Although limited, this is still one of the better pages I've found on the Internet.Īn online book exploring Sindh culture and mysticism, including Sachal Sarmast.Ī Sufi website dedicated to Sachal Sarmast and his spiritual succesors. Sachal Sarmast: The Great Sufi Poet of SindhĪ brief biography and several examples of Sachal Sarmast's poetry in English. The Story of Melting: Sachal Sarmast's Persian Masnavi Gudaz-nama Yaar di Gharoli / Kaafi - Sachal Sarmast: From Songs of the Mystics (mp3 song) Real Thirst: Poetry of the Spiritual Journey The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology) You by yourself, know what is in your form!.Neither did I roll rosary, nor did I ponder and pray.I search in the streets, I cast my sights.We are waiting for a book of inspired translations of Sachoo.

I've only discovered scattered verses translated on the Internet. Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a good single source of Sachal Sarmast's poetry in English. It is said that he never left the village of his birth, yet he composed sacred poetry in seven different languages, poetry that is loved and sung to this day. Sachal Sarmast lived a humble, ascetic life, preferring solitude, simple meals of daal and yogurt. He is sometimes called Sachoo, The Truthful. Later people added Sarmast (Ecstatic Master) to his name in appreciation of his spiritual poetry. Listening to music sent him into a state of rapture with tears pouring down his face.Ībdul Wahab married, but his young wife died two years later. His father died when he was a young child, and Abdul Wahab was raised by his uncle, who also became his spiritual master. Sachal Sarmast was born Abdul Wahab in the Sindh region of what is today Pakistan. He taught a Sufi vision of Unity called Wahdat al-Wujud, which has been compared to the great nondualist teachings of Advaita Vedanta within Hinduism and Zen/Chan within Buddhism. Sachal urged people to seek the truth directly, rather than through mere conformity to tradition.

Sachal sarmast poetry in sindhi