Verse 55 - Heer’s stormy entrance

This is the verse in which Waris Shah introduces his heroine and what an introduction it is! Heer swoops in accompanied by her entourage of sixty maidens. The poet describes her imperious beauty, the fistfuls of pearls that dangle from her ears, clad in bright red, resplendent like a maiden of paradise. Her nose ring shines like the Pole Star and her beauty is marked by tempestousness and the arrogance of youth. She advances in the manner of monarch at the head of a conquering horde and her haughtiness defines her.