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Kar Kattan Wal Dhiyan kuray ka by Bulleh Shah — Analysis & Translation

Original Poem

Kar Kattan Wal Dhiyan kuray ka IN'SHAA'ALLAH♥️ Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! Your mother ever counsels you, Why do you roam thus aimlessly? Heed the counsel, O ignorant girl! Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! The spinning wheel you have got free. You have paid nothing to obtain it. You do not realize with what effort you got it When your task has become so easy Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! This wheel is made for your sake. Restrain a little your urge. to play. You are not going to grow further. . Do not act foolishly, O girl! Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! ' Your wheel is of various colors; It is the envy of the whole tribe. Spin it while the going is good; Get settled in your own house, O girl! Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! This wheel has a heavy price! Ye stupid, you know not its value. You are haughty, you strut in conceit, Lost in vanity, in pelf and pride.* Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! I shout, I cry with uplifted arms: Do not at all be careless! Listen to me and understand! Never will such a wheel be fashioned By any other craftsman, O girl! Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! although this is not entirely clear. Why let you such a wheel go waste? Why throw it on a heap of dust?. Ever since it came your way, You never plied it O foolish giri! Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! i advise this silly, senseless girl. This foolish, queer and crazy girl, When misfortunes overtake this hapless one, You will lament in despair, O girl! Lass, look to your spinning, O girl You have been ever ill-provided. Never did you spin a roll with attention. Why do you now roam sad and dejected? On whiom do you pin your hopes, O girl? Lass, look to your spinning, O girl! You do not get your spindle straightened; Nor do you get the wheel-string tightened Time and again why stop you spinning? You work your own ruin, O girl! Lass, look to your spinning, Get your curved spindle straightened. Quickly get your wheel-string fixed. Set it to work, somehow or other. Do not be negligent, O girl! Lass, look to your spinning, You have fresh cotton in the house today. You should quickly work the pin-rolls. Take the rolled cotton to get it whiffed Tomorrow you can?t go there, O girl! Lass, look to your spinning, When you return with whiffed cotton, With friends you will spin cotton rolls. You will be liked by one and all, in the whole wide world, O gir!! Lass, look to your spinning, In your spinning party have all your friends. Spun their cotton rolls and finished their work. You sit idly, they goad you to spin. Why do you keep sitting, and look at them dazed? Lass, look to your spinning, Light the lamp lying near you; Spin the cotton, put it in the basket; Keep awake throughout the night, And work tirelessly on your wheel, O girl! Put your mind in spinning, O girl! The reign in your parents? house is of four days (very short time). Do not waste it all in frivolous play, Do not remain idle, do some work. Let not your home go to ruin, O girl! Put your mind in spinning, O girl! Do not pass the night in slumber; You will not come here the second time, And sit again in this spinning party, With friendly girls, of your age, O girl! Put your mind in spinning, O girl! You will not stay in the parental house for ever; Nor always sit beside your fond mother. You will bear the fire of separation one day, And face your mother-in-law and sister-in-law, O girl! Put your mind in spinning, O girl! Spin your yarn or get it spun. Get your threads set in the warp. Get your wedding clothes dyed. Then alone will you earn respect, O girl! Put your mind in spinning, O girl! When you get to the house of strangers You will not come back again from there. You will feel repentant on reaching there. Make some provision forehand, O girl! Put your mind in spinning, O girl! You have still so much to do! Why have you grown so carefree? What will you do at the last moment, When the guest (angels of death) reach your house, O girl? Put your mind in spinning, O girl! When all your friends have departed, They will not return from there at all (they will not return to this world after death; They will not set their wheels to spin. Your spinning house will remain deserted, O girl! Put your mind in spinning, O girl! Be not proud of your beauty and youth;: Tourists do not settle in a foreign land (this world is a foreign land for the soul). Of this false, transient world, No name or trace will be left behind. Put your mind in spinning, O girl! Your testing time (the time of death) will surely come, When all near and dear ones will desert you. But, at that time the Sultan (master) of Bullah Will help you to be ferried across: Put your mind in spinning, O girl! