It means that you must first know yourself, because no other person can recognize you. And no one among others is truly wise; Bulla! tell me, who stands there.

This profound couplet by Bulleh Shah is a powerful meditation on the nature of reality. The Shayar gently guides us toward the concept of ultimate oneness. He suggests that the beginning and the end are fundamentally the same, and nothing else we perceive as separate or knowledgeable is truly distinct. It is a call to shed the illusion of duality and realize that the ultimate truth is singular. Bulleh Shah asks us to look inward, asking, 'Who is standing there?'—challenging our very perception of self and other.