The Sufi Scientist

Makke geyaan gal mukdi naahi... bhaanve sau sau jumme padhaaiye... It doesn't end with going to Mecca... even if you pray a hundred times... Ganga geyaan gal mukdi naahi... bhaanve sau sau gote khaaiye... It doesn't end with going to the Ganges... even if you bathe in it a hundred times Bulle Shah gal taaiyon mukdi... je main nu manno gavaaiye... Bulleh Shah! It only ends... when you loose ego from your heart... Sir te topi te neeyat khoti... laina kee topi sir dhar ke? You cover your head (showing commitment to religion) but your intentions are not pure... What do you achieve by covering your head? Chille keeta par rabb na mileya... laina kee chilleyaan vich varh ke? You fast for forty days but did not find God... What do you achieve by fasting? Tasbeeh phiri par dil na phireya... laina kee tasbeeh hath phar ke? You went around the tasbeeh* but never went into your own heart... What did you achieve by holding the tasbeeh* in your hand? Bulleya jaag bina dudh nai jamda... te bh...

Je rabb milda nhaateyan thoteyaan, Te rabb milda dadduaan machhiyan nu... Je rabb milda jangal phireyaan, Te rabb milda gaaiyaan vachhiyaan nu... Ve miyaan Bulleya rabb ohna nu milda, atte dilliyaan sachiyaan achhiyaan nu... Padh padh ilam hazaar kitaaban, Kadi apne aap nu padheya nai.. Ja ja vadna e mandar maseeti, Kadi mann apne vich vadeya nai... Awein ladna e shaitan de naal bandeya, Kadi nafz apne naal ladeya nai... Aakhe peer Bulleh Shah, aasmani phadna e, Eh jehra ghar baitha ohnu phadeya hi nai... Jangal dhoondim, bela dhoondim... Dhoondim sara jahaan... Awein na sataaya kar... Saade vehre aaya kar yaar suboh shaam... Masjid dha de, mandar dha de... Dha de jo kuj dehenda... Par kise da dil na dhaanvi... Rabb dilaan vich rehenda... Ohda rabb vi nai rusda, rabb di saun... Jihnu yaar manaun da chajj hove... Ohnu makke jaan di lod nai... Jihnu yaar de vekheyaan hajj hove... If God was realized by bathing and washing, It would be first realised by fish and frogs.. If God was realize...