Professor Wakhlu’s immensely interesting novel is the odyssey of love, intense and passionate. Thus the book is a SONG OF LOVE. The book narrates in full, rich and lucid style the love of Sultan Yusuf Shah Chak of Kashmir for a village belle, Habba Khatoon, whose original name was Zoon. Born of an ordinary peasant family at the village Chandhara in Kashmir she blossomed into an exquisitely charming damsel and a melodious singer who could compose lyrics which are even now considered the gems of Kashmiri literature. Her parents, unfortunately, married her to a village bumpkin. He and his mother greatly illtreated her. Time rolled on and one day she was face to face with Yusuf Shah, the Heir Apparents of Kashmir. Her first sight captivated his heart. She adorned the royal palace as the wife of Yusuf Shah after having got absorbing story lie deeper undertones of meaning, clues to the passion, vehemence and wanderlust of both Habba Khatoon and Yusuf Shah. They are perpetually in quest of r