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Heer Waris Shah

240 of 629 stanzas are live in the Heer Waris Shah — Trilingual Online Edition.

  1. P1 — In Praise of God
  2. P2 — In Praise of the Prophet
  3. P3 — In Praise of the Four Caliphs
  4. P4 — In Praise of the Pīr
  5. P5 — Praise of Baba Farid
  6. P6 — On the writing of the tale of Hīr-Rāṅjhā
  7. P7 — The Poet's Own Statement
  8. P8 — In Praise of Takht Hazara
  9. P9 — Moju Chaudhry, the Father
  10. P10 — Father Loves, Brothers Resent
  11. P11 — Mauju's Death
  12. P12 — The Division of the Land
  13. P13 — The Bhābī's Mocking Reply
  14. P14 — Rāṅjhā Returns from Ploughing
  15. P15 — Rāṅjhā's Lament to the Bhābīs
  16. P16 — Bhābī
  17. P17 — Rāṅjhā
  18. P18 — Bhābī
  19. P19 — Rāṅjhā
  20. P20 — Bhābī
  21. P21 — Bhābī
  22. P22 — Rāṅjhā
  23. P23 — Bhābī
  24. P24 — Rāṅjhā
  25. P25 — Bhābī and Rāṅjhā
  26. P26 — The Poet's Words: Rāṅjhā's Brother Intervenes
  27. P27 — The Poet's Words: Like a Soul Leaving the Body
  28. P28 — Rāṅjhā's Brothers
  29. P29 — Rāṅjhā
  30. P30 — Bhābīāṁ
  31. P31 — Rāṅjhā
  32. P32 — Rāṅjhā Arrives at the Mosque
  33. P33 — Praise of the Mosque
  34. P34 — The Children Who Study
  35. P35 — The Children's Studying
  36. P36 — The Mullah Challenges Rāṅjhā
  37. P37 — The Sheikh's Beard
  38. P38 — The Mullah's Decrees
  39. P39 — The Mullah's Decrees
  40. P40 — The Mullah's Decrees
  41. P41 — Rāṅjhā's Final Rebuke
  42. P42 — The Mullah's Retort
  43. P43 — Rāṅjhā Reaches the River
  44. P44 — Rāṅjhā Pleads with the Boatman
  45. P45 — The Boatman
  46. P46 — The Poet's Words: Rāṅjhā's Flute
  47. P47 — Luḍḍaṇ the Boatman's Outcry
  48. P48 — The Boatmen's Wives Reassure Rāṅjhā
  49. P49 — The Wives Take Rāṅjhā Aboard
  50. P50 — Rāṅjhā Asks about the Bed
  51. P51 — The Boatman's Rage and Panic
  52. P52 — Word of Rāṅjhā's Coming
  53. P53 — The People Question Rāṅjhā
  54. P54 — Rāṅjhā Sits on Hīr's Bed
  55. P55 — Hīr Arrives in Anger
  56. P56 — In Praise of Hīr's Beauty
  57. P57 — Hīr's Beauty, Continued
  58. P58 — Hīr Rounds on the Boatmen
  59. P59 — Hīr
  60. P60 — Hīr Wakes Rāṅjhā
  61. P61 — Hīr Relents
  62. P62 — Rāṅjhā
  63. P63 — Hīr
  64. P64 — Rāṅjhā
  65. P65 — Hīr Asks His Story
  66. P66 — Rāṅjhā
  67. P67 — Hīr
  68. P68 — Rāṅjhā
  69. P69 — Hīr
  70. P70 — Rāṅjhā Tests Hīr's Love
  71. P71 — Hīr Takes Him to Chūchak
  72. P72 — Hīr to Her Father
  73. P73 — Chūchak and Hīr
  74. P74 — Her Father Asks On
  75. P75 — Hīr Tells Her Father
  76. P76 — Chūchak
  77. P77 — Hīr
  78. P78 — Chūchak Consents
  79. P79 — Hīr Tells Her Mother
  80. P80 — Hīr's Answer to Rāṅjhā
  81. P81 — Meeting the Five Pīrs
  82. P82 — The Pīrs' Blessing
  83. P83 — Hīr Carries Food to the Bela
  84. P84 — Kaido Comes to Rāṅjhā
  85. P85 — Hīr
  86. P86 — Hīr, Again
  87. P87 — Hīr Sets Upon Kaido