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! تمہاری ماں ہمیشہ تمہیں نصیحت کرتی ہے، تم کیوں بے مقصد گھومتی ہو؟ نصیحت سنو، اے نادان لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! چرخہ تمہیں مفت ملا ہے۔ تم نے اسے حاصل کرنے کے لیے کچھ نہیں دیا۔ تمہیں احساس نہیں کہ تم نے یہ کتنی محنت سے حاصل کیا ہے جب تمہارا کام اتنا آسان ہو گیا ہے لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! یہ چرخہ تمہارے لیے بنایا گیا ہے۔ کھیلنے کی اپنی خواہش کو تھوڑا روکو۔ تم مزید نہیں بڑھو گی۔ بیوقوفی نہ کرو، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! تمہارا چرخہ مختلف رنگوں کا ہے؛ یہ پوری قبیلے کی حسد ہے۔ جب تک حالات اچھے ہیں، اسے گھماؤ؛ اپنے گھر میں آباد ہو جاؤ، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! اس چرخے کی قیمت بہت زیادہ ہے! تم بیوقوف ہو، تمہیں اس کی قیمت کا علم نہیں۔ تم مغرور ہو، تم غرور میں چلتی ہو، غرور، دولت اور فخر میں کھوئی ہوئی ہو۔ لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! میں چیختا ہوں، میں ہاتھ اٹھا کر روتا ہوں: بالکل بھی لاپرواہی نہ کرو! میری بات سنو اور سمجھو! ایسا چرخہ کبھی بھی کسی اور کاریگر کے ذریعے نہیں بنایا جائے گا، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! حالانکہ یہ مکمل طور پر واضح نہیں ہے۔ تم کیوں ایسا چرخہ ضائع ہونے دو؟ تم اسے مٹی کے ڈھیر پر کیوں پھینک دیتی ہو؟ جب سے یہ تمہارے پاس آیا ہے، تم نے کبھی اسے نہیں چلایا، اے بیوقوف لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! میں اس بیوقوف، بے حس لڑکی کو نصیحت کرتا ہوں۔ یہ بیوقوف، عجیب اور پاگل لڑکی، جب مصیبتیں اس بے بس پر آتی ہیں، تم مایوسی میں ماتم کرو گی، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو تم ہمیشہ سے ہی کمزور رہی ہو۔ کبھی بھی تم نے دھیان سے ایک رول نہیں کاتا۔ اب تم کیوں اداس اور مایوس گھومتی ہو؟ تم کس پر امیدیں لگاتی ہو، اے لڑکی؟ لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو! تم اپنا تکلا سیدھا نہیں کرتی؛ نہ ہی تم چرخے کی ڈور کو مضبوط کرتی ہو بار بار تم کاتنا کیوں روک دیتی ہو؟ تم اپنی بربادی خود کرتی ہو، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو، اپنا مڑا ہوا تکلا سیدھا کرو۔ جلدی سے چرخے کی ڈور کو ٹھیک کرو۔ کسی نہ کسی طرح اسے کام پر لگاؤ۔ لاپرواہی نہ کرو، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو، آج تمہارے گھر میں تازہ کپاس ہے۔ تمہیں جلدی سے پن رولز پر کام کرنا چاہیے۔ کاتا ہوا کپاس لے جاؤ تاکہ اسے پھونکا جا سکے کل تم وہاں نہیں جا سکتی، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو، جب تم پھونکا ہوا کپاس لے کر واپس آتی ہو، دوستوں کے ساتھ تم کپاس کے رول کاتتی ہو۔ تم سب کی پسندیدہ بنو گی، پوری دنیا میں، اے لڑکی! لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو، اپنی کاتنے کی پارٹی میں اپنے تمام دوستوں کو رکھو۔ انہوں نے اپنے کپاس کے رول کات لیے ہیں اور اپنا کام مکمل کر لیا ہے۔ تم بیکار بیٹھی ہو، وہ تمہیں کاتنے کے لیے اکساتے ہیں۔ تم کیوں بیٹھی رہتی ہو، اور انہیں حیران ہو کر دیکھتی ہو؟ لڑکی، اپنے کاتنے پر دھیان دو، اپنے پاس پڑی ہوئی لیمپ کو روشن کرو؛ کپاس کو کاتو، اسے ٹوکری میں رکھو؛ پوری رات جاگتے رہو، اور اپنے چرخے پر بے تھکان کام کرو، اے لڑکی! اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! تمہارے والدین کے گھر میں قیام چار دن کا ہے (بہت مختصر وقت)۔ اسے سب کھیل کود میں ضائع نہ کرو، بیکار نہ رہو، کچھ کام کرو۔ اپنے گھر کو برباد نہ ہونے دو، اے لڑکی! اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! رات کو نیند میں نہ گزارو؛ تم یہاں دوبارہ نہیں آؤ گی، اور اس کاتنے کی پارٹی میں دوبارہ نہیں بیٹھو گی، اپنی عمر کی دوست لڑکیوں کے ساتھ، اے لڑکی! اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! تم ہمیشہ کے لیے والدین کے گھر میں نہیں رہو گی؛ نہ ہی ہمیشہ اپنی پیاری ماں کے ساتھ بیٹھو گی۔ تم ایک دن جدائی کی آگ برداشت کرو گی، اور اپنی ساس اور نند کا سامنا کرو گی، اے لڑکی! اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! اپنا دھاگہ کاتو یا کاتنے دو۔ اپنے دھاگے کو تانے میں سیٹ کرو۔ اپنے شادی کے کپڑے رنگواؤ۔ تب ہی تم عزت کماؤ گی، اے لڑکی! اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! جب تم اجنبیوں کے گھر پہنچو گی تم وہاں سے دوبارہ واپس نہیں آؤ گی۔ تم وہاں پہنچ کر پچھتاؤ گی۔ پہلے سے کچھ انتظام کر لو، اے لڑکی! اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! تمہارے پاس ابھی بھی بہت کچھ کرنا باقی ہے! تم اتنی بے فکر کیوں ہو گئی ہو؟ آخری لمحے میں تم کیا کرو گی، جب مہمان (موت کے فرشتے) تمہارے گھر پہنچیں گے، اے لڑکی؟ اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! جب تمہارے تمام دوست جا چکے ہوں گے، وہ وہاں سے بالکل بھی واپس نہیں آئیں گے (وہ موت کے بعد اس دنیا میں واپس نہیں آئیں گے؛ وہ اپنے چرخے کو کاتنے کے لیے نہیں لگائیں گے۔ تمہارا کاتنے کا گھر ویران ہو جائے گا، اے لڑکی! اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! اپنی خوبصورتی اور جوانی پر فخر نہ کرو؛ سیاح غیر ملک میں نہیں بستے (یہ دنیا روح کے لیے غیر ملک ہے)۔ اس جھوٹی، عارضی دنیا کا، کوئی نام یا نشان باقی نہیں رہے گا۔ اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! تمہارا امتحان کا وقت (موت کا وقت) ضرور آئے گا، جب تمام قریبی اور عزیز تمہیں چھوڑ دیں گے۔ لیکن، اس وقت بُلّہ کا سلطان (مالک) تمہیں پار لگانے میں مدد کرے گا: اپنے کاتنے میں دھیان دو، اے لڑکی! 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Translation (English)

