The legends of the Panjâb

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No. II.
SAKHI SARWAR AND DANI
JATTI,
AS RECORDED BY A MUNSHl IN FIBOZPUR FOR
Mbs. F. a. steel in 1879.
[This is quite a modern legeDd, for the present writer has conversed with the
lambarddr or headman of the village of LAndeke, in the FirozpAr District,
who claimed to be the son of the boy whom Sarwar raised from the dead
for D4m. He was a SiddhA Jatt. The author or composer of the legend as
recorded is said to have been one Nihdlfi, a Bharfiin, or professional singer in
honour of Sakhi Sarwar. Sayyid Ahmad Sakhi Sarwar Sultan Lafch-
Akti, usually known as Sarwar, or Sakhi Sfirwar, is the most popular
modem Saint of the Panj&b. He is a typical saint and belongs to that
class of ascetics which came over and settled in the neighbofirhood of
Multdn in the 11th and 12th centuries A. D. Sarwar himself probably
flourished later, sometime in the 13th Century. His shrine is at Nig^hS
at the foot of the Sulim&n mountains and at the entrance of the Sakhi
Sarwar Pass in the Deri Grh&zi Khfin District, a spot eminently calculated
to foster an austere life, as it is " the last place that any one, who in
the least regarded his personal comfort, would choose as an abode." A
crowded fair is held there every Baisikh (April-May) attended by all sorts
and classes of Fanj&bis, Hindis, Musalmfins and others. The shrine is
kept up by hereditary muj&wirs, or attendants, and by wandering iJia/r&ihs,
or bards, who sing the Saint's praises and collect pilgrims from all parts.
Besides the above places Sarwar is personally connected with several
others in the Lfihor, Gujr£nw41S and Gujr&t Districts.]
TEXT.
Sakhi Saewae da mo^jiza Dan! JattI de nal.
Sabh taufiq^n Sain Sachche
Jumlian de Rabb parde kajje !
Jo kujh chahe so i karda
Lore kaun hataid
5 Ape dend^, ape lenda;
SMiib D&ta sakal jlan da
Ik lakh kai chaurasi judeI,
MauUa rizaq puchaia
Parbat andar Sarwar wasse,