ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>S&#298HARF&#298 SARD&#256R HAR&#298 SI&#7748GH NALV&#256</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>S&#298HARF&#298 SARD&#256R HAR&#298 SI&#7748GH NALV&#256</i>, sub-titled "Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalve d&#299 Mahim&#257," by Q&#257dar Y&#257r, is a poem in Punjabi, Gurmukh&#299 script, celebrating the valour of Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257, a general in the army of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. The poem is also popularly known as <i>V&#257r Sard&#257r Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257</i>. Q&#257dar Y&#257r was born around 1805 in M&#257chh&#299ke village in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district and seems to have lived all his life in his village. He did not take interest in household work and devoted himself entirely to the Muse. The text of the <i>S&#299harf&#299</i> is included in <i>Q&#257dar Y&#257r</i> published in 1969 by the Languages Department, Punjab, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. The style is that of a <i>S&#299harf&#299</i>, a poetical form borrowed from Persian in which verses are arranged acrostically following the Persian alphabet comprising thirty letters. The most commonly used metre in the <i>S&#299harf&#299</i> as adopted in Punjabi is <i>baint</i>, the usual themes being chivalry, love and separation. The <i>S&#299harf&#299</i> has a number of versions, with couplets ranging from 23 to 30. The poem centres upon the gallantry and feats of martial prowess displayed by Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257 in defending the Fort of Jamr&#363d (April 1837), and his death there.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">&#256tamj&#299t Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>