  88. P88 — Hīr Threatens Kaido
  89. P89 — Kaido's Complaint to the Panchayat
  90. P90 — Chūchak
  91. P91 — The Women Carry Tales to Malkī
  92. P92 — Kaido's Tale to Malkī
  93. P93 — Malkī's Rage
  94. P94 — Hīr Comes to Her Mother
  95. P95 — The Mother Threatens Hīr
  96. P96 — Hīr's Answer
  97. P97 — Hīr's Parents Confer
  98. P98 — Chūchak
  99. P99 — Chūchak to Rāṅjhā
  100. P100 — Chūchak and Rāṅjhā
  101. P101 — Rāṅjhā Leaves Chūchak's House
  102. P102 — The Herd Will Not Graze Without Him
  103. P103 — Hīr's Answer to Her Mother
  104. P104 — Malkī to Chūchak
  105. P105 — Chūchak
  106. P106 — Malkī Goes Looking for Rāṅjhā
  107. P107 — Malkī Reassures Rāṅjhā
  108. P108 — Rāṅjhā Speaks to Hīr
  109. P109 — At Malkī's Word He Herds Again
  110. P110 — The Pīrs' Answer
  111. P111 — The Qāzī and Parents Counsel Hīr
  112. P112 — Hīr
  113. P113 — Chūchak
  114. P114 — Malkī
  115. P115 — Hīr
  116. P116 — Sultān, Hīr's Brother
  117. P117 — Hīr to Her Brother
  118. P118 — The Qāzī's Counsel to Hīr
  119. P119 — Rāṅjhā Calls on the Five Pīrs
  120. P120 — Rāṅjhā Sings the Rāgs to the Pīrs
  121. P121 — The Saints, Pleased With Ranjha
  122. P122 — The Saints Bless Ranjha
  123. P123 — Heer and Ranjha Take Counsel With Mithi the Barber-Woman
  124. P124 — At the Barbers' House
  125. P125 — Heer and Her Friends' River Games With Ranjha
  126. P126 — Kaido Stirs Up Trouble With Malki
  127. P127 — Malki's Order to the Household Staff
  128. P128 — Men Run to Fetch Heer
  129. P129 — Heer Comes to Her Mother
  130. P130 — Heer
  131. P131 — Malki
  132. P132 — Heer
  133. P133 — Kaido Speaks to the Sials
  134. P134 — Likewise (Continued)
  135. P135 — Heer's Friends Tell Her About Kaido
  136. P136 — Heer's Answer to Her Friends
  137. P137 — Heer and Her Friends Plan to Beat Kaido
  138. P138 — Likewise (Continued)
  139. P139 — Likewise (Continued)
  140. P140 — Kaido, Entangled With the Girls
  141. P141 — Kaido's Hut is Burned
  142. P142 — Kaido's Complaint to the Elders
  143. P143 — Chuchak's Answer to Kaido
  144. P144 — Kaido Describes His Own Condition
  145. P145 — The Sials' Answer
  146. P146 — Kaido
  147. P147 — The Sials Question the Girls
  148. P148 — The Girls' Answer
  149. P149 — The Sials Consider Kaido's Own Complaint
  150. P150 — The Girls' Answer
  151. P151 — Kaido's Complaint
  152. P152 — The Sials Console Kaido
  153. P153 — Chuchak and Kaido
  154. P154 — Kaido Hides in the Wild Pasture
  155. P155 — After the Friends Leave, Heer and Ranjha Lie Down Together
  156. P156 — Chuchak Rides to the Wild Pasture
  157. P157 — Chuchak Sees Heer with Ranjha in the Wild Pasture
  158. P158 — Heer's Answer to Her Father
  159. P159 — Ranjha's Brothers and Sisters-in-Law Correspond with Chuchak and Heer
  160. P160 — Ranjha's Brothers' Letter to Chuchak
  161. P161 — Chuchak's Answer
