1538–1599 · Lahore
Shah Hussain
The Lahori master of the kafi, singer of longing and divine love.
شاہ حسین
Shah Hussain of Lahore shaped the kafi into the great lyric form of Punjabi Sufi poetry. His short songs of longing, often in the voice of a young woman yearning for the beloved, are still sung at the annual Mela Chiraghan at his shrine in Baghbanpura.
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