This Is No Love.A Punjabi Poem Of Bulleh Shah In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

You took poison
But first checked
It was poison.
What a shame!
The brave kill themselves
In the spur of the moment
Not in studied ways.

You loved someone
But first mulled over love.
What a shame!
Lovers lose their heads
When they fall in love.
They do not care.

You give your heart to someone
Then hope to get hers back.
If you love like this,
Be ashamed. This is no love.
Bulleh Shah says.

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Zeher vekh ke pita
te ki pita,
Ishq soch ke kita
te ki kita.
Dil de ke
dil len di aas rakhi,
Ve Bulleya pyar eho jeya kita
te ki kita.

-Bulleh Shah