  162. P162 — Heer's Reply to Ranjha's Sisters-in-law
  163. P163 — Reply to Heer's Letter
  164. P164 — Heer Receives the Letter
  165. P165 — Ranjha Has the Reply Written Himself
  166. P166 — Heer Writes the Reply
  167. P167 — The Sisters-in-law's Reply
  168. P168 — Heer's Reply
  169. P169 — Heer's Reply Continued
  170. P170 — The Sisters-in-law's Reply
  171. P171 — Heer's Reply
  172. P172 — Chuchak Takes Counsel with His Brothers
  173. P173 — The Brothers' Reply to Chuchak
  174. P174 — The Kheras Send a Barber for the Betrothal
  175. P175 — Chuchak Summons the Panchayat
  176. P176 — Congratulations to the Kheras
  177. P177 — Heer Quarrels with Her Mother
  178. P178 — Heer Takes Counsel with Ranjha
  179. P179 — Ranjha's Reply to Heer
  180. P180 — Preparations for Heer's Wedding
  181. P181 — Ranjha's Reply
  182. P182 — The Companions Come to Heer
  183. P183 — Heer's Reply
  184. P184 — Ranjha Comes to Heer
  185. P185 — The Kheras Have the Brahmins Fix the Date
  186. P186 — The Sweets Are Prepared
  187. P187 — The Sweets Are Prepared (continued)
  188. P188 — The Feast Is Served
  189. P189 — Ranjha's Complaint
  190. P190 — The Kinds of Rice
  191. P191 — The Setting of the Jewellery
  192. P192 — The Setting of the Jewellery (continued)
  193. P193 — The Kinds of Cloth
  194. P194 — The Dowry Goods
  195. P195 — The Setting Out of the Vessels
  196. P196 — The Sials' Gathering
  197. P197 — The Sials' Gathering (continued)
  198. P198 — The Kheras' Wedding Party Sets Out
  199. P199 — The Fireworks
  200. P200 — The Kheras Arrive with the Wedding Party
  201. P201 — Continued
  202. P202 — Saida
  203. P203 — Heer's Questions and Answers with the Qazi
  204. P204 — The Qazi
  205. P205 — Heer
  206. P206 — The Qazi
  207. P207 — Heer
  208. P208 — The Qazi
  209. P209 — Heer
  210. P210 — The Qazi
  211. P211 — Heer
  212. P212 — Continued
  213. P213 — The Qazi
  214. P214 — Heer
  215. P215 — The Qazi
  216. P216 — Heer
  217. P217 — The Qazi's reply to the Sials
  218. P218 — The Qazi weds Heer and sends her off with the Kheras
  219. P219 — Without Ranjha the cows and buffaloes cannot be controlled
  220. P220 — Heer speaks to Ranjha
  221. P221 — Ranjha's reply
  222. P222 — Heer's reply
  223. P223 — Ranjha abuses the Sials
  224. P224 — Continued
  225. P225 — Continued
  226. P226 — Continued
  227. P227 — Continued
  228. P228 — Heer's gana ceremony
  229. P229 — Ranjha bewildered; his sisters-in-law's letter
  230. P230 — Ranjha's reply
  231. P231 — Continued
  232. P232 — Ranjha on the way of the world
  233. P233 — Continued
  234. P234 — The counsel of Heer's in-laws
  235. P235 — Heer's message through a bride
  236. P236 — Heer's message
  237. P237 — Heer's yearning for Rāṅjhā
  238. P238 — The bride's enquiry
  239. P239 — The Sial girls
  240. P240 — The girls go to Rāṅjhā