Verse 67 - Heer reassures Ranjha

Heer tries to put Ranjha’s anxieties to rest. She will not leave him alone to go to the women’s gatherings; rather, all of her friends will join her to frolic with Ranjha in the woods. She has fallen in love and she foresees days filled with joys and nights filled with passion, as that love blossoms. Waris Shah is being slyly subversive in this verse, for while it is about the joy of young love, in a reversal of traditional gender roles, it is not the hero of the tale, Ranjha who is stating an amorous intent, but it is his heroine, Heer.