Bulleh Shah...

Few lines (in Punjabi) by Bulleh Shah (Sufi saint):


Bulleya padh padh aalam faazal baniyo...
kade apne aap nu padheya ee nahin..

bhaj bhaj wadhdan e mandar masiti...
kade apne andar tu wadhiya hi nahin..

ainwey roj shataan naal ladhdan e
kade nabz apne naal ladhiya hi nahin..

Bulleh Shah.. asmaan udhdiyan phad da en..
jehda ghar baitha ohnu phadiya hi nahin.


Goes something like this (translated):

[He] Read a lot and became a scholar,
But never tried to read himself.

Goes to temples and mosques with full gusto,
But never tried to enter his own heart.

[He] Fights with the devil everyday,
Never tries to fight his own thoughts.

Tries to reach for things in the sky,
when [he] hasn't got hold of things at home.