Translation of a beautiful Pashto poem, Reidi Gul by Ghani Khan - recently sang by Yasir & Jawad on Uth Studio. Was highly impressed by the quality of the poem and its translation in English.
In a desert, once, on a hunt did I find,
With a radiant smile, a flower so fair;
In a desert, once, on a hunt did I find,
With a radiant smile, a flower so fair;
Sadly, I approached and sighed, “Ah! Of my kind
Are you too – a hapless flower from a beloved's hair.
Frail fingers wouldn't take you to a soft face so close,
Nor would you be kissed by lips delicate and rose.”
With a silent smile the flower replied, “Don't lose heart!
With a silent smile the flower replied, “Don't lose heart!
This desert I wouldn't give up for the gardens of Iran,
A solitary I am here while legions are there,
Amidst this cursed soil I stand apart.
In this gray desert, a flamboyant flame of divine light am I,
Beauty's silent song, a miracle from the sky.
In your garden, there are thousands of flowers like me
In your garden, there are thousands of flowers like me
In this gray desert, a flamboyant flame of divine light am I,
Beauty's silent song, a miracle from the sky.
In your garden, there are thousands of flowers like me –
A nameless droplet in a nameless sea.
You too, in your desert, don't feel forlorn,
To behold you at last shall come a sore Ghani Khan.
To behold you at last shall come a sore Ghani Khan.
2 comments:
nice song..:)
Loved their act. Wali's voice had that nostalgic tone to it that went perfectly well with the theme of the song.
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