Heritage: More on Sami

[Gul Agha <agha@CS.UIUC.EDU>]

 Hello again:

I have checked the meaning of word "Sami" [pron. saamii] in the
Sindhi-English Dictionary by Prmanand Mevaram and it is as follows:

[A title of respect for  Brahmins or priests; one of a class of wandering
fakirs; nom-DE-plume of a celebrated Sindhi poet.]

Our Shah Abdul Latif has extensively used Sami as one of the words for Jogis
in Sur Ramkali. One example follows from Shah:

Taan keein watini wayhu, jaan aahini otakuni mein,
Sami safara haliya, raao chitaey runJNu
ihRo jini uhanJNu, say karami milanda KapaRee

My attempt at Translation:

As long they are here, so long go and sit with them,
Samis will travel, their hearts set on an empty realm,
by fate you meet them, wanderers with such intentions

Sadeen Gadu

Altaf Memon