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64 / Bhai Vir Singh
CHAPTER SIX
Shorter Poems
Poetry was now a permanent calling for Bhai Vir Singh. He
poured his fervent vision of beauty and the tremor of joy
it released inside him into well made short lyrics. These
poems, first of their kind in Punjabi, became instantly popuIar
and gained him a large audience, outside the religious circle.
Several collections in handsome, decorative format
appeared--the first one Trel Tupke I"Dew Drops") sixteen
years after Rana Surat Singh. This Volume contained
quatrains, in the manner of the Persian mbat. The form was
an innovation for Punjabi language. Trel Tupke was followed
at quick intervals by Lehran de HOI ",Wreaths of the Waves"),
Bijlian de HOI ",Wreaths of Lightning") and Matak Hulare, an
anthology of poems exclusively on the scenes and sites of
the valley of Kashmir. In 1933 was published Kambdi Kalai
I"Wrist Atremble"), a collection of songs in honour of the
Sikh Gurus.
These poems are rich in personal import. They express a
rare mood of lucid communion. A fugitive thrill of gladness
echoes through them. The poet is a pilgrim of the highlands of
the spirit. For him "clouds are the dancing-floor." "Thrill is his
homeland: thrillis his being." "Lifegivingtouch" oftheInfinite,
the Formless is what the poet lives to realize. He sees a halo of
mystery and beauty spread over everything around him.
"BeautifulisthecreationofthebeautifulCreator. Inthecreation
He needs must discern the beauty... He lives in what He has
created: He shines forth overmore like the moon in the
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