Birth date:
1680
Death date:
1757
Bulleh Shah, sometimes Bulla(h) Shah (1680–1757) (Punjabi: بلہے شاہ) was a Punjabi Sufi poet, humanist and philosopher. His full name was Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri[1]
Modern renderings
In the 1990s Junoon, a rock band from Pakistan, rendered his poems Bullah Ki Jaana and Aleph (Ilmon Bas Kareen O Yaar). In 2004, Rabbi Shergill turned the abstruse metaphysical poem Bullah Ki Jaana into a rock/fusion song that gained popularity in India and Pakistan.[2][3]
Further reading
Bulleh Shah: the love-intoxicated iconoclast, by J. R. Puri, Tilaka Raj Shangri. Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1986
Great Sufi Poets of The Punjab, by R. M. Chopra, Iran Society, Kolkata, 1999.
Poems by this Poet
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| Love Springs Eternal | 31 July 2013 |
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| My Eyes Pour Out Tears | 31 July 2013 |
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| Neither Hindu nor Muslim | 31 July 2013 |
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| O come and meet this separation-tormented one | 31 July 2013 |
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| One Point Contains All | 31 July 2013 |
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| One Thread Only | 31 July 2013 |
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| Perverse times have come | 31 July 2013 |
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| Remove duality and do away with all disputes | 31 July 2013 |
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| Repeating the name of Ranjha | 31 July 2013 |
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| Repeating the name of the Beloved | 31 July 2013 |
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