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This essay reminds me of this bollywood song: Bulla Ki Jaana Not a believer inside the mosque, am I Nor a pagan disciple of false rites Not the pure a
by zaidf 18y ago
This essay reminds me of this bollywood song:
Bulla Ki Jaana
Not a believer inside the mosque, am I
Nor a pagan disciple of false rites
Not the pure amongst the impure
Neither Moses, nor the Pharoh
Bulleh! to me, I am not known
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Secrets of religion, I have not known
From Adam and Eve, I am not born
I am not the name I assume
Not in stillness, nor on the move
Bulleh! to me, I am not known
Full lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/rabbi_shergill/bulla_ki_jaana_english.html http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/rabbi_shergill/bulla_ki_j...
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTxZy32Fv_0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTxZy32Fv_0
- ajju 18y agoIt is astounding how little this liberal face of Islam is known outside of the Indian subcontinent and possibly the educated populace of Iran.
- ajju 18y agoAlso, this is not a Bollywood song. It is a poem by a 17th/18th century Punjabi Sufi Muslim poet Bulleh Shah performed here by a Punjabi Sikh called "Rabbi" with scenes from Hindu majority India in the background and English subtitles. So many identities :)
- gruseom 18y agoWell, Rumi is the best-selling poet in the United States. Rightly so, too: the Sufi poets are as great as any poetry ever written, I think, and can be astonishingly modern. That being said, I have the impression that they are distinctly non grata in the vast majority of the Muslim world. No?