Sachal Sarmast: We are, what are we?

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We are, what are we?

by Sachal Sarmast
(1739 - 1829) Timeline

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

Muslim / Sufi

18th Century

We are, what are we?
We know not, what we are!
For a moment we are blessed
For a moment we are accursed
Some moment we pray and fast
Some moment we are free spirits
Now we declare, `Only we exist'
Now we declare, 'We don't exist'
For a bit, our heart is calm
In a bit, we weep rivers
Now we say, 'We are self-realized'
Now we ask, 'Who are we?'
'Sachal' we are only That eternally
What other contracts can we make here?

Themes

Freedom

Heart

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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