I Don'T Know Who I Am- A Sufi Song (In Translation) Poem by Sunil Uniyal

I Don'T Know Who I Am- A Sufi Song (In Translation)

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(Original in Punjabi by Bulle Shah, the Sufi Mystic)

'Bullaa, kee jaanaa main kaun'


Bulla, I don't know who I am

I am no worshipper in a mosque,
I don't walk the ritual path;
No pure I am to impure sent,
Nor from Moses or Pharoah, I descend;
Bulla, I don't know who I am

Not in holy books, in opium or wine
Not in sleep nor intoxication of the mind
Bulla, I don't know who I am

Neither I am glad
Nor I am sad;
I am not found in water or land,
Neither in the fire nor in the air
Bulla, I don't know who I am

I am not an Arab, nor of Lahore
Neither from Hind, nor from Nagore,
Neither a Turk, nor a Pathan,
Nor to Nadaun do I belong
Bulla, I do't know who I am

No religion I know, no Adam or Eve,
I am not the name by which I am called
Neither I move on, nor I am stalled
Bulla, I don't know who I am

I am the beginning and I am the end
None other I have known as a friend
Among the wisest, I am alone
Bulla, to myself I am unknown

Bulla, I well know who I am
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: love
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Akhtar Jawad 25 August 2014

A beautiful translation of Baba Bulla shah's poem.

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Sunil Uniyal

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Lucknow, U.P. India.
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