Verse 68 - Ranjha is unconvinced

Ranjha, unconvinced by Heer’s reassurances, reiterates his concerns. He is a penniless wanderer, and Heer a powerful chief’s daughter. He worries that he will be dismissed like the servant he is, while Heer spends time with her female friends at the women’s gatherings. He declares that he wants Heer to pledge that he will not be neglected. Once again, the poet is subverting traditional gender roles by having his male protagonist express the kind of anxiety that a reader might expect a woman, nervous about entering into a socially inappropriate and equal relationship, to express.