Ranjha-Ranjha Kardi Ni Mein Aape Ranjha Hoi - Bulle Shah

 राँझा राँझा करदी नी मैं आपे राँझा होई। - बुल्ले शाह (Ranjha-Ranjha Kardi Ni Mein Aape Ranjha Hoi) - Bulle Shah - By constantly chanting the name of Ranjha, I have myself become Ranjha.

It is one of the most celebrated kafis (mystical poems) by the 18th-century Punjabi Sufi saint and poet Baba Bulleh Shah (1680–1757). Rooted in the Sufi concept of Fana (the annihilation of the ego or individual self into the Divine), the poem uses the classic Punjabi tragic romance of Heer and Ranjha as a spiritual allegory. Like Heer and Ranjha's souls were inseparable in love, his soul is inseparable from his mentor i.e spiritual guru (Murshid). Here I am presenting this poem along with it's translation. Below is the Hindi rendition of the song. To understand it better visit : Understanding Bulle Shah's Ranjha-Ranjha  

राँझा राँझा करदी नी मैं आपे राँझा होई,

सद्दो नी मैनूँ धीदो राँझा हीर ना आखो कोई। 

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ni Main Aape Ranjha Hoi,

Saddo Ni Mainoon Dheedo Ranjha Heer Na Akho Koi

By constantly chanting the name of Ranjha, I have myself become Ranjha;

do not look for Heer within me, for I, too, have become Ranjha.

राँझा मैं विच्च मैं रांझे विच्च होर ख़याल ना कोई,

मैं नहीं उह आप है आपनी आप करे दिल-जोई। 

Ranjha Main Vicch Main Raanjhe Vicch Hor Khayal Na Koi,

Main Nahin Uh Aap Hai Aapni Aap Kare Dil-Joi.

Ranjha is within me, and I am within Ranjha we are closely bound,

all that exists now is Ranjha; Heer is nowhere to be found.

राँझा राँझा करदी नी मैं आपे राँझा होई,

हथ खूंडी मेरे अग्गे मंगू मोढे भूरा लोई। 

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ni Main Aape Ranjha Hoi,

Hath Khoondi Mere Agge Mangu Modhe Bhoora Loi.

By constantly chanting 'Ranjha, Ranjha', I have myself become Ranjha,

With a shepherd’s staff in my hand and a woollen blanket draped over my shoulder I am lost in Ranjha.

'बुल्ला' हीर सलेटी वेखो कित्थे जा खलोई,

राँझा राँझा करदी नी मैं आपे राँझा होई। 

सद्दो नी मैनूँ धीदो राँझा हीर ना आखो कोई।

'Bullha' Heer Saleti Vekho Kithe Ja Khaloi,

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ni Main Aape Ranjha Hoi,

Saddo Ni Mainoon Dheedo Ranjha Heer Na Akho Koi.

Bulla,' behold where Heer Saleti has come to stand as Ranjha,

By constantly chanting 'Ranjha, Ranjha,' I have myself become Ranjha.

Now call me 'Dhido Ranjha' because 'Heer' is not there but only Ranjha.

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Here is the Hindi rendition of the song: 

राँझा नाम जपते-जपते में खुद राँझा हो गयी हूँ,

मुझमें हीर को मत देखो क्यूंकि में भी राँझा हो गयी हूँ. 

राँझा मुझ में,मैं राँझे में और कुछ नहीं हैं,

जो कुछ है अब राँझा है, हीर कहीं नहीं है.

राँझा नाम जपते-जपते में खुद राँझा हो गयी हूँ,

हाथ में चरवाहे की लाठी,कंधे पर मोटा ऊनी कंबल ओढ़े में उसमें खो गयी हूँ। 

बुल्हा, 'देखो हीर सलेटी कहाँ खड़ी हो गई है,

लगातार 'रांझा, रांझा' जपते-जपते मैं खुद रांझा बन गई है। 

अब मुझे 'धिदो रांझा' कहो; क्यूंकि 'हीर' यहाँ कोई नहीं रह गई है।

This song is also sung by many sufi singers and also used as movie songs. Here is one such rendition of this song by Gulzar and A.R.Rehman sung by Rekha Bhardwaj and Javed Ali from Mani Ratnam's Raavan