjhdhaar?

(We have drowned in the river of Self
the boat and the flowing waters do not matter)



Bas kareen o yaar
(Stop it all my friend)



Ilm-oun bas kareen o yaar
(Stop seeking all this knowledge my friend)



Allah Sayyaan Allah Sayyaan
(God is the Master, God is All)

mata-e-lauh-o-kalam

Matta e lauh o qalam chhin gayi, to kya gham hai
Ke khoon e dil mein dubo li hain ungliyan main ne
Zabaan pe mohr lagi hai to kya, ke rakh di hai
Har ek halqa e zanjeer mein zubaan main ne

[If they snatch my ink and pen,
I should not complain,
For I have dipped my fingers
In the blood of my heart.
I should not complain
Even if they seal my tongue,
For every ring of my chain
Is a tongue ready to speak.]

perfect line

i keep on looking
for the perfect line
which will make it all right
take away all your anger
and make it alright,

bring you back to me
floating on a gentle breeze
which carries the smell
of autumn leaves
and fresh flowers
of wet earth after first rain

may be like an angel
decending from heavens
is how i have seen,
in my dreams a thousand times
for a thousand years,
it seems, for million lifetimes.

or may be like kali
with eyes red with anger,
with one last foot,
ready to crush me,
price which i wait to pay
for one last glimpse
to take all the hurt away