جهان روغ دی له سوده هم له زیانه
د باطن پرېشاني مه ګڼه اسانه
jahān rogh dī la sūda ham la ziyāna
da bāṭin pareshānī ma gaṇa asāna
The world is free of both gain and loss;
do not think the heart's inner trouble light.
هر احوال چې پر صورت باندې تېرېږي
په قدرت یې بیرون نه دی له فرمانه
har ahwāl chi par sūrat bāndi tērēgī
pa qudrat yi bērūn na dī la farmāna
Every state that passes over the outward form
is not outside His power, nor free of His command.
د حکمت داهل زړونه رحمتي دي
قیاس که د بل عذاب له خپله ځانه
da hikmat da ahl zṛūna rahmatī dī
qiyās ka da bal ʿazāb la khpala dzāna
The hearts of the people of wisdom are full of mercy;
judge another's torment by your own.
تر عذاب پر نازکانو مرګ اسان دی
خوب نیولی خبر نه دی له زندانه
tar ʿazāb par nāzkāno marg asān dī
khob niwalī khabar na dī la zindāna
For the delicate, death is easier than torment;
the man seized by sleep knows nothing of the prison.
هر عمل د نیک و بد په سړي پور دی
لکه ګل هسې اغزي شي له بوستانه
har ʿamal da nek o bad pa saṛī por dī
laka gul hase aghzī shī la bostāna
Every deed, good or bad, is a debt on a man;
as the rose, so the thorn comes from the garden.
تل داوسپنو له زنګ ملاحظه شي
که هر څو اصلي جوهر لري له کانه
tal da aspano la zang mulāhiza shī
ka har tso aslī jawhar larī la kāna
Iron is always watched for rust,
however fine the true metal it has from the mine.
مسکینان له هره غمه فراغت دي
د بادشاه تفاوت څه دی له چوپانه
miskīnān la hara gham farāghat dī
da bādshāh tafāwut tsa dī la chopāna
The poor are free of every grief;
what difference is there between a king and a shepherd?
د دنیا په زیان به چېرې راضي کیږي
د واصل په دود زړه جمع چار پرېشانه
da dunyā pa ziyān ba chērī rāzī kīgī
da Wāsil pa dod zṛa jamʿ chār pareshāna
Who would ever be content with the world's loss?
In Wasil's way, the heart is gathered and the affairs are scattered.
د دې شعر په اړه
One of the fifteen ghazals found in Mulla Akhtar Kandahari's notebook. The translation and transliteration are ours and should be checked by a Pashto reader, especially the last couplet.
ژباړه: Pashtunxwa
نور ولولئ: Wasil Roshani: poet of the Roshani circle, seventeenth century