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Bait (abyat) · Sultan Bahu

Alif Allah Chambe Di Booti

الف اللہ چنبے دی بوٹی

Sultan Bahu’s opening bait: the name of God as a jasmine sapling, planted in the heart by the perfect guide.

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    الف اللہ چنبے دی بوٹی، مرشد من وچ لائی ہُو

    Alif Allah chambe di booti, murshid man vich laai hu

    Alif — Allah — is a jasmine sapling my guide planted in my heart, hu.

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    نفی اثبات دا پانی ملیس، ہر رگے ہر جائی ہُو

    Nafi asbaat da paani milyas, har rage har jaai hu

    Watered by negation and affirmation, it spread through every vein, hu.

    “Negation and affirmation” refers to the two halves of the declaration of faith: there is no god — but God.

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    اندر بوٹی مشک مچایا، جاں پھُلاں تے آئی ہُو

    Andar booti mushk machaaya, jaan phullan te aai hu

    Within, the sapling spread its fragrance as it came into flower, hu.

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    جیوے مرشد کامل باہو، جیں ایہہ بوٹی لائی ہُو

    Jeeve murshid kaamil Bahu, jain eh booti laai hu

    Long live the perfect guide, Bahu, who planted this sapling, hu.

Source: Abyat of Sultan Bahu (opening bait)

Working English rendering for this archive preview. To be replaced with Prof. Saeed Ahmad’s rendering from Great Sufi Wisdom.

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