د اشنای په فکر خوښه هسې شان شوم / نه پوهېږم چه ممتاز که نورجهان شوم
Da ashnāi pa fikr khwakha hase shān shwam / na pohegam che Mumtāz ka Nūrjahān shwam
In the thought of my friend I became so glad that I do not know whether I have turned into Mumtaz or Nur Jahan.
چه ئې کړمه ستا په مینه سر فرازه / ثنا خوانه په څو رنګه د رحمان شوم
Che ye karma stā pa mīna sar frāza / Sanā khwāna pa tso ranga da Rahmān shwam
Since your love raised my head, I became in many ways a praiser of the Merciful.
چه مجاز مې د ایاز ولاړئ له زړه نه / سر بلنده تر محمود غوندې سلطان شوم
Che majāz me da Ayāz wlāṛ ye la zṛa na / Sar balanda tar Mahmūd ghwande sultān shwam
When my worldly love, the love of Ayaz, left my heart, I became more lofty than a sultan like Mahmud.
وهرچا ته چه ګورم واړه دی دئ / د جمال په نندارو ئې شادمان شوم
Wa har chā ta che gorim wāṛa dī dai / Da jamāl pa nandāro ye shādmān shwam
Whomever I look at, it is all He; at the sight of his beauty I became glad.
غیر فکر مې له زړه نه را بهر شو / پر خلیل و پر عدو باندې یکسان شوم
Ghayr fikr me la zṛa na rā bahar sho / Par khalīl o par adū bāndē yaksān shwam
Every other thought came out of my heart; to friend and to enemy alike I became the same.
«حلیمې» د غماز مکر زیات له حد شو / چه دې بېل له یاره نکا، په ګمان شوم
"Halime" da ghammāz makr ziyāt la had sho / Che de bel la yāra nakā, pa gumān shwam
Halima, the slanderer's guile has passed all bounds; I have become fearful that he may part you from the friend.
About this poem
The only poem of Halima known, from the Pata Khazana, whose authenticity is disputed. Each line is one couplet of two halves, the right-hand half first, as printed; the translation is the site's and should be checked by a Pashto reader.
Translation: Pashtunxwa
Read more: Halima Khattak (Bibi Halima): daughter of Khushal Khan, Sufi poet