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Podcast: Poems of Annihilation
Episode: I flee from those who have hardly learned anything about the teachings of love
Description: Sufi Lyrics of Bullhe Shah poem 132 128 129 130 131 Christopher Shackle Murty Classical Library of India Harvard University Press Bulleh âI flee from those who have studied a little bitâ âif I am transported by love, I flourishâ âI am not a swimmerâ âhe saves one who is full of faultsâ âthe lordâs love is strangeâ âeven if I am the top player, I am placed bottomâ âthe depth of the lord is bottomlessâ âi swim about helplesslyâ âi am a poor sweeper girlâ âwith the fan of attention and the broom of knowledge I keep sweeping up lust and angerâ âif I am owned by the Lord, I am released from f...