Selections from Pushto Poetry

acquire affliction Afghan Afghan language Afghanistan Aḥmad Shah Almighty amongst antimony art thou Ashraf Attak Aurangzeb Bahram beauty becometh behold beloved blood breast calamity cometh constancy curls dark dear death destiny divine doth dust dwelling earth evil existence eyes fair father fire flowers fortune friends garden garment grief ḤAMID hands happy hath hath become head heart-ravisher heaven Hindu India Khan KHATTAK KHUSHḤĀL KHWAJAH MUHAMMAD LAYLA and MAJNUN lover mayest MIRZA mouth Mughals Muḥammadan MYSTIC naught never nightingale nose-jewel one's parterre passed pearl Persian Peshawar Peshawar district piety poems poet poetry Pushto RAHMAN rose separation Shāh Shah Jahan SHAIDA Shouldst thou sincerity Sirhind sorrow soul spikenard Sufis sweet sword tears therein things thou art thou hast thou shouldst thou wilt thro thy face thyself to-day tongue tresses tribe unto thee Verily weep Wherefore whilst whole wilt thou wine wise words