Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah:Who knows who I am?

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    Nagaur the Muslim district of Rajasthan near to the Pakistani border of Bahawalpur, the land of the Great desciple of Syedina Khawaja Mu'in ud Din al Chishti :ra: not far away from Kasur.


    Syedina Bulhey Shah :ra:
     
  2. Says Bullah, who knows who I am!

    I am not in the mosque of the believer,
    Nor in false rites.
    I am not in the pure or the impure.
    Neither Moses nor Pharaoh.
    Says Bullah, who knows who I am!

    I am not in the vedas or holy books,
    Not in drug or wine.
    Not in the drunkards wasted intoxication,
    Not in wakefulness or sleep.
    Says Bullah, who knows who I am!

    I am not in sorrow nor in joy,
    Neither in clean nor unclean.
    I am not water, I am not earth,
    I am not fire, I am not air.
    Says Bullah, who knows who I am!

    I am not from Arabia or Lahore,
    Nor from India or Nagaur.
    Neither a hindu or muslim from Peshawar,
    Nor do I live in Nadaun.
    Says Bullah, who knows who I am!

    I cannot be unearthed in the mysteries of religion.
    I was not born of Adam and Eve.
    I am not the name I assume.
    I am not in stillness, not in movement.

    Finally, I only know myself.
    I cannot know any other.
    Who could be wiser than I?
    Bulla asks, who then, stands here?
    Says Bullah, who knows who I am!

    [web:5a19f6fea9]http://www.apnaorg.com/poetry/bullah/26.htm[/web:5a19f6fea9]

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