[Verse 1]
You study hard to become a learned scholar
Yet you never bother to learn about your own soul
[Verse 2]
You are quick to enter the temple and mosque
Yet you never bother to enter your own heart
[Verse 3]
You fight with satan every day
Yet you never bother to fight your own cravings
[Verse 4]
Bulleh Shah, you are obsessed with attaining what's far from your reach
Yet you never bother to reach for the treasure that's sitting right at homе
[Chorus]
Cease this pursuit, my friend
Cеase this pursuit of overt knowledge, my friend
Cease this pursuit, my friend
Cease this pursuit of overt knowledge, my friend
One letter Alif is all you need for the key to true knowledge
One letter Alif is all you need for the key to true knowledge
Truth!
Cease this pursuit, my friend
Cease this pursuit of overt knowledge, my friend
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master
[Instrumental-break]
[Verse 5]
I want to go
I want to go with jogi
I want to go
I want to go with jogi
I want to go with jogi
[Verse 6]
He who does not recognise the power of truth
He who does not recognise the power of truth
He who does not recognise the power of truth
The Lord does not grant him strength and courage
The Lord does not grant him strength and courage
[Verse 7]
We drowned in the river of the soul
What boat, and what swirling depths?
[Chorus]
Truth!
Cease this pursuit, my friend
Cease this pursuit of overt knowledge, my friend
Cease this pursuit, my friend
Cease this pursuit of overt knowledge, my friend
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master
[Outro]
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master
Allah, the Master, Allah, the Master