Bhikha Baat Adham Ki – Kalam of Meeran Ji Bheek sung by Abida Parveen

Bhikha Baat Adham Ki

Kahan Sunan Ki Nahi

Jo Jane So Kahe Nahi

Jo Kahe So Jane Nahi!

English Translation

O’ Bhika, this is a conversation of (divine) secrets

It’s not a conversation to say or listen

Since who knows divine secrets can’t speak

And those who speak don’t actually know the secret!

“Bheeka” is the Pen name of a Sufi Poet Hazrat Meeran Jii usually carried “Meeran Ji Bheek”, bheek (begger’s gratuity) being his takhalus (poet’s psydonym). Adham means secret, which in this case means the divine secret between God and Man.

These beautiful verses reflect the same message of by many other Sufis that when the divine truth is revealed the lips are sealed so the secret remains between beloved and lover.

Hazrat Meeran Ji belonged to the Sabri Silsila [order] of Sufism and gain popularity for his Punjab Sufi Kalam.

This beautiful Kalam was sung and explained by Abida Parveen in her recent concert in London, which can be downloaded below in his evergreen song Chaap Tilak.

Chaap Tilak Sab Cheeni (Kalam Amir Khusro) – Abida Parveen