Pay attention to your spinning, girl! Your mother always tells you, Why do you wander without purpose? Listen to the advice, silly girl! Pay attention to your spinning, girl! The spinning wheel was given to you for nothing. You didn't pay anything for it. You don't understand the effort it took to get it Now that your work is so easy Pay attention to your spinning, girl! This wheel is made for you. Hold back your urge to play a bit. You won't grow any more. Don't be foolish, girl! Pay attention to your spinning, girl! Your wheel is colorful; Everyone envies it. Use it while times are good; Settle in your own home, girl! Pay attention to your spinning, girl! This wheel is very precious! You're foolish, you don't know its value. You're proud, you walk arrogantly, Lost in vanity, wealth, and pride. Pay attention to your spinning, girl! I shout, I cry with raised arms: Don't be careless at all! Listen to me and understand! No other craftsman will ever make such a wheel Pay attention to your spinning, girl! Though this is not entirely clear. Why let such a wheel go to waste? Why throw it on a pile of dust? Since it came to you, You never used it, silly girl! Pay attention to your spinning, girl! I advise this silly, senseless girl. This foolish, strange, and crazy girl, When misfortunes overtake this helpless one, You will mourn in despair, girl! Pay attention to your spinning, girl You have always been poorly provided. You never spun a roll with care. Why do you now wander sad and dejected? On whom do you pin your hopes, girl? Pay attention to your spinning, girl! You don't straighten your spindle; Nor do you tighten the wheel-string Why do you stop spinning again and again? You're causing your own ruin, girl! Pay attention to your spinning, Straighten your bent spindle. Quickly fix the wheel-string. Get it working, somehow. Don't be negligent, girl! Pay attention to your spinning, You have fresh cotton at home today. You should quickly work the pin-rolls. Take the rolled cotton to get it fluffed Tomorrow you can't go there, girl! Pay attention to your spinning, When you return with fluffed cotton, With friends you will spin cotton rolls. You will be liked by everyone, In the whole wide world, girl! Pay attention to your spinning, In your spinning party have all your friends. They have spun their cotton rolls and finished their work. You sit idly, they urge you to spin. Why do you keep sitting, and look at them dazed? Pay attention to your spinning, Light the lamp nearby; Spin the cotton, put it in the basket; Stay awake all night, And work tirelessly on your wheel, girl! Focus on your spinning, girl! Your stay in your parents' house is short. Don't waste it all in play, Don't remain idle, do some work. Don't let your home go to ruin, girl! Focus on your spinning, girl! Don't sleep through the night; You won't come here again, And sit again in this spinning party, With friends your age, girl! Focus on your spinning, girl! You won't stay in your parents' house forever; Nor always sit beside your loving mother. You'll endure the pain of separation one day, And face your mother-in-law and sister-in-law, girl! Focus on your spinning, girl! Spin your yarn or get it spun. Get your threads set in the warp. Get your wedding clothes dyed. Then you'll earn respect, girl! Focus on your spinning, girl! When you go to the house of strangers You won't come back from there. You'll feel regret on reaching there. Prepare in advance, girl! Focus on your spinning, girl! You still have so much to do! Why have you become so carefree? What will you do at the last moment, When the guest (angels of death) reach your house, girl? Focus on your spinning, girl! When all your friends have left, They won't return from there at all (they won't return to this world after death; They won't set their wheels to spin. Your spinning house will be deserted, girl! Focus on your spinning, girl! Don't be proud of your beauty and youth; Tourists don't settle in a foreign land (this world is a foreign land for the soul). Of this false, temporary world, No name or trace will remain. Focus on your spinning, girl! Your testing time (the time of death) will surely come, When all near and dear ones will leave you. But, at that time the Sultan (master) of Bullah Will help you to cross over: Focus on your spinning, girl!

