Sa' see and Punnuh is a legend on the template of star-crossed lovers that roam around the sandy mounds of the Thar desert region. Famous Seraiki poet Khwaja Ghulam Farid created some intense poetry using the form 'kafis' in Seraiki. These poems take the legend and overlay metaphors and images that echo typical Sufist style conflation of Beloved/Divine, multiplicity/oneness...
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Where the desert grasses twist my love Ever-shifting shapes exist my love
The crickets creak, the pigeons coo
The foxes howl, the hyenas mew
The geckoes puff, the lizards whoo
The snakes and serpents hiss my loveIn these surrounding rises the voice of Sassi.
Oh, in this desert's blessed sight I'll die indeed but not take fright
As for Punnu, he becomes for the Sufi a living and pervasive symbol of divine beauty.
See Punnal's presence everywhere
All mystics mark and hear know only he is here
All else shall disappear
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