''Bullah Ki Jaana'' ( pa, بُلّھا کیہ جاݨاں
(Shahmukhi
Shahmukhi (, ) is a Perso-Arabic alphabet script used historically by Punjabi Muslims (primarily in present-day Pakistani Punjab) to write the Punjabi language. It is generally written in the Nastaʿlīq calligraphic hand, which is also used ...
), ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾਂ
(Gurmukhi
Gurmukhī ( pa, ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, , Shahmukhi: ) is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). It is used by Punjabi Sikhs to write the language, commonly ...
)) is one of the most-known
Kafi
Kafi ( pa, ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi), Hindi: काफ़ी, Urdu: کافی, Sindhi:ڪافي) is a classical form of Sufi music mostly in the Siraiki, Punjabi and Sindhi languages and originating from the Punjab, and Sindh re ...
poems written by the
Punjabi Sufi saint
Bulleh Shah
Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri ( pa, ; ; 1680–1757), known popularly as Bulleh Shah ( pa, ; ) and Bulleya, was a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet during 17th-century Punjab. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) ...
.
In the 1990s
Junoon, a rock band from Pakistan, rendered "Bullah Ki Jaana". In 2005,
Rabbi Shergill
Rabbi Shergill (born Gurpreet Singh Shergill on 16 April 1973) is an Indian musician well known for his debut album ''Rabbi'' and the chart-topper song of 2005, '' Bullah Ki Jaana '' ("I know not who I am!"). His music has been described vari ...
's rock/fusion version of ''Bullah Ki Jaana'' became a chart-topper in India and Pakistan.
The
Wadali Brothers, a Punjabi Sufi group from India, have also released a version of "Bullah Ki Jaana" on their album ''Aa Mil Yaar... Call of the Beloved''. Another version was performed by
Lakhwinder Wadali
Lakhwinder Wadali is an Indian musician and singer, who hails from a family of musicians from Punjab, India.His grandfather Thakur Dass Wadali was a renowned vocalist and his father and uncle formed a Sufi qawwali duo, the Wadali brothers. Lakh ...
and entitled Bullah. The poem was also rendered by
Arieb Azhar in his debut album "Wajj". A version was released in 2010 by Shahbaz Khan under the label of
Fire Records (Pakistan)
Fire Records (Pakistan) was a Pakistani record label owned by AAG TV. It managed many artists between 2006 and 2013. According to Pakistan's ''The News on Sunday'', the label held a virtual monopoly over major music releases in Pakistan in the mi ...
.
Lyrics
Original Version
ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਮੋਮਨ ਵਿਚ ਮਸੀਤਾਂ, ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਵਿਚ ਕੁਫ਼ਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਰੀਤਾਂ,
ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਪਾਕਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਪਲੀਤਾਂ, ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਮੂਸਾ ਨਾ ਫਰਔਨ।
ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਕੌਣ।
ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਅੰਦਰ ਬੇਦ ਕਿਤਾਬਾਂ, ਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਭੰਗਾਂ ਨਾ ਸ਼ਰਾਬਾਂ,
ਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਰਿੰਦਾਂ ਮਸਤ ਖਰਾਬਾਂ, ਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਜਾਗਣ ਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਸੌਣ।
ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਕੌਣ।
ਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਾਦੀ ਨਾ ਗ਼ਮਨਾਕੀ, ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਵਿਚ ਪਲੀਤੀ ਪਾਕੀ,
ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਆਬੀ ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਖ਼ਾਕੀ, ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਆਤਿਸ਼ ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਪੌਣ।
ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਕੌਣ।
ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਅਰਬੀ ਨਾ ਲਾਹੌਰੀ, ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਹਿੰਦੀ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਨਗੌਰੀ,
ਨਾ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨਾ ਤੁਰਕ ਪਸ਼ੌਰੀ, ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਵਿਚ ਨਦੌਣ।
ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਕੌਣ।
ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਭੇਤ ਮਜ਼ਹਬ ਦਾ ਪਾਇਆ, ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਆਦਮ ਹਵਾ ਜਾਇਆ,
ਨਾ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਨਾਮ ਧਰਾਇਆ, ਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਬੈਠਣ ਨਾ ਵਿਚ ਭੌਣ।
ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਕੌਣ।
ਅੱਵਲ ਆਖਰ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣਾਂ, ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਦੂਜਾ ਹੋਰ ਪਛਾਣਾਂ,
ਮੈਥੋਂ ਹੋਰ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਸਿਆਣਾ, ਬੁਲ੍ਹਾ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ ਕੌਣ।
ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਕੌਣ।
Translated Version
I do not believe in mosques, I do not believe in blasphemy,
I am not the unclean among the righteous, I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.
Who am I?
I don't have books inside, neither cannabis nor alcohol,
In no way do you fall asleep, in no way do you wake up in no way do you sleep.
Who am I?
Neither marriage nor sorrow, nor purity in me,
Not me Abi, not me Khaki, not me Atish, not me Paon.
Who am I?
Neither I am Arabic nor Lahori, nor am I the Hindi city of Nagauri.
Neither Hindu nor Turk Pashori, nor I live in Nadoun.
Who am I?
I did not find the secret religion, nor did I become Adam Hawa.
I didn't mention my name, I didn't sit in it, I didn't even look at it.
Who am I?
First and last, let me know myself, and not anyone else,
Who is standing wiser than me, Bullah Shah?
Who am I?
References
Pakistani poetry
Punjabi poetry
Sufi poetry
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