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Topic: Bulle Shah, Sheikh Farid, Sultan Bahu Poetry  |
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 06 Sep 2004 11:51 am | #1 |
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Anyone interested in Sufi poetry:
defying the religious divide and differences of the 17th centry, Baba Bulle Shah denounces the sectarians by saying:
`O tenu kafir-kafir aakhde
tu ahoo, ahoo aakh...'
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| 10 Sep 2004 07:07 am | #2 |
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i m very much interested in sufi poetry mitva....
its the simplest form of poetry..unfortunately fading away....i can recall baba bulle shah's poetry long back...i would love to read more....if u have more of sufi poetry....please do post some...
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| 10 Sep 2004 12:40 pm | #3 |
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Yes Mitwa,
I have some inclination for Sufiana qalams or sufi poetry.they r too good in words and their meanings,promote trans-religion ideology.This is the only Musical tradition alive & still growing in pakistan & elsewhere too.In general what I understand Music/songs as a tradition are not being encouraged in Pakistan.Hindustani Classical to khatam hi ho chuka hai vahan par mere hisab se.look forward to ur posts in Pakistan Diary too!as promised by you.
bye,
mohan
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| 11 Sep 2004 07:04 am | #4 |
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hola mitwa...
thxs again dude.. and also one more request ..
kabhi kuch difficult likho to zara explain bhi kar dena!!
look forward to your posts man .. sufi kalaam is something i havent read much.. so very eager to hear of it..
cheers,
M.
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| 11 Sep 2004 09:21 am | #5 |
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Angels descend when its the zikr of great sufi saints. Welcome devilious and Mohan.
So there we have a few who find charm in the poetry and messages of the great saints and masters of the oral poetic tradition of the continent.
Baba Bulle Shah or Sai Bulle Shah or simply Bulla, as a lot of us love to address him, was a great 17th century sufi poet. At a time when there were hardly a few people in and around Sindh, Multan and even in Lahore, who would document the poetic expression, Bulla became a legend through the tradition of Qawals or the qawali. Some two hundred fifty years hence his poetry is the ultimate for any follower of sufi tradition and texts.
And please dont be under any impression that it has been forgotten or people dont use it. It is very much around us, though in different and plagarised versions dumped at us by the popular music composers of bollywood, else how would u get such wonderful lines as;
Chal chaiyaan, chaiyaan, chaiyaan, chaiyaan
...more follows
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| 11 Sep 2004 09:23 am | #6 |
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continued from last post.
The original and amazing expression of the above (Chal chaiyaan, chaiyaan, chaiyaan, chaiyaan) was of none other than Bulle Shah. Bulla has been shunted out of the dera (house) of his Kamil Murshid (ultimate guru - who is going to lead him to the light) Hazrat Shah Inaayat Kadri (aka Inaayat Shah). The guru doesnt want to see Bulle's face and is very upset with him on some issue. Bulla cries day and night and is going crazy in viyog and vichhoda. The fire of his love for his guru is burning him and he is trying to find ways to somehow seek his mercy and get back to his fold. Thats when he remembers his guru's love for music. Bulla goes and joins a group of nautch girls. Learns to sing and dance and also to play sarangi. And on the occasion of an Urs (where he knows his Murshid will be coming) goes to that mazaar in the guise of a woman and sings and dance. Thats when and where he says:
Tere Ishq nachaya kar thaiyaa, thaiyaa ( and goes on to add)
Tere ishq ne dera mere andar kita
bhar ke jahar payala mein te aapey pita
jhabde bhaudi ve tabiba nahin te mein mar gaiyan
Tere Ishq nachaya kar thaiyaa, thaiyaa
he further says:
Aisey ishqe di jhangi vich mor (peacock) bullenda
sanu kibla te kaba sohna yaar disenda
sany ghayal karke phir khabar na layeea
Tere Ishq nachaya kar thaiyaa, thaiyaa
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| 11 Sep 2004 09:25 am | #7 |
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continued from last
If you are able to follow the mix of spoken Multani, sindhi and hindustani, it should not be difficult to figure out these lines. This is not the only example, there are many more like another popular number called `Mera piya ghar aaya, ho ram ji', yet again a very poor adapatation blatantly plagarised from Bulleh Shah's original.
