Soul-searching poetry of Khawaja Farid
By Mazhar Iqbal Mazhar
Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Farid (RA) was a 19th-century Sufi poet and saint from Punjab. He is known as the poet of the desert for his loving references to the Cholistan desert. Prof. Dr. Ismatullah Shah, a native of Bahawalpur near Cholistan, is a scholar and teacher of the Saraiki language. He has done a Ph.D. on the poetry of Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Farid (RA). He is also considered a specialist in the spiritual Saraiki poetry of Sufi poets. Dr. Shah recently wrote the book Rang-e-Farid, in which he has beautifully translated selected poetry from Dewan-e-Farid, the anthology of Khawaja Farid (RA). The Islamia University in Bahawalpur has published the book.
Rang-e-Farid is the thematic selection of Kalam-e-Farid. The book has twelve different topics. Since Sar...
