From The Pen Of Baba Bulleh Shah

Bulleh Shah

Parh parh Alam te faazil hoya

Te kaday apnay aap nu parhya ee na

Translation: You read to become

all knowledgeable

But you never read yourself

You read so many books

to know it all,

yet fail to ever read your

heart at all.

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)

You rush to holy shrines to play a part,

Would you dare enter the shrine of your 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)

You are quick to attack the evil one,

yet pride is a battle you have not won.

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