Tragic Romantic Tales Of Mirza Sahiban

A manly lover; a beautiful lady, as the beloved; a n obstacle, growing strong with time ; all the sweetness of love, coming to a tragic end; of all the loves ills, death for both the lovers as a result of disaccceptance by the families; gives birth to a folk tale. It all sums up to make up a folk tale with depressing content and tragic end of love. What make these folktales special is the setting, their development in rural areas, and their stories rembemberd by heart and passed on generation to generation and the way they are appreciated as a primary part of our folk culture. Mirza Sahiban is one folk tale like many others from the same and other regions, with its own uniqueness.

Punjab has been prone to invasions. Therefore the truth of

There are many others possibly seven such Umar Marvi, Like Chanesar, Sohni Mahewal, Tamachdiand Dhai, Sassi Panu, Nori jam, and from Balochistan, the story of Ror Kumar which are popuraly known as Shah Abdul Latif Bhatai’s Seven Queens. From the land of Punjab these are the most tragic romantic tales.

Punjabis cultural is full of myths and folklore that includes, folktales, epics, ballads, romances. Most of the the folk tradition traces it routed back to primary oral culture, passed on through the generations by traditional singers, mystics and peasent singers. Most of the folk tales are sung along music. Songs sung on birth or marriage, for love and war, and glorifying legendary heroes. The Mahiya for eg is a romantic song from Punjab. Sehri bandi is a marriage ceremony, and there are mehndi songs sung when henna is applied to the bride and groom, traditions still followed to date.

Heer Ranja and Mirza Sahibaan are two folk romances popular in every Punjabi household. Wandering sufis are well known in Punjab for their poetry and music. They gave Punjabi literature special verses. The mixture of Hindu, sSikh and Islamic themes in Punjabi folklore brought down from oral culture to literate mirrors the presence of these religious traditions back then in this

There’s nothing to ‘refer back to’. For eg in this tale one narrator claims Sahibans death took place because she took the arrows aimed at Mirza oh her body, while the other says she killed herself with a sword after Maras death.

Mirza is sent to his relatives, for studies. Where he meets his cousin sahiban and fall in love. This in our culture today would be considered wasting our parents money, for he was sent to study but started romanticing. Later in the tale when sahiban was getting married, Mirza picks her up in between the ceremonies and carried her away. This happening today would be considered abduction. Subsequently sahiban killing herself with the sword, in literate culture we would be forced to think either she killed herself out of love for Mirza or to save herself from the embarrassment or punishment that was to approach her in coming future.

Just as any other society the Punjabi community has dual moral values. Everything has two angles to be viewed from, the moral and the distinct. How moral it was to kill Mirza on spot, or the newly born girls after the incident so no other sahiban was born. And then visiting there tombs and graveyards and offer prayers to get their unfulfilled desires