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He pointed out that at the heart of his poetry lay the concept of ishq (consuming love) and wahdatul wujood (one in all, all in one).

He then quoted a poem, Mujh ko tera jadu laga, na sabr na araam hai, and then played its audio recording. He said the marked feature of the poet’s art was his spiritual leanings. It was a historic miracle (tareekhi maujaza) that Sachal Sarmast was able to write in the Urdu language. In fact in the 90 years of his life he hadn’t even travelled beyond Larkana, he told the discerning gathering. Prof Aseem said there’s no evidence that Sachal Sarmast had any connection with those centres where Urdu was blossoming (Lucknow etc) in his time. He said the poet was known for his moral rectitude and uprightness, as a result of which he was called Sachal. He said Sachal Sarmast belonged to the second phase (1747-1843). He said the history of Urdu poetry in Sindh could be divided into three periods: 1700-1747, 00. Sachal was a multilingual man who composed poems in four languages (Sindhi, Saraeki, Persian and Urdu) though there was a debate regarding him being well-versed in seven languages because of which he was dubbed ‘haft zaban’. Prof Aseem said Sachal Sarmast was fond of solitude even when he was a child. The poet’s father passed away when he was very young, after which his uncle (father’s younger brother) looked after him and played a major role in his upbringing.” “He was born in 1735 at Daraza Sharif, a few kilometers from Ranipur. He began his speech by giving a brief biographical sketch of the poet. Prof Aseem, a former director of Sachal Chair at Shah Latif University, interspersed his short lecture with a few audio clippings of Sachal Sarmast’s poetry sung at or outside Sufi shrines. Vice-Chancellor of the university Prof Dr Mohammad Qaiser presided over the talk. KARACHI, May 31: The finer points of Sufi poet Hazrat Sachal Sarmast’s Urdu poetry were discussed by Prof Altaf Aseem in his lecture organised by the Sindhi department of the Federal Urdu University at the university’s Abdul Haq Complex on Tuesday.