Pashto SMS / Text Messages

Pashto ghazal about love's destruction: wherever spring is mentioned, the speaker's passions are killed; the love story is brief but unbroken in its sorrow.

Charta che zikar da sparlo shawe de
Halta me qatal da jazbo shawe de.
Zama da meenay qissa landda da da,
YAW tasalsul da hadiso shawe de.
Pa khpal qismat yawaze ma na jaral
Har zai me zikar pa salgo shawe de
Da che chghar da Bulbulano aoram,
Hkaregi ghag de da ratlo shawe de
Da swe swe rang zama che wene,
Da da Firaq pa sro lambo shawe de.
Rasha Zarge leg da Imdad ogora,
Zahmi Zahmi sta pa kato shawe de.

Che Nari Waghe Marghan Zama Pa Qabar

Pashto graveyard poem asking for no weeping women, no grief-songs from nightingales, and no satisfaction on the faces of enemies at the grave.

Che Nari Waghe Marghan Zama Pa Qabar
Bia De Na Jari Janan Zama Pa Qabar
Bulbulan Che Pre Da Gham Sandari Wai
Sa Hajat Day Da Khafgan Zama Pa Qabar
Pa Jwandun Ye Da Nafrata Zarge dak wo,
Us Walar De Pareshan Zama Pa Qabar
Che Ye Kuz Kram Da Lahad Thoro Thiaro Tha
Pa Khanda sho Raqeeban Zama Pa Qabar
Bia raghele da Imdada Jarave me,
Che Shendi Surki Gulan Zma Pa Qabar.

Pa meena derta wayim che akhtar de mubarak sha

Pashto Eid greeting poem wishing safe passage through every road of life and offering blessings with love.

Da juwand pa hara lara har safar de mubarak sha,
Pa meena derta wayim che akhtar de mubarak sha,

Happy Eid mubarak

Kala gull kala khazan kala bahar sham..

Pashto verse of aching longing, asking in a chain of questions when the speaker will finally lose themselves in the beloved's dark eyes.

Kala gull kala khazan kala bahar sham..
Kala za da yar pa stargo k khumar sham..
Kala kala me da zaana zargay tor she..
Kala kala da ashna da ghaary haar sham.

ghoti che kala golshi

Pashto couplet about a dark curl ruining the beloved's flower-like face, with the speaker ready to sacrifice anything for that darkness.

ghoti che kala golshi
bia gul gotai kaydain nashee,
qurban diar da shundo
kala gul kala gotai shee

Nan Da Pukhton, San Da Janan

Pashto catalogue poem pairing the symbols of Pashtun identity — sky's color, bangles, the rabab, folk love legends like Farhad-Shirin and Adam Khan-Durkhanai.

Nan Da Pukhton, San Da Janan
Rang Da Asman, Shrang Da Bangro
Jang Da Stergo, Jwand Da Arman
Mina Da Tawan, Lara Da Gudar
Ishq Da Ashiq, Laila Da Majnun
Farhad Da Sherinai, Adam Khan Da Durkhanai
Yousuf Yousuf Khan Da Sherbano
Mosam Da Bahar, Ghazal Da Ghani
Awaz Da Takar, Sur Da Shabab
Tang Da Rabab, Gham Da Janan

Da Charsadday Zalmii

Pashto patriotic poem from a young man of Charsadda: mourning the bombing across Bajaur, Waziristan, and Swat, asking how Eid can still come.

Da Charsadday Zalmii

Che WATAN Matam Matam Vee,
Aow Pa Hr Koor Kii Gham Vee,
Che Barood Vee Da Asmana,
Aow Da Zmakey Lande Bom Vee,
Che Pa Shundo Bus Jara Vee,
Starge Hmm Dhakey Da Nam Vee,
Che Da Gullon Pa Mosam Kii,
Da Golo, Dazo Mosam Vee,
Che Bajaur, Waziristan Ke,
Hmm Pa Swat Ke Muharam Vee,
Nu Za Ba Dasey AKHTAR Sa Kram,
Che Bachi Me Qatal Kiigii,
Mour Aow Plar Me Zobal Kiigii,
Sarr Sajde La Che Tittegii, Pe Bomoona Raw

DA ZAM ZAM OBA PA SKO KAMEGI NA

Pashto ghazal comparing the beloved's eyes to Zamzam water and their kisses to sweetness — devotion and longing in the classical Pashtun lyric tradition.

Da zam zam oba pa Sko kamegI na,
Da yaar husan pa Kato kamege na.

So khwage kokay Janana mala raka,
Aanangi de pa Koko kamege na.

Bandiwan kram Raqibano pa khpal kor ke,
Khanziraan di pa Veshto kamege na.

Kala kala me tapos kawa Janana,
Pa ratag Ghairat Pukhto kamege na.

Pa jara jara me KHIYALA starge sre shwe,
Zama ohke pa Salgo kamege na

Zamong tar myanza fasele wale shwe

Pashto ghazal of separation: spring came but brought no beloved; the speaker's heart broke within an hour of being left alone.

Che rata na gore muske wale shwe,
Zama da zra bagh ke sparle wale shwe.

Za kho pa tama da sro shondo woma,
Mata da gul pa zai azghe wale shwe.

La ma pura darta katli na wo,
Pa lag saat ke me zarge wale shwe.

Taa ho wayal che pa jwandun yama sta,
Che me ashna shwi no prade wali shwe.

Da IMDAD KHIYAL da zra takor janana,
Zamong tar myanza fasele wale shwe.

Ya me dunya ke da alamo na juda latawa

Pashto poem of exile: the speaker asks not to be abandoned among autumn leaves, in a world full of strangers and early-morning grief.

Ma da khazan pa wacho pano ke ashna latawa,
Ya me dunya ke da alamo na juda latawa.
Ka pa dunya v khushali za khushali sa kaom,
ma da ghamuno pa mairo sahar saba latawa.
Charta shledale griwan gora sarbabare Imdad,
Da yaar pa gham k ye naskor sar pa sehra latawa.

Yao Akhiri Guna Kawom

Pashto poem with a refrain of toba (repentance): the speaker wants one last indulgence — drinking love to its end — before turning devout.

Yao Akhiri Guna Kawom No Biya Toba Kawoma,
Da Shondo Tanda mataom No Biya Toba Kawoma,
Monga Da Zrono Jawari Charta Gatale Na Da,
Yao Akhiri Dao Lagawom No Biya Toba Kawoma.
Imdada na radromi sta aa hod gharaza ashna
Zindagi khpla hatmawom no biya toba kawoma.

Za Sharabi Na Yam

Pashto couplet denying being a drinker: the redness of the eyes comes from weeping, not wine.

Za Sharabi Na Yam
Na Me Sharab Skali Di,

Starge Me Che Sre Di
Daa Me Ta Pasay Jarali Di.