Couplet

Those worthy of the turban

Khushal Khan Khattakخوشحال خان خټک · 1613–1689

چې دستار تړي هزار دي
د دستار سړي په شمار دي

Thousands can tie a turban; those worthy of the turban are few.

About this poem

This couplet is complete on its own: it opens Khushal's Dastarnama, his prose book on what makes a man worthy of leadership, written in 1076 AH (about 1665) while he was imprisoned at Ranthambore.

Translation: Pashtunxwa

Source: Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Ariana, p. 20

Couplet

Those worthy of the turban

Khushal Khan Khattakخوشحال خان خټک · 1613–1689

چې دستار تړي هزار دي
د دستار سړي په شمار دي

Thousands can tie a turban; those worthy of the turban are few.

About this poem

This couplet is complete on its own: it opens Khushal's Dastarnama, his prose book on what makes a man worthy of leadership, written in 1076 AH (about 1665) while he was imprisoned at Ranthambore.

Translation: Pashtunxwa

Source: Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Ariana, p. 20