Abstract
The romance of Heer and Ranjha had been the most popular folktale amongst Punjabis since its inception. Chronologically speaking, Shah Hussain was the poet who lived nearest to the era of inception this folktale. He used the characters of this tale to describe the hard-hitting pathway of mysticism. Since then, almost every Sufi poet of Punjabi used the characters of this folktale in a symbolic way. This article presents a glimpse of the strong literary trend of Punjabi poetry consisting over nearly four centuries. It is an effort to reveal the depths of meanings the Sufis explored narrating this apparently folk story.
Dr Munir Gujjar. (2023) PUNJABI CLASSICAL POETS ON HEER AND RANJHA, Parakh, Volume 8, Issue 2, 16th Edition.
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