Madho Lal Hussain

300px|thumb|Shrine of Maddho Lal Hussein in Lahore Shah Hussain (1538– 14 January 1600) was a 16th century Punjabi Sufi poet who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. Quotes Stanza O God, you are the only confident of my daysYou are inside, outside, you are settled in my poresYou the warp, the weft, my each and everything is youSay Hussain, the worthless fakir, I am nothing, You are all. Verses of a lowly Fakir Madho Lal Hussain, 2016, p. 3. Stanza O Mother ! To whom can I tell, this state of separation-painFires of Faqeer smoulder, wherever I rummage ruby-red gain,Thorns pierces, make me mad, separation my mind's refrainO Mother ! To whom can I tell, this state of separation-pain. Masterworks of Punjabi Sufi Poetry: Kafi Shah Hussain, translated by Muzaffar A Ghaffar, Vol. 2, p. 691 See also Masterworks of Punjabi Sufi Poetry: Kafi Shah Hussain, translated by Muzaffar A Ghaffar, Vol. 2, Lahore. Verses of a lowly Fakir Madho Lal Hussain: Kafi Shah Hussain, translated by Naveed Alam, 2016, Haryana, India. Category:1538 births Category:1600 deaths Category:Sufi poets Category:Punjabi literature Category:Punjabi language Category:Punjabi-language poets Category:Persian-language poets Category:Muslims from Pakistan Category:Saints Category:Poets from Lahore