January 4, 2016: Professor Puran Singh (1881-1931) is a well renowned Sikh poet and scientist. He wrote both in Punjabi and English and is often compared to poet Walt Whitman in that Singh’s work is dreamy, other-worldly, and romantic. Below is his poem about the Chali Mukte and the women in their families.
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The Sikh Mothers | The Forty Sikh Martyrs Forty of the Faithful deserted Guru Gobind Singh – unwilling to starve with him, unwilling to stay and die at Anandpur where They sought shelter in their homes, but the doors were shut against them, and a cry leapt from the Sikh mothers and from the Sikh The brave women bade them go back; there was no refuge for those who had turned their back on the Guru. “No Sikh mother shall own her son, nor a Sikh woman her man, who turns his back on the Guru. There is life in death with Him, And they died fighting for the Guru, – the forty martyrs. From The Temple Tulips by Professor Puran Singh. Page 72. Punjab University, Patiala 2001 |
