just because... i still can't get over this song!

BULLA KI JAANA

A Kafi written by Sufi Saint Bulla Shah, sometime in the 18th century

Bulla1 ki Jaana main kaun

Bulla ki Jaana main lkaun

(Bulla! I know not who I am)

(Bulla! I know not who I am)

Na main moman2 vich maseetan3

Na main vich kufar4 dian reetan5

Na main pakan6 vich paleetan7

(Nor am I the believer in mosque)

(Nor am I in the rituals of the infidel)

(Nor am I the pure in the impure)

Na main andar bed-kitiban8

Na main rehnda bhang-sharaban9

Na main rehnda mast-kharaban

(Nor am I inherent in the Vedas)

(Nor am I present in intoxicants)

(Nor am I lost nor the corrupt)

Na main shadi na gamnaki10

Na main vich paleetan pakeen

Na main aabi na main khaki

(Nor am I union nor grief)

(Nor am I intrinsic in the pure/impure)

(Nor am I of the water nor of the land)

Na main aatish na main paun

Bulla ki Jaana main kaun

(Nor am I fire nor air)

(Bulla! I know not what I am)

Na main arabi na lahouri

Na main hindi shahar nagouri

Na hindu na turk pashouri

(Nor am I Arabic nor from Lahore)

(Nor am I the Indian City of Nagaur)

(Nor a Hindu nor a Peshawri turk)

Na main bhet mazhab da paya

Na main aadam-havva jaya

Na koi apna naam dharaya

(Nor did I create the difference of faith)

(Nor did I create adam-eve)

(Nor did I name myself)

Avval-akhar aap nu Jaana

Na koi duja hor pachhana

Maithon na koi har syana

(Beginning or end I know just the self)

(Do not acknowledge duality)

(There's none wiser than I)

Bulla shauh Kharha hai kaun

Bulla ki Jaana main kaun

(Who is this Bulla Shah)

(Bulla! I know not who I am)

Meanings of words in the song: 1 Bulla - Bulla Shah, sufi saint2 Moman - muslim3 Maseetan - mosques4 Kufar - idolatry5 Reetan - rituals6 Pakan - the pure7 Paleetan - the impure8 Bed-kitaban -- Vedas & Islamic scriptures9 Bhang-sharaban -- opium & liquor10 Gamnaki -- funeral