د قام زلمو سترګې مو پورته کړئ خپل ځان وګورئ
چرته کښې ورسېده, وګورئ جهان وګورئ
Da qam zalmo stargay mo porta kri khpal khan wagori
charta kshe wrasedah, wagori jahan wagori
Young men of the nation, raise your eyes and look at yourselves;
see where the world has got to, look at the world.
د قام زلمو زمونږ هم دغه د ختو ورځي دي
دا مو د ژوند د ښه کېدو د خوشحالو ورځي دي
Da qam zalmo zmunz ham dagha da khatu wrazhi di
da mo da zhwand da sha kedo da khushalo wrazhi di
These are our days of rising, young men of the nation;
these are happy days for bettering our lives.
د نمر په څېرې خپل طاقت په ټول جهان خور کړئ
په خپل همت هر چرته نوم د پاکستان خور کړئ
Da nmar pa tsere khpal taqat pa tol jahan khor kri
pa khpal himmat har charta num da Pakistan khor kri
Spread your strength over the whole world like the face of the sun;
with your courage carry the name of Pakistan everywhere.
شاته نور مه ګورئ په وړاندې خپل قدم کېږدئ
په ورانو لارو باندې مه ځئ قدم سم کېږدئ
Shata nor ma gori pa wrandi khpal qadam kegdi
pa wrano laro bandi ma tsi qadam sam kegdi
Look back no more, set your foot forward;
do not walk the ruined roads, set your foot straight.
له مخې لرې کړئ ازغي ځان ته ګلونه کېږدئ
شي چې اغيار درته حېران هلته کښې پلونه کېږدئ
La makhe lare kri azghay khan ta gulona kegdi
shi che aghyar drta hairan halta kshe plona kegdi
Clear the thorns from your path, lay flowers for yourselves,
so that strangers marvel at the bridges you lay there.
مونږ له چې مخې له راغلي وار خطا تلي دي
زلمو زمونږه ځنې ډېر زلمي په شا تلي دي
Munz la che makhe la raghlay war khata tali di
zalmo zmunza tsane der zalmay pa sha tali di
Those who came ahead of us went off in confusion;
many of our young men have gone backwards.
About this poem
A poem to the young men of the nation, from the songs section of the diwan. Pashto read from the page image; translation is Pashtunxwa's, and the last two couplets in particular are for a Pashto reader to check.
Translation: Pashtunxwa
Read more: Khatir Afridi (Misri Khan): Pashto ghazal poet of the Khyber, 1929–1968