Sachal Sarmast: I search in the streets, I cast my sights

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I search in the streets, I cast my sights

Sachal Sarmast, Sachal Sarmast poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Sachal Sarmast
(1739 - 1829) Timeline

Original Language
Arabic, Sindhi, Saraiki, Punjabi, Urdu, Persian and Balochi

Muslim / Sufi

18th Century

I search in the streets, I cast my sights,
The path of joy may someone behold,
The path of joy may someone behold,
How can I hide my nature, and show myself as another!
To know another is sin, every form is God Himself.

Themes

Bliss

Smile

Recommended Books

	Sachal Sarmast: Sindhi Poet, by Kalyan B. Advani
	The Story of Melting: Sachal Sarmast's Persian Masnavi Gudaz-nama, by Sachal Sarmast
	Yaar di Gharoli / Kaafi - Sachal Sarmast: From Songs of the Mystics (mp3 song), by Abida Parween

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