Chal Bulleya from Saptak 2020 by Mekaal Hasan Band
'Chal Bulleya'is a sufi kafi written by the great sufi sage Baba Bulleh Shah. Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, now in Pakistan [2]. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara in modern Uzbekistan .
At the age of six months, his parents relocated to Malakwal. There his father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a preacher in the village mosque and a teacher. His father later got a job in Pandoke, about 50 miles southeast of Kasur. Bulleh Shah received his early schooling in Pandoke, and moved to Kasur for higher education, to become a student of the prominent professor, Ghulam Murtaza. He also received education from Maulana Mohiyuddin. His spiritual teacher was the eminent Sufi saint, Shah Inayat Qadri [3].
Bulleh Shah was a direct descendant of Muhammad, through the progeny of Shaikh Abdul Qadir Gillani of Baghdad.
A large amount of what is known about Bulleh Shah comes through legends, and is subjective; to the point that there isn’t even agreement among historians concerning his precise date and place of birth. Some “facts” about his life have been pieced together from his own writings. Other “facts” seem to have been passed down through oral traditions.
Bulleh Shah practiced the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry established by poets like Shah Hussain (1538 – 1599), Sultan Bahu (1629 – 1691), and Shah Sharaf (1640 – 1724).
Bulleh Shah lived in the same period as the famous Sindhi Sufi poet, Shah Abdul Latif Bhatai (1689 – 1752). His lifespan also overlapped with the legendary Punjabi poet Waris Shah (1722 – 1798), of Heer Ranjha fame, and the famous Sindhi Sufi poet Abdul Wahad (1739 – 1829), better known by his pen-name, Sachal Sarmast (“truth seeking leader of the intoxicated ones”). Amongst Urdu poets, Bulleh Shah lived 400 miles away from Mir Taqi Mir (1723 – 1810) of Agra.
He died in 1758, and his tomb is located in Kasur, Pakistan
Tracklist
| 1. | Chal Bulleya | 4:31 |
Lyrics
O’ Bulleh Shah let’s go there
Where everyone is blind
Where no one recognizes our caste
(or race, or family name)
And where no one believes in us
Self-obsession and indifference will tear
you apart like spun cotton or a lamb to
the slaughter
Listen to Bhagat Kabir, Bulleha, both
situations are not desirable
Bulleh Shah is happiest when people mingle
and eat to their heart’s content
O Bulleh, just love your God and ignore
the chidings
When they say you are an infidel,
say “Yes I am one”
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