There are some wonderful renderings of Bulle Shah's kalam, sung by eminent, Pakistani, Turkish and Iranian singers available. Lately a lot of Indian singers have done some justice. But if you can get hold of the ultimate voice of Pathana Khan (aka Pathane Khan) do listen to him. I dont remember even one incidence when i did not cry listening to Pathana Khan singing Bulla.
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| 11 Sep 2004 09:50 am | #8 |
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Dear Mohan,
i am sure any one who has ever read or heard suif poetry can never escape untouched by its simplicity and its deapth. Pakistan has a rich tradition of sufiana poetry and singing. it has been the hub of sufi saints and the great master since the 11th century. Where else you will find the dera's and mazaars of the likes of Bulle Shah and Shah Inaayat (at Karoor near Lahore) or of Shah Hussain (in proper Lahore).
Pakistani vocalists are seriously pursuing Hindustani classical, it is another thing that about a decade back there was a perceptive fall in the class of singers, but lately we find that the tradition is being revived very vigorously. They are still the best in qawalli and ghazal rendering.
On my visit to Lahore a friend had organised a baithak wherein a young and upcoming singer sang the follwoing lines of Bulle Shah which stunned me to a state of shock since i had not know that Bulla had ever written about our Krishna of Braj. The lines fo somewhat like this:
Bansi wallaya chaka ranjha, tera sur sab naal hai sanjha
teriyan moojan saada manjha, saadi surat aap milayee
bansi wallaya kanha kahawen, shabad aneak anoop sunnave
akhiyan de vich nazar na anavey, kaisi bikhadi khed rachiyaa
bansi sab koi sune sunave, arth aheda koi birla pave
jo koi anhad dee sur pave, so is bansi da shaidayee.
hope you like this, if u and permit and wish i can post some more of Bulla here.
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| 11 Sep 2004 12:12 pm | #9 |
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Appologies for having wrongly spelt the name of place as `Karoor', the correct place is `Kasoor'. North-indians can probably relate to Kasoori Methi, coming from the same place.
And do pardon me for some atrocious spellings. Just got carried away with the subject.
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| 11 Sep 2004 12:46 pm | #10 |
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nice to find u back man,
difficult...? For you morphy....? from what i read on the forum u are the Guru. Will keep that in mind while posting next.
Sufi and Bhakti - text from these two traditions is probably the simplest. Sometime the use of words from dialects, long forgotten, makes them tougher to comprehend. Oh what a pleasure it is to read Nanak, Tulsi, Kabir, Mira, Surdas and Dadu alongside Ghalib, Mir and Zouk. How blessed are we to have inherited such a legacy... Just to sum it, Kabir says:
Hum bassi (wasi) us des ke, jahan jati varan kutch nahin
Shabad milawa hout hai, deh milawa nahin
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| 11 Sep 2004 03:20 pm | #11 |
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Dear Mitwa,
Great going really,I first time heard of Bulle shah in my
life; was in the Movie Bobby(1972-73),the song goes like this,
Chahe mandir masjid todo,Bulleshah ye kehata,par pyar bhara dil kabhi na todo.o.o.o.o.,is dil me dilbar rehata.jis palde tule mohabbat,usme chaandi nahi tolna,Toba meri,main ni d(B)olna,dunno!yar here,u may correct me.pls.later I read quit a bit about Sufiana poetry in news papers only and abt Pakistan being its origin.
What I like most in it is very frank and bold view points being putforth in simple language.without much concern of Religion.what is right is right,upfront;kind of attitude.Yes thats the beauty,they have written abt Krishna & other Gods.I know few Muslim poets writing abt Krishna like Raskhan(Brij bhasha poet),I had the poem in my text book of 4th standard.Kabeer was also very forceful on his right views;
Kankar patthar jod ke majid lai banay,ta chadh mulla bang de behra hua Khuday.
