Bulleh Shah (1680–1757) (Punjabi: بلہے شاہ, ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ, full name Abdullah Shah)was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.
Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, in present day Pakistan.His father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a teacher and preacher in a village mosque. Little is known about Bulleh Shah's ancestry except that some of his forebears were migrants from Uzbekistan and that his family claimed direct descent from the prophet Muhammad
Bulleh Shah is considered to be one of the greatest mystic poets of the Punjab region.
His tomb in the Qasur region of Pakistan is greatly revered today.
Bulleh! to me, I am not known
He Who is Stricken by Love
I have been pierced by the arrow of love, what shall I do ?
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