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Sassi Punnu
Sassi Punnu
Sassi PunnuSassi Punnu is one of the sevenpopular tragic
romances of theSindh and four of the mostpopular in Punjab. The
othersix are Umar Marvi, MomalRano and Sohni Mahiwal, Laila
Chanesar, Sorath Rai Diyach, Noori JamTamachi commonly known as
Seven Queens of Shah Abdul LatifBhittai.Sassui Punnu was written by
the Sindhi and Sufi poet, Shah AbdulLatif Bhittai in
(1689-1752).
SassiSassi was the daughter of the King of Bhamboor (it is in
Sindh whose ruinscan be seen today). Upon Sassis birth, astrologers
predicted that she was acurse for the royal familys prestige. The
Queen ordered that the child beput in a wooden box and thrown in
the river Indus. A washerman of theBhambour village found the
wooden box and the child in the box. Thewasherman believed the
child was a blessing from God and took her home.As he had no child
of his own, he decided to adopt her.
PunnuPunnun Khan, the son of King Mir Hoth Khan (Hoth, a famous
Balochtribe in Makran (Balochistan). King Hoth was son of Mir Jalal
Khan mainBaloch leader and elder of Talpur, Rind, Lashari, Hoth,
Khosa and Marripeople of today) of Kicham (Kech).
Sassi and Punnu meetWhen Sassi became a young girl, she was as
beautiful as the fairies ofheaven. Stories of her beauty reached
Punnu and he became desperate tomeet Sassi. The handsome young
Prince of Makran therefore travelled toBhambour. He sent his
clothes to Sassis father (a washerman) so that hecould catch a
glimpse of Sassi. When he visited the washermans house,they fell in
love at first sight. Sassis father was dispirited, hoping that
Sassiwould marry a washerman and no one else. Sassis father asked
Punnu toprove that he was worthy of Sassi by passing the test as a
washerman.Punnu agreed to prove his love. While washing, he tore
all the clothes as,being a prince, he had never washed any clothes.
he thus failed theagreement. But before he returned those clothes,
he hid gold coins in thepockets of all the clothes, hoping this
would keep the villagers quiet. The
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trick worked, and Sassis father agreed to themarriage.
Punnus brothersPunnus father and brothers were against thehis
marriage to Sassi (Punnu being a princeand she being a washermans
daughter), andso, for their fathers sake, Punnus brotherstraveled
to Bhambhoor. First they threatenedPunnu but when he didnt relent,
they triedmore devious methods.Punnu was surprisedto see his
brothers supporting his marriageand on the first night, they
pretended toenjoy and participate in the marriagecelebrations and
forced Punnu to drinkdifferent types of wines. When he
wasintoxicated they carried him on a camelsback and returned to
their hometown of Kech Makran.
The lovers meet their endThe next morning, when Sassirealized
that she was cheated,she became mad with the griefof separation
from her loverand ran barefoot towards thetown of Kich Makran. To
reachit, she had to cross miles ofdesert. Alone, she continuedher
journey until her feet wereblistered and her lips wereparched from
crying Punnu,
Punnu! The journey was full of dangerous hazards, which lead to
herdemise. Punnus name was on Sassis lips throughout the journey.
She wasthirsty, there she saw a shepherd coming out of a hut. He
gave her somewater to drink. Seeing her incredible beauty, dirty
lustful thoughts cameinto his mind, and he tried to force himself
on Sassi. Sassi ran away andprayed to God to hide her and when God
listened to her prayers, landshook and split and Sassi found
herself buried in the valley of mountains.When Punnu woke he was
himself in Makran he could not stop himselffrom running back to
Bhambhoor. On the way he called out Sassi, Sassi!to which the
shepherd replied. The shepherd told Punnu the whole story.Then
Punnu also lamented the same prayer, the land shook and split
againand he was also buried in the same mountain valley as Sassi.
Thelegendary grave still exists in this valley. Shah Abdul Latif
Bhittai sings thishistoric tale in his sufi poetry as an example of
eternal love and union withDivine.
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