Rahman Baba poem with Translation!

[Feroz Afridi]

دا اولينې شعر خو د حمزه بابا دے مړې۔

[Feroz Afridi]

دريم شعر هم د حمزه بابا دے۔۔هاهاهاها

دې کښې خو ټول شعرونه د بل بل چا دي مړې مونږ ولې ازمائي؟

[Roshina]

"They call it the language of hell, but I shall enter paradise with Pashto"!

My favvvvvvvvorite line in Pashto literature! In fact, one of the best lines ever!

Beautiful doens't even come close to describing it! Dera manana for sharing it with us, Nazia!

[Musafira]

Nazia thank you for sharing Sadly though this Pashto "poem" has incorrectly been attributed to Rehman Baba on many many sites online. I also thought/believed it was entirely by Rehman Baba until corrected

Many of those verses were written by Hamza Shinwari & not Rehman Baba. I am not 100% certain who is the author of every verse but these verses I am certain belong to Hamza Baba:

"Wai aghyar chi da douzakh jaba da,
zeba janaat ta da pukhtu sara zem!
They call it the language of hell, but i shall enter paradise with my Pashto!

Chi shepei kala rah shewama shi, pe dei wakht zema pe zre kei shur paida shi
chi rana la dunya lara shi rukhsat shi, de shair da zre dunya ta rana shi.
In the dead of the night when the deep silence reigns, a loud noise rises up in my heart;
when light departs the world and darkness falls, light comes to the inner world of the poet.

Ma wei chi de odu koum ba pe zema chaghu weekh shi, malomah shewa ma ghag karei wu khubulu ta pe khub kei.
I though i would wake up this sleeping nation with my calls, i found that i have been calling a sleepy people in dream."

[Musafira]

Can someone who is well versed in poetry please let us know who is the author of all these lines?

[Admin Khan]

If the title of the thread is wrong, feel free to contact me.

[Musafira]

Admin it is wrong because some of the verses belong to Hamza Shinwari but I do not know who every verse belongs to. I just want to know who wrote each part

[Admin Khan]

Hi Pishoo,
My poetic knowledge is quite limited(Although there is room for improvement and I am learning)Could you please point out which verses belong to which so I can give each respected poet its credit.


Regards,

[Admin Khan]

I think our poets here will have this sorted out soon.
I appreciate you bringing it to our concern.

[Baraan]

حمزه څومره خوش بختي د پښتنو ده
چي په لاس يي د رحمان بابا ديوان دی





Be sharabo me nasha kre da yaar stargay
Pa zargai daghona rakri da yaar stargay

Pa azal ke tamana da maal daulat krri
Ma ghuktali pa tasbo ke da yaar stargay

Mey khane sara taluq bandi ba sa kram
Da pa zra che garzauma da yaar stargay

Rab wayal owaya banda che ta sa gware
Pa salgo salgo me ove da yaar starge

Rab awaz okro "Rahmana" sirf stargay?
Ma ve starge raba stargay da yaar stargay

[Baraan]

(Rehman Baba)
Be sharabo me nasha kre da yaar stargay
Pa zargai daghona rakri da yaar stargay

Pa azal ke tamana da maal daulat krri
Ma ghuktali pa tasbo ke da yaar stargay

Mey khane sara taluq bandi ba sa kram
Da pa zra che garzauma da yaar stargay

Rab wayal owaya banda che ta sa gware
Pa salgo salgo me ove da yaar starge

Rab awaz okro "Rahmana" sirf stargay?
Ma ve starge raba stargay da yaar stargay

[Feroz Afridi]

شاعر امير حمزه شينواري

ma kooza warta lemah kra, zema sar ne teyteida
shayid chi pe ulfat kei hum afghan patey kedam.
i lowered my gaze, but did not bow my head, perhaps even in love i was going to stay an afghan (pukhtun).

اولسي ټپه فوکلور ادب

talah da newar asman ta lara,
ma chi da sta husan da newar sara talelah!
the pan of the sun (in which it is being weighed) went up to the sky, when i weighed your beauty against it.

امير حمزه شينواري د بل غزل نه


wai aghyar chi da douzakh jaba da,
zeba janaat ta da pukhtu sara zem!
they call it the language of hell, but i shall enter paradise with my pashto!

نامعلومه شاعر

la pe afqa da pukhtunkhwa hum zaleydaley na yum,
ze agha newar yum da afaqa chi rakhataley na yum.
i have not yet shown on the horizon of pukhtunkhwa, i am that universal sun which has not risen.
نامعلومه شاعر



chi shepei kala rah shewama shi, pe dei wakht zema pe zre kei shur paida shi
chi rana la dunya lara shi rukhsat shi, de shair da zre dunya ta rana shi.
in the dead of the night when the deep silence reigns, a loud noise rises up in my heart;
when light departs the world and darkness falls, light comes to the inner world of the poet.

دا هډو شعر نه دے هسې هزيان دے

ma wei chi de odu koum ba pe zema chaghu weekh shi, malomah shewa ma ghag karei wu khubulu ta pe khub kei.
i though i would wake up this sleeping nation with my calls, i found that i have been calling a sleepy people in dream.

دا هم هيڅ شعر نه دې هسې د يو اوم شاعر اوم او خام کوشش دے

bal yaad ba sta da yaad depasa kala rashi mata, da yow da aks da pasa na wi bal pa aeena kei.



except for that thought of you, how can another come to my mind, when there can be no reflection in a mirror atop the one that is already there.

نامعلوم

chi jewand gran dei ka asan dei khabar na yum,
khu takal da asani ye la mushkil kai.
whether life is difficult or notm i don’t really know, it is only further compounded by the urges of comforts.

نامعلوم

da chi waim da bal jahan bayan dei,
rakuz shewei da kitab da bal asman dei.
that i say is a story of another world, a book descended from another sky.

نامعلوم

hungama warkygi zema na dei jahan ta, nawei rang warkeygi dei zemakei asman ta
bal adam zema da khawrei na paidakeygi, marghei warkeygi da ghulam da sauda ow zan ta.
give excitement to the world from me, paint anew the earth and sky,
create another adam from my clay, kill this slave of profit and loss

زه نازيه بي بي ته حيران يم چې دا ټول شعرونه چې ورته د حمزه بابا د يو شعر نه علاوه هډو شعرونه وائيل هم ظلم دے په کوم دليل د رحمان بابا د کلام په نوم خوښ او خپاره کړل۔؟
چرته هغه د نوم او جمات والا قيصه خو نه ده؟