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18th Century

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English version by
J. R. Puri and T. R. Shangari

Original Language
Punjabi

I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?

Themes

Death

Fire

Lover and Beloved

Night

Separation

Recommended Books

	Baba Bulleh Shah: Music CD, by Abida Parveen
	Bulleh Shah: A Selection Rendered Into English Verse, by Bulleh Shah
	Bulleh Shah: The Love-Intoxicated Iconoclast (Mystics of the East series), by J. R. Puri / Tilaka Raja Puri
	Saint Bulleh Shah, by K.S. Duggal

I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?
I can neither live, nor can I die.
Listen ye to my ceaseless outpourings,
I have peace neither by night, nor by day.
I cannot do without my Beloved even for a moment.
I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?
The fire of separation is unceasing !
Let someone take care of my love.
How can I be saved without seeing him?
I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?

O Bullah, I am in dire trouble !
Let someone come to help me out.
How shall I endure such torture ?
I have been pierced by the arrow of love,
what shall I do ?
I can neither live, nor can I die.

-- from Bulleh Shah: The Love-Intoxicated Iconoclast (Mystics of the East series), by J. R. Puri / Tilaka Raja Puri

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