An English selection has its own boundaries

University of California Press identifies Death before Dying: The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu as an English introduction through 115 poems. It credits Jamal J.Elias as editor and translator and lists the first edition in April 1998,156 pages, ISBN 9780520212428. The contents distinguish an introduction, the poems, a bibliography and an index of first lines. That index is a useful way to relocate a passage whose opening is known. The stated 115 poems identify this selection’s extent; they should not be turned into a fixed total for every text attributed to Bahu or a claim that another edition follows the same numbering.[1]

A parallel presentation can add several explanatory layers

CiNii records Muzaffar A.Ghaffaar’s Sultaan Baahu, published by Ferozsons in Lahore in 2007 within the Masterworks of Punjaabi Sufi Poetry: Within Reach series. The 306-page volume, ISBN 9690021044, is described as presenting Nastaliq, Gurmukhi and Roman forms, an extensive glossary, poetic translation and line-by-line discourse. The catalogue also identifies Punjabi as the original language, alongside its English and Punjabi text-language fields. These features serve different reading tasks. A script rendering is not another language, and explanatory discourse is not automatically part of the poem. Record which layer supports a quotation or interpretation. The listed Kyoto University holding offers a route to the volume, without establishing that its full text is openly available online.[2]

A compact Punjabi edition is another identifiable object

CiNii also lists a 50-page Abyat-i Bahu arranged by Muhammad Aslam Rana and issued by Aziz Publishers in Lahore in 1988. Its language fields identify Punjabi, and its record supplies a University of Tokyo holding and NCIDBD 01902336. This concise description does not name a translation or establish the text’s manuscript basis. Treat it as a further edition to examine, recording publication and page rather than assuming that a shorter volume necessarily omits authentic verses or preserves an earlier text.[3]

Sources & notes

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  1. University of California Press; Jamal J.Elias, editor and translator. Death before Dying: The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu ↗primary university-press edition description · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Title details, April 1998 first edition,156 pages, ISBN 9780520212428,115 poems and contents. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual publisher body and contents inspected.1998 is modern publication;115 is selection size, not a certified complete authorial corpus. Review quotations not reproduced or used as independent sources. Unqualified popularity claims and speculative name translation omitted. Full edition not read.Return to An English selection has its own boundaries, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. National Institute of Informatics, CiNii Books; record of Muzaffar A.Ghaffaar’s Ferozsons edition. Sultaan Baahu, NCIDBB 30316161 ↗institutional edition catalogue · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: 2007 imprint, WithinReachseries,306 pages, ISBN 9690021044 and note on three scripts, glossary, poetic translation and discourse. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual complete bibliographic body inspected. Script labels are transcribed from catalogue notes, not a claim of three languages. No full glossary or translation assessed; line-by-line discourse kept distinct from verse.Return to A parallel presentation can add several explanatory layers, paragraph 1 ↑
  3. National Institute of Informatics, CiNii Books; Muhammad Aslam Rana arrangement. Abyat-i Bahu, NCIDBD 01902336 ↗institutional edition catalogue · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: AzizPublishers, Lahore 1988,50 pages, Punjabi language fields and Tokyo holding. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual complete record inspected. Arrangement credit not treated as original authorship. Sparse record does not establish completeness, manuscript base, script, translation or textual priority; none guessed. The underlying poems are not quoted here.Return to A compact Punjabi edition is another identifiable object, paragraph 1 ↑
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