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Discourse Analysis of Sindhi Folk Music: 'Tiri Pawanda' by Sheikh Ayaz

Discourse means to highlight the hidden motives that are wrapped in words and flowery language just to enhance and intensify the effect of the words. In the same way poets write poetry in order to have some motive behind it. The aim of this article is to spotlight the hidden motive behind the Sindhi language song “Tiri Panwada” written by Sheikh Ayaz. This song is very symbolic as the poet explains the emotions of the separation of lovers. Different poets use different figurative words to make their poetry expressive and intensive so that it may drag the attention of the listeners/readers at once. As discourse is a research methodology to find out the truths or purposes behind the spoken or written words, the purpose of this paper is to spotlight the hidden meaning of this song in front of the readers to make it expressible.