Hafiz Barkhurdar

Hafiz Barkhurdar
Born1658 (1658)
Takht Hazara, Sargodha, Punjab (now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died1707 (aged 48–49)
Resting place
Chitti Shaikhan, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan[1]
Writing career
Notable worksMirza Sahiban, Sassi Punnu and Yousaf Zulaikha

Hafiz Barkhurdar (Punjabi: حافظ برخوردار‎; 1658–1707) was a renowned Punjabi Sufi poet and a prominent figure in classical Punjabi literature.[1][2]

Early life

Hafiz Barkhurdar was born in 1658 into a Punjabi Muslim family in the Sargodha District of modern-day Punjab, Pakistan.[3][4]

Poetic works

After Pilu, the poet, he was the second one to write the folktale of Mirza Sahiban as he was asked by the Pilu in a dramatic way to write the folktale again as mentioned in the book itself. Moreover, he also wrote three other tales including Sassi Punnu, Yousaf Zulaikha and Qissa khatri. [5][6]

One of his very famous piece of Punjabi poetry is as under:

حُجرے شاہ مقیم دے اک جٹی عرض کرے

میں بکرا دیواں پیر دا جے سر دا سائیں مرے

ہٹی سڑے کراڑ دی جِتھے دیوا نت بلے

کُتی مرے فقیر دی، جیہڑی چوں چوں نت کرے

پنج ست مرن گوانڈھناں، رہندیاں نُوں تاپ چڑھے

گلیاں ہو جان سُنجیاں، وچ مرزا یار پھرے

Explanation of the poem:

(Oh my Lord you live in my heart. My soul prays to you that my ego must be killed. So that I can become the one whom you like. The lamp of my wishes may extinguish for ever and my arrogance may turn in to humbleness and I may get riddance from deceit, lies, jealousy and dishonesty which are always part of me. So that the alleys of my thinking may become pure where I could invite you my Lord.)

Tomb

He died in 1707 and his tomb is situated in Chitti Shaikhan, Sialkot District in Punjab, Pakistan.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hafiz Barkhurdar". Folk Punjab.
  2. ↑ B. P. Mahapatra (1989). Constitutional languages. Presses Université Laval. p. 438. ISBN 978-2-7637-7186-1.
  3. ↑ "Hafiz Barkhurdar".
  4. ↑ "Hafiz Barkhurdar: Jeewan Te Rachna".
  5. ↑ Sekhom, Santa Singha (1993). A History of Panjabi Literature Volume 2. p. 84. ISBN 9788173802638.
  6. ↑ "Hafiz Barkhurdar Dy Qissay".
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