na may sta da nari shudi dy pakar
na da zulfi wal pa wal laka khamar
na da bati pashan danga ghari ghwaram
nargasay stargy na daki da khumar
na ghakhuna dy laluna da adan
na nangy dak sara sara laka anar
na pasti da sarindy pa shan khabari
na wajood laka da saar way mazadar
khu bas yow shai rata ra ukhaya dilbara
da lala pashan zargy ghawaram daghdar
yow dawa ukhaqi chi da ghum ao muhabat way
lakuno laluna dy karam zaar
Poems - translation
I do not need your red sculpted lips,
Nor hair in loops like a serpent,s coils
Nor a nape as graceful as a swan,s,
Nor narcissus eyes full of drunkenness,
Nor teeth as perfect as pearls of heaven,
Nor cheeks ruddy and full as pomegranates,
Nor a voice mellifluous as a sarinda,
Nor a figure as elegant as a poplar,
But show me just this one thing, my love,
I seek a heart stained like a poppy flower
Pearls by millions I would gladly cede,
For the sake of tears borne of love and grief.
Notes
Khan Abdul Ghani Khan(eldest son of Khan Abdul Ghuffar Khan, aka Bacha Khan) was one of the finest Pushto poets of this century. He was born in 1914 and died in year of 1996. He led the Pukhtuns in what is today Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in the struggle against British colonialism from the 1920's until 1947.
Ghani khan the beloved so n of Fakhre Afghan Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan was, no doubt, a great poet, he always tried to remind his pukhtoon brothers their ancestor, their destiny and their glorious Past.
He through his poetry call upon his pukhtoon brothers why their kids are today hungry and why they are discriminated because of their race? He reminds pukhtoons to get united and they once again could gain their lost integrity and reassemble their scattered forces just by focusing their vision on Islam and by reminding their Ancestor ,s glorious deeds. His over all poetry reflect the true image of Pukhtoons .
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From guest Habibunnabi (contact)
Khan baba is simply matchless & uncompareble. His thoughts was deeper than sea. His poetry about love, wine, life & death....His painting and so much things he did in his career. I can not explain his greatness in my small words. We need such great pukhtoon leaders to lead us. I Love him. Chaghy wey Ajal Mula Ta awry ka na awry Tasha khawora na da Ghani sanga ba shi khawry. His poetry gives deep and a true meaning. I love reading his biography , every thing i love which belongs to Great Ghani Khan. Thanking you Habib Dubai -
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From guest faheem (contact)
He was great poet. He devoted his life for awarness of Pakhtoons through his poetry. I wish that our current pashtoon Leaders also follow his path. -
ABDUL GHANI KHAN BABA
From guest SAADIA (contact)
MAY ALLAH BLESS GHANI KHAN.HE WAS THE GREATEST POET OF PASHTO. -
My minds playing tricks on me
From guest KHAN SOLJA (contact)
What an amazing array of thoughts put on paper an educated mind expressing his own knowledge and it makes me joyious to know he is a pathan. -
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From guest sulieman (contact)
dh husan jaam pr sar rawarawa nasha sha ghamuna pre lamba kra ashiqa deewana sha (sulieman amine) trully rmarkable man what was in his mind what made him what he was why was he thinking out of this world i guess well never know.... -
This is beautiful...
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this is a wonderful piece originaly written in Pashto which is the language of Pathans. Ghani Baba is a mystic poet and his poetry is full of all such great thoughts.
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