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Sohni Mahiwal - 2/6 Aashiq Hussain Jatt - Punjabi Folk
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PROGRAM: ASHIQ JAT DE NAL IK SHAM
TOPIC: SOHNI MAHINWAL
SINGER: ASHIQ HUSSAIN JAT
LYRICS: SUFI AZMAT PARVEZ, FAZAL SHAH, DAIM IQBAL DAIM & ASHIQ JAT
MUSIC: SALAMAT ALI KHAN
GUESTS: BABA G. A. CHISHTI
MERAJ DIN DOGAR
SALAMT KHAN
ASHFAQ AHMAD & LAL DIN SHAHBAZI
RECORDED IN 1983 IN EMI STUDIOS LAHORE
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Sohni Mahiwal is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab and Sindh, the other three are Heer Ranjha, Mirza Sahiba and Sassi Punnun.
It is also popular in Sindh and across the South Asia, the story is one of the most prominent examples of medieval poetic legends in the Punjabi and Sindhi languages.

Sohni,

Sohni, the potter's daughter Sohni was the daughter of a potter named Tula, who lived in Gujrat town in the Punjab near the banks of the Chenab on the caravan trade route between Bukhara and Delhi.
As soon as the 'Surahis' (water pitchers) and mugs came off the wheels, she would draw floral designs on them and transform them into masterpieces of art.

Izzat Baig of Bukhara

Izzat Baig, the rich trader from Bukhara (Uzbekistan), came to India on business but when he saw the beautiful Sohni in the town of Gujrat on the Chenab in Punjab, he was completely enchanted.
Instead of keeping 'mohars' (gold coins) in his pockets, he roamed around with his pockets full of love. Just to get a glimpse of Sohni, he would end up buying the water pitchers and mugs everyday.
Sohni lost her heart to Izzat Baig. Instead of making floral designs on earthenware, she started building castles of love in her dreams.
Izzat Baig sent off his companions to Bukhara. He took up the job of a servant in the house of Tula, Sohni's father. He would even take their buffaloes for grazing. Soon, he came to be known as "Mahiwal"(buffalo herder).

Sohni's marriage

When the people started spreading rumors about the love of Sohni and Mahiwal, without her consent her parents arranged her marriage with another potter.
Suddenly, one day his "barat" (marriage party) arrived at the threshold of her house. Sohni was helpless and in a poignant state. Her parents bundled her off in the doli (palanquin), but they could not pack off her love in any doli (box).
Izzat Baig renounced the world and started living like a "faqir" (hermit) in a small hut across the river. The earth of Sohnis land was like a dargah (shrine) for him.
He had forgotten his own land, his own people and his world. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, when the world was fast asleep, Sohni would come by the riverside and Izzat Baig would swim across the river to meet her. He would regularly roast a fish and bring it for her. It is said that once, when due to high tide he could not catch a fish, Mahiwal cut a piece of his thigh and roasted it.
Seeing the bandage on his thigh, Sohni opened it, saw the wound and cried.

The End

Sohni Swims to Meet Her Lover Mahinwal From the next day, Sohni started swimming across the river with the help of an earthen pitcher as Izzat Baig was so badly wounded and could not swim across the river. Soon, the rumours of their romantic rendezvous spread. One-day Sohnis sister-in-law followed her and saw the hiding place where Sohni used to keep her earthen pitcher among the bushes.
The next day, the sister-in-law removed the hard baked pitcher and replaced it with an unbaked one. That night, when Sohni tried to cross the river with the help of the pitcher, it dissolved in the water and Sohni drowned in the river. From the other side of the river, Mahiwal saw Sohni drowning and jumped into the river and drowned as well.

Sohni's Tomb

The Tomb Of Sohni In Shahdapur City Sindh, which is 75 km from (Hyderabad). According to the legend the bodies of Sohni Mahiwal were recovered from river Indus near Shahdapur and hence are buried there.

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  • hello my dear how post this vedio .i am very appresate to him very very nice this song i was looking for listion mybe 25 years so today i listion so again thanks for poster and also very very thanks for Asaq jatt very nice singer

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  • amazing it still sound same after 20 years when i hear this at a marriage in a village party.it sound like you are watching live,poetry is unbelievable but very unfortunate for people of pakistani punjab we are forgetting our culture.now a day you don't even hear this.how many people know about poet azmat .don't take it wrong that is my opinion .paintings are perfectly match with poetry

  • very nice

    

  • kia baat hai ..yeh hai humari saqafet ...

  • Beautiful singing by Ashiq Jatt Marhoom, and great artwork . Thank you Asif... this is great video.

  • nice song .

    

  • Gr8 Thanks 4 Sharing Asif 

  • hello my dear how post this vedio .i am very appresate to him very very nice this song i was looking for listion mybe 25 years so today i listion so again thanks for poster and also very very thanks for Asaq jatt very nice singer 

  • good folk singer

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