This book is a collection of poems by the great Sufi poet of Punjab, Bulleh Shah (16801758), translated into English by Taufiq Rafat, one of Pakistans premier English language poets.
This book is a collection of poems by the great Sufi poet of Punjab, Bulleh Shah (16801758), translated into English by Taufiq Rafat, one of Pakistans premier English language poets.
Playwright, translator, and poet, Taufiq Rafat (19271998) was regarded as one of the finest Pakistani poets writing in English. Postulating a fundamental Pakistani Idiom, he revolutionized English language writing in this country by adapting and naturalizing English to express the Pakistani experience. Born in Sialkot in 1927, Rafat was educated at Dehra Dun, Aligarh, and Government College, Lahore. His work featured in all three of Oxford University Presss early collections of Pakistani English poetry, First Voices (1964), Pieces of Eight (1970), and Wordfall (1976). He was published overseas in the celebrated literary-political journal, Encounter, as well as in Poems of the Commonwealth, and Mentors Modern Asian Literature.
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Translators Note Introduction Poems 1. A for Allah 2. The Difference 3. Wayfarer, arise 4. I Swallowed the Hook 5. The Trap 6. Where is your Home 7. A Safe Place 8. Embrace me, Love 9. Left Alone 10. Spell 11. Heritage 12. One is Enough 13. A Topsy-turvy World 14. Not for a Moment 15. Does Anyone Know 16. Briefing Bulleh 17. Wanderer, Ho 18. Accursed 19. The Follower 20. I'm in a Trap 21. Whatever you Touch 22. Be Silent Now 23. Acquaintance 24. Who's Keeping the Gossips Busy 25. The World's a Fun-fair 26. With Love my Heart Overflows 27. The Broken Spinning-wheel 28. The Transformation 29. The Lover's Way 30. Rituals 31. All Cotton-bolls are White 32. The Buyer 33. Love comes on Bright New Wings 34. Enough of Learning, Friend 35. Stop the Spinning-wheel Girl 36. Dogs are Better than you 37. Name 38. Come See Me Once in a While 39. Lass, Look to your Spinning 40. This Mad Lover 41. Penitence 42. Who Choose Cold-hearted Dears 43. My Love has Come to Call 44. Up with your Veil, Love 45. Clay 46. The Benighted 47. I'm Harbouring a Thief 48. Gather Round me, Friends 49. Truth Will Out 50. God has Come Down as Man 51. I'm Waiting 52. I'm: Just a Sweepress 53. The Load 54. From the First Moment 55. Strange are the Ways of my Love 56. Neither Hindu nor Muslim 57. Obfuscation 58. The Semi-literate 59. The Story of Creation 60. Love's Arrival 61. Honesty 62. I'm not Talking of Here 63. Desertion 64. Relatively Speaking 65. Because of you 66. Plea for Protection 67. Saturday 68. Thursday 69. Spring 70. Rain 71. Knots Glossary Index of First Lines
Translators Note Introduction Poems 1. A for Allah 2. The Difference 3. Wayfarer, arise 4. I Swallowed the Hook 5. The Trap 6. Where is your Home 7. A Safe Place 8. Embrace me, Love 9. Left Alone 10. Spell 11. Heritage 12. One is Enough 13. A Topsy-turvy World 14. Not for a Moment 15. Does Anyone Know 16. Briefing Bulleh 17. Wanderer, Ho 18. Accursed 19. The Follower 20. I'm in a Trap 21. Whatever you Touch 22. Be Silent Now 23. Acquaintance 24. Who's Keeping the Gossips Busy 25. The World's a Fun-fair 26. With Love my Heart Overflows 27. The Broken Spinning-wheel 28. The Transformation 29. The Lover's Way 30. Rituals 31. All Cotton-bolls are White 32. The Buyer 33. Love comes on Bright New Wings 34. Enough of Learning, Friend 35. Stop the Spinning-wheel Girl 36. Dogs are Better than you 37. Name 38. Come See Me Once in a While 39. Lass, Look to your Spinning 40. This Mad Lover 41. Penitence 42. Who Choose Cold-hearted Dears 43. My Love has Come to Call 44. Up with your Veil, Love 45. Clay 46. The Benighted 47. I'm Harbouring a Thief 48. Gather Round me, Friends 49. Truth Will Out 50. God has Come Down as Man 51. I'm Waiting 52. I'm: Just a Sweepress 53. The Load 54. From the First Moment 55. Strange are the Ways of my Love 56. Neither Hindu nor Muslim 57. Obfuscation 58. The Semi-literate 59. The Story of Creation 60. Love's Arrival 61. Honesty 62. I'm not Talking of Here 63. Desertion 64. Relatively Speaking 65. Because of you 66. Plea for Protection 67. Saturday 68. Thursday 69. Spring 70. Rain 71. Knots Glossary Index of First Lines
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