ਧਰਮੀ ਬਾਬਲ ਪਾਪ ਕਮਾਇਆ / Honorable father committed a sin
An excerpt from Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s poem Loona retelling the Puran Bhagat legend from Loona’s viewpoint, defending her against being branded characterless for her forced, mismatched marriage.
ਮੈਂ ਕੰਡਿਆਲੀ ਥੋਹਰ - ਸ਼ਿਵ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਬਟਾਲਵੀ
Translation of Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s poem where a woman likens herself to a lonely, unwanted thorny cactus scarred by ill-fated love.
ਇਹ ਰੁੱਤ ਹੰਝੂਆਂ ਲੱਦੀ ਬਿਰਹਾ ਮਾਰੀ ਹੈ
An excerpt from Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s epic poem Loona, mythologically explaining the sorrowful monsoon season through the tale of the god Inder and the nymph Aindar.
ਨਾਰੀ- ਿਸ਼ਵ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਬਟਾਲਵੀ
An excerpt from Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s epic poem ‘Loona’ celebrating women as the source and inspiration behind all beauty and creation.
ਏਥੋਂ ਦੀ ਹਰ ਰੀਤ ਦਿਖਾਵਾ / Here, every custom is a pretence
An excerpt from Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s epic poem Loona lamenting how love, religion and custom have become mere pretence in a lonely, lust-driven world.
A Handful of Pains- Shiv Kumar batalvi
Scanned images of a poem by Punjabi poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi expressing themes of pain and sorrow.
Shiv Kumar Batalvi - Jaach Mainu Aa Gayee …
A Shiv Kumar Batalvi poem expressing deep longing and the pain of unfulfilled love.