BULLEH SHAH
BULLEH SHAH, a Master Muslim Sufi Poet, humanist and philosopher of Medieval Punjab on Search for GOD.
He identified where to find Love and the Divine presence - nowhere, but within one’s self.
The following lines, in Punjabi language, and their translation are:
Je rab milda nahateya dhoteya, te rab milda dadduan machiyan noo,
Je rab milda jangal phireyan te rab milda gaiyaan bachiyan noon,
Je rab milda mandir - masiti te milda cham chidikhiyan noon,
Ve miyan Bulleya rab onhan noon milda,
Ati dil-eya achiyyan sachhiya noon.
If God was to be found by bathing and cleaning, then frogs and fishes would have found him long back;
If God was to be found by roaming in jungles, then cows and other animals would have found him long back;
If God was to be found in Temples and Mosques then the birds and the bats would have found him long back;
Bulleh, GOD will be found only by those who are true and good at heart.
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