Strange are the times!
Crows swoop on hawks.
Sparrows hunt eagles.
Strange are the times!
The horses from Iraq are lashed
While the donkeys are caparisoned.
Strange are the times!
Those who wear long hair are kings
And the erstwhile kings are beggars.
Strange are the times!
Says Bullah, it’s all ordained from above.
Strange indeed are the times!
Translated from the Punjabi by K.S. Duggal