HEER RANJHA

A very famous folk tale.

A thread.
Heer was an extremely beautiful woman, born into a wealthy family of the Sial tribe in Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. Ranjha (whose first name is Dheedo; Ranjha is the surname, his caste is Ranjha), a Jatt of the Ranjha tribe...

Ranjha was the youngest of four brothers and lived in the village of Takht Hazara by the river Chenab. Being his father's favorite son, unlike his brothers who had to toil in the lands, he led a life of ease, playing the flute . After a quarrel with his brothers over land,

Ranjha left home. In Waris Shah's version of the epic, it is said that Ranjha left his home because his brothers' wives refused to give him food. Eventually he arrived in Heer's village and fell in love with her. Heer's father offered Ranjha a job herding his cattle.

Heer got mesmerised by the way Ranjha played his flute and eventually fell in love with him. They met each other secretly for many years until they were caught by Heer's jealous uncle, Kaido, and her parents Chuchak and Malki. Heer was forced by her family...

and the local moulvi to marry another man named Saida Khera.
Ranjha was heartbroken. He wandered the countryside alone, until eventually he met a Hindu Shaiva Jogi (ascetic). After meeting Gorakhnath, the founder of the"Kanphata"(pierced ear) sect of jogis at Tilla Jogian..

.. located 80 km north of Bhera, Sargodha District, Punjab, Ranjha became a jogi himself, piercing his ears and renouncing the material world. While reciting the name of the Lord, he wanders all over Punjab, eventually finding the village where Heer lived...

The two returned to Heer's village, where Heer's parents agreed for their marriage - though some versions of the story state that the parent's agreement was only a deception. On the wedding day, Kaido poisons Heer's food so that the wedding stops...

in order to punish the girl for her behaviour. Ranjha rushed to aid Heer, but was too late, as she had already eaten the poison and had died. Brokenhearted once again, Ranjha ate the remaining poisoned Laddu (sweet) which Heer had eaten and died by her side...

Heer and Ranjha are buried in Heer's hometown, Jhang.
Thats how this love story ended leaving an example of selflessness, care and eternal love.
Source :Wikipedia