Author : Madho Lal Hussein
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9385890573
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (858 download)
Book Synopsis Verses of a Lowly Fakir by : Madho Lal Hussein
Download or read book Verses of a Lowly Fakir written by Madho Lal Hussein and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poet, weaver, mystic, saint, Shah Hussein created a stir in sixteenth-century Punjab through his unconventional lifestyle and the subversive power of his poetry. Popularly known as Madho Lal Hussein, after he adopted the name of his young lover and disciple, he remains a beguiling, enigmatic figure: a firebrand whose growing fame was a cause of anxiety for the political elite, a Muslim who fell in love with a Hindu boy and won his heart and devotion, a rebel philosopher who found solace in ignominy. Deceptively simple and astonishingly relevant, the poems in this magnificent collection are charged with longing, and offer insight into the true nature of love and death, desire and sublimation. Naveed Alam’s lilting translation brings out the verve and allure of Hussein’s verses which continue to be sung and recited over 400 years after his death.