LXXX. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Certainly this man is, thro' polish and good breeding, a human being;For he, who is not possessed of these, is ...
Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems on Friendship (17 Poems)
XC. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
That one's blood should be upon one's own head, is, truly, some cause of concern;Still, to think that I still ...
LXXV. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Like as I my dear one love, there will not be another so loving:Like as I am disconsolate for her, ...
XXIV. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
It is the sweet spring time, and I am separated from my beloved!Alas! alas! that thou passest away, O spring, ...
XCI. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
The faithlessness of the world hath become manifest unto me;Therefore, through the word 'friendship,' I have drawn my pen.Like as ...
XCV. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Account him a good man, who, in heart, is innocent and pure;For modesty and uprightness are manifest in him always.He, ...
LXXVI. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
It is the navigator, that guideth the ship upon the ocean;But it is the Almighty, that preserveth her, or sinketh ...
XVII. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Tho' the miser's house may contain the water of immortality;Still, like unto the deadliest poison, is its effect on me.Moses ...
XXXIII. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Whilom, indeed, I was always wise; and wise, even yet, am I!I was ever mad and beside myself-mad, even yet, ...
LVI. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
When thou severest thyself from cupidity with regard to every one, it is sovereignty:If thou understandest silence, it is equal ...
LIX. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Every misfortune that befell me, throughout the whole period of my life,When examined carefully, I found it was all the ...
V. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Wherefore doth Aurangzeb his throne and crown adorn?For death will assail, and lay waste the both of them.His evil name ...
XXI. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Unto the old man, who sigheth after youthfulness, say-What is this? laughest thou at thy beard, old man?Since in a ...
LX. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Whoso acquireth wealth, spendeth it, and bestoweth it, a man is he:Whoso hath a sword in his possession, the lord ...
XLV. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
I am intoxicated! I am a worshipper of wine! I indulge! I indulge!Give ear, O censor! dost hear me? I ...
LXXXIII. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Either let it be a sovereign upon his throne,Or let it be the poor darwesh of a monastery!Many there are, ...
XLIV. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
I never will carry my face unto the mirror again,Nor will I again anoint mine eyes with antimony!Never more will ...