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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| Turn your face toward me | 31 July 2013 |
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| Repeating the name of Ranjha | 31 July 2013 |
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| Going to Makkah is not the ultimate | 31 July 2013 |
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| Look into Yourself | 31 July 2013 |
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| Repeating the name of the Beloved | 31 July 2013 |
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| What a carefree game He plays | 31 July 2013 |
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| He Who is Stricken by Love | 31 July 2013 |
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| Love is ever new and fresh | 31 July 2013 |
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| Sack the gongman | 31 July 2013 |
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| Whether or not you know this | 31 July 2013 |
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