You are correct that Bolo means to say. However, here Bulleh is the nickname of a famous Saint that presented the Sufi islam in South Asia (notably what's known as Pakistan now).
So, the poet was actually, asking himself what he is. Basically in my opinion, a poem that outlines a struggle to know oneself and to not consider one higher than others -- all comes down to Ego and how to get rid of it.
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I have problems with the translation of this. I'm learning Hindi for some time now and am confused by the different translations:
at first I thought it means "say who I am", because "bulla" sounds like from the stem "bolo"=say, but now ...
I'm confused ...
You are correct that Bolo means to say. However, here Bulleh is the nickname of a famous Saint that presented the Sufi islam in South Asia (notably what's known as Pakistan now).
So, the poet was actually, asking himself what he is. Basically in my opinion, a poem that outlines a struggle to know oneself and to not consider one higher than others -- all comes down to Ego and how to get rid of it.
So the sentence in proper order would be "Bulleh, janaa ki main kaun" = "Bulleh, know (or find out) who I am", right?
exactly, so in essence, since his own nick was Bulleh, the Sufi saint was asking who he was! Since, he's nothing.
Wonderful once we understand the concept.
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Shaykh Ahmed said of this song
One who knows himself, knows his Lord - Hadith
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