Bahu Is Nowhere

Bahu is nowhere;
Only He is there within
and without--- Hu!

One practices austerities and
goes through deep afflictions---- Hu!

One studies million of books
and becomes a renowned scholar,
a sage, --- Hu!

But
the title of Faqir is granted
only to him
Says Bahu,
whose grave becomes
a living symbol* --- Hu! 

Allah Favoured You

Allah favoured you
and you
memorised the Quran
but the veils were not removed--- Hu!

You
became a scholar
even then
you seek gold coins? ---- Hu!

You studied
hundred and thousand books
but the cruel baser self
did not die--- Hu!

No body could kill
this thief within,
says Bahu,
except the Faqirs---- Hu! 

As Soon As We Came To Know

As soon as we came to know
the significance of the Name* --- Allah---
the love shone more radiantly---- Hu!

It gave warmth
day and night,
made itself felt more and more--- Hu!

All that fire
burns in our soul.
The flames, the fuel, the smoke,
all within--- Hu!

When the love became
our guide,
says Bahu,
the Love was found
"closer than even the jugular vein" --- Hu! 

Alif* Allah's Name is a Jessamine Sapling 2

Alif;
Allah's Name is
a jessamine sapling
planted in my heart
by the Murshid--- Hu!

Watered through nafi athbat*
in every vein and every joint --- Hu!


It has blossomed
into flowers.
It emits sweet fragrance
all within --- Hu!

Long live the Murshid
says Bahu,
who planted the plant--- Hu! 

Alif* Allah's Name Is A Jessamine Sapling

Alif*
Allah's Name is
a jessamine sapling
planted in the heart
by the Murshid (Spiritual Guide)--- Hu!

He teaches the tune
and the mode of dancing
of his own choice--- Hu!

The beloved teacher
remembers us
in every state
all the time--- Hu!

In fact,
it is He Himself
who grants the vision
says Bahu
He transforms the aspirant
His own image* --- Hu! 

My spirit heard

My spirit heard:
"Am I not your Lord?"
and
it still goes on  crying
in response:
"We bear witness
that you are" --- Hu!

Love for my real place*
over-powers me;
it lets me no rest
even for a moment--- Hu!

May you be doomed
O robbing world!
You plunder the way-farers
on the pathway to Truth--- Hu!

The lovers never accept her,
says Bahu
though
she wails for the attention--- Hu! 

When the One shoed himself to me

When the One
showed Himself to me,
my baser self
was mortified--- Hu!

I reached
where there was no nearness,
no meeting, no goal
and
there was neither body
no spirit--- Hu!

Neither was love
and affection
nor existence and universe--- Hu!

I was transformed
says Bahu
into the Absolute reality,
a secret of the pure Essence--- Hu! 

Eyes red, Face pale

Eyes red,
face pale
and sighs
from all sides--- Hu!

The fragrant love
that we chose,
has spread far and near--- Hu!

Love and musk
cannot be concealed,
they're evident there and then--- Hu!

Only they who enjoy the blissful grandeur of placelss,
says Bahu,
can be called Faqirs* ---- Hu! 

We understood the significance

We understood the significance
of the eternities
and passed by
all the joyful sights--- Hu!

All the fourteen plains
are in the heart,
so we set fire
to the thoughts of retreats
in the cells--- Hu!

Desolate were they
in both the worlds
who did not find out
the truth--- Hu!

Look at the style of those,
says Bahu,
who immersed themselves
in the Unity--- Hu!

Half The Cure

Half the curse
upon the world
and the whole curse
upon the worldly--- Hu!

Those who did not spend
in the cause of the Master
would suffer "stern judgement"--- Hu!

Curse be upon the cunning world
that instigates the fathers
to kill their sons* --- Hu!

Those
who shunned the world,
says Bahu,
will enjoy the bliss
of evergreen gardens* ---- Hu!