i know not who i am

Here is an English translation of 16th century Sufi saint Bulleh Shah's poetry.

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i know not who i am

i am neither a believer

Nor given to non-believing ways

Neither clean nor unclean

i am neither Moses nor Pharaoh

i know not who i am

i am neither among sinners nor among saints

Neither happy nor unhappy

i belong neither to water nor to earth

i am neither fire nor air

i know not who i am

Neither do i know the secret of religion

nor am i born of Adam and Eve

i have given my self no name

i belong neither to those who squat and pray

Nor to those who have gone astray

i know not who i am

i was in the beginning, i'd be there in the end

i know not any one other than the ONE

Who could be wiser than Bulleh Shah

Whose Master is ever there to tend ?

i know not who i am

Bulleh Shah
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