Bulleh Shah
sher 1
Doha 10
muñh dikhlāve aur chhape chhal-bal hai jagdīsh
paas rahe har na mile is ko bisve biis
The stories of human-animal love are not too rare. Here is an atypical story of love between a queen
and a peacock told by no less a master craftsman than Meer Taqi Meer (1723-1810).
This verse- narrative known as More Naama has survived through two centuries
and has been acknowledged as an exemplar of Meer’s skill of telling a tale in a poetical framework which is allegorical in nature and far reaching in appeal
The stories of human-animal love are not too rare. Here is an atypical story of love between a queen
and a peacock told by no less a master craftsman than Meer Taqi Meer (1723-1810).
This verse- narrative known as More Naama has survived through two centuries
and has been acknowledged as an exemplar of Meer’s skill of telling a tale in a poetical framework which is allegorical in nature and far reaching in appeal
munh dikhlawe aur chhape chhal-bal hai jagdish
pas rahe har na mile is ko biswe bis
The stories of human-animal love are not too rare. Here is an atypical story of love between a queen
and a peacock told by no less a master craftsman than Meer Taqi Meer (1723-1810).
This verse- narrative known as More Naama has survived through two centuries
and has been acknowledged as an exemplar of Meer’s skill of telling a tale in a poetical framework which is allegorical in nature and far reaching in appeal
The stories of human-animal love are not too rare. Here is an atypical story of love between a queen
and a peacock told by no less a master craftsman than Meer Taqi Meer (1723-1810).
This verse- narrative known as More Naama has survived through two centuries
and has been acknowledged as an exemplar of Meer’s skill of telling a tale in a poetical framework which is allegorical in nature and far reaching in appeal
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