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Pahan(patthar) pujen Hari milen to main pujun pahad. what a sense to convey!I havent forgotten these from my childood texts even today.and I revere them.
bye for now,pls keep postin here and other threads too!
Mohan
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| 11 Sep 2004 08:10 pm | #12 |
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Hi mitva...this is an interesting topic about sufi poets and poetry. 
I love poetry...and I enjoy reading them be if Sufi or Jewish or Hindi or any other language.
So keep posting more on this.
Is it possible for you to explain the theme/meaning of some of the Sufi poems you have posted?That would be great for me and others like me who dont understand much of that language.
Ciao  
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| 11 Sep 2004 08:25 pm | #13 |
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Dear Devilicious_angel
appologies for having wrongly spelt your name in my last post. Bulle Shah text was for you.
And now to make up for the mistake, here is one of the shortest but the ultimate Kafi of Bulle Shah. It is a very touching description of Master and disciple relationship where he gives the example of a dog and is telling himself that even a dog is better than you. He says Bulle you keep awake all night and pray... so what - look at the dog (kutta) even he keeps awake all night and that too at the door of his master but he barks and keeps a watch for the safety of his Malik (master) and during the day he finds a place for himself wherever on dirt and garbage. A dog doesnt leave his master's door even if he is beaten a hundred times and not given anything to eat. And last he adds `Bulle Shah quickly find a better way to please your master, else even a dog is better than you (Taintho Uttey).
Raati jageny kare ibaadat, raati jagan kuttey, taintho uttey
Bhokkan band mool na hundey, ja roodi tey sutey, taintho uttey
Khasam apney da dar na chhad-dey, bhanven vajjan juttey, taintho uttey
Bulle Shah koi vasat vihaj lai, nahi tey baazi lai gaiy kuttey, taintho uttey.
now a days some people write the last line as:
`Bulle Shah chal yaar manna lai, nahi tey baazi lai gaiy kuttey'
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| 12 Sep 2004 12:26 am | #14 |
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hmm mitwa...
Hum bassi (wasi) us des ke, jahan jati varan kutch nahin
Shabad milawa hout hai, deh milawa nahin
khoob kahi dost .. and remember.. its people like you who keep this country alive... and carry its legacy with responsibility!!it may sound strange .. @ hows poetry related to being responsible.. but remember it takes a disciplined mind .. to be so involved into thoughts .. and what india needs today .. is not a few.. but crores of disclipined minds.. because .. a few hundreds are fighting a loosing battle..
as I aways think..
sar zameen ka bana,, hai bhut mera,,,
sar zameen aur mere log,, hai meri pechaan...
afsoos aaj kal zameen ko koi nahin bacha hai,,
bacha hai sirf koi hindu yaan koi musalmaan...
well i look forward to this thread... and well .. just to get the interest of every "average joe" .. i would request .. try and put up some simple explaination of the thoughts ....
also .. i would request everyone to participate ... its a rare opportunity to learn .... and feel the power of thoughts.. .. infact .. once you really get into it.. poetry,, ghazals and qawwali is a mode of meditation.. when the mind stops being a monkey and takes a deep plunge into the abyss.. comprising of just a few words....
cheers...
M.
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| 15 Sep 2004 09:41 am | #15 |
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True to your name Morph... you take the cake here too
well this average joe talks of only simple things... things that touch, and touch very close, intimately and so much that they hurt... and you got right there with ur words
bacha hai sirf koi hindu, ya koi musalma
yes people only want to look at our pagri, topi or cap. we have to be identified with a god first, even if it needs to pull to pants down.
reminds me of a beautiful line from Abdullah Bismil
ram khuda ki jung mein, huey pakheru dher
in the fight for ram and khuda many a peace loving doves have been sacrifised.
or something that i had read behind a truck, kind of a bumpr sticker u call.
Log toot jaten hai ek ghar basane mein
tum taras nahi khate, bastiyan jalane mein
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