About the Poet

Bulleh Shah (17th to 18th century)

Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, humanist, and philosopher. He was born around 1680 in Uch, Punjab, which was then part of the Mughal Empire. His poetry often explores themes of love, spirituality, and the human condition.

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Historical Context

Literary Form
Kafi
When Written
Late 17th to early 18th century
Background
The poem 'Kar Kattan Wal Dhiyan Kuray' by Bulleh Shah emphasizes the importance of focusing on spiritual preparation and the afterlife, urging individuals to prioritize these over worldly distractions. It reflects the Sufi philosophy of transcending material concerns to achieve spiritual enlightenment.

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Detailed Explanation

The poem 'Kar Kattan Wal Dhiyan Kuray' by Bulleh Shah is a spiritual and philosophical piece that uses the metaphor of spinning to convey deeper life lessons. The repeated advice to focus on spinning symbolizes the importance of paying attention to one's spiritual duties and preparation for the afterlife. The spinning wheel represents the opportunities and responsibilities given to a person, which should not be wasted. The poem warns against pride, vanity, and negligence, urging the listener to be mindful of their actions and the transient nature of life. It emphasizes the inevitability of death and the importance of spiritual readiness, suggesting that worldly pleasures and distractions are temporary and ultimately unfulfilling. The poet uses the imagery of a girl and her spinning wheel to illustrate the broader human condition, encouraging introspection and a focus on what truly matters.

Themes

  • Spirituality
  • Mortality
  • Responsibility
  • Vanity
  • Transience of life

Literary Devices

  • Metaphor: The spinning wheel as life and responsibilities
  • Repetition: 'Lass, look to your spinning, O girl!' emphasizes urgency
  • Imagery: Vivid descriptions of the spinning wheel and its colors
  • Symbolism: The wheel as a symbol of life's duties and spiritual journey

Word Dictionary

Word Meaning Translation Transliteration
Kar کرو Do Kar
Kattan کاتنا Spinning Kaatan
Wal طرف Towards Wal
Dhiyan توجہ Attention Dhyaan
kuray لڑکی Girl Kuree
ka کا Of Ka
IN'SHAA'ALLAH خدا چاہے God willing Insha'Allah
Lass لڑکی Girl Lass
look دیکھو See Look
to کے لیے Towards To
your تمہاری Belonging to you Your
spinning کاتنا Making thread Spinning
O اے Hey O
girl لڑکی Young female Girl
Your تمہاری Belonging to you Your
mother ماں Female parent Mother
ever ہمیشہ Always Ever
counsels مشورہ دیتی ہے Gives advice Counsels
you تم The person being addressed You
Why کیوں For what reason Why
do نہیں Perform Do
roam گھومتی Wander Roam
thus ایسے In this way Thus
aimlessly بے مقصد Without direction Aimlessly
Heed سنو Pay attention Heed
the یہ Specific one The
counsel نصیحت Advice Counsel
ignorant نادان Unaware Ignorant
The یہ Specific one The
wheel چرخہ Circular tool Wheel
have ہے Possess Have
got حاصل Received Got
free مفت Without cost Free
You تم The person being addressed You
paid ادا Gave money Paid
nothing کچھ نہیں Zero Nothing
obtain حاصل Get Obtain
it یہ This thing It
not نہیں No Not
realize احساس Understand Realize
with کے ساتھ Alongside With
what کیا Which thing What
effort کوشش Hard work Effort
When جب At the time When
task کام Job Task
has ہو گیا ہے Possesses Has
become بن گیا ہے Turned into Become
so اتنا Very So
easy آسان Simple Easy
This یہ This specific one This
is ہے Exists Is
made بنایا گیا ہے Created Made
for کے لیے Intended for For
sake خاطر Benefit Sake
Restrain روکو Hold back Restrain
a ایک One A
little تھوڑا Small amount Little
urge خواہش Desire Urge
play کھیلنا Engage in games Play
are ہو Exist Are
going جا رہی Moving Going
grow بڑھنا Increase Grow
further مزید More Further
Do نہ کرو Perform Do
act عمل Behave Act
foolishly بیوقوفی In a silly way Foolishly

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