The classic Punjabi romance of Heer Siyal of Jhang and Dheedo Ranjha of Takht Hazara, from Heer (1766), the beloved verse epic of Waris Shah — the tale of a flute-playing cowherd, a proud and fearless heroine, and a love that defied two villages. Retold in fresh English.
Disclosure: this performance is narrated by AI-generated voices.
This episode: the jogi takes his leave of Balnath and the hill of Tilla; on the road a shepherd who knew the cowherd of Jhang recognises him and warns him; and Ranjha, in earrings and ashes, with his horn and his begging bowl, arrives at Rangpur and begs from door to door of the Kheras.
Texts: Waris Shah, Heer (1766), public domain. This retelling is a fresh in-house English rendering; the meaning crib of record is Charles Frederick Usborne's public-domain English prose translation (1901).
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