To him, a woman is a human being whose beauty is her character. His poetry is somewhat different from the subcontinent’s poetic tradition, where he did not speak of a woman’s face, stature, and eyebrows, but described her role in an ideal way. Their names are Sasi (Pins), Marvi (Omar), Laila (Chanesar), Momal (Rana), Soorath (Rai Deich), Noori (Jam Tamachi) and Sohni (Mahiwal). His characters are heroines of love folk tales. Three centuries ago, he portrayed female characters as heroes in his poetry. His poetry is simple and easy, which makes one feel ecstatic.Įvery artist tries to sing his poetry because he gains immense popularity among the people by singing it. His poetry has been translated into many languages besides English, German and Urdu. He was known as the greatest poet of the Sindhi dialect.
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sindhi Sufi scholar, Sindhi philosopher, saint, poet, and mystic.
