Arabic & Persian
Khwajah Muhammad Bangash
Khwajah Muhammad belonged to the Bangash tribe of Afghans around Kohat and lived in the reign of Aurangzeb. Raverty says materials for his life are meagre: he lived as a poor darwesh of the Chishti order, made the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, and gave up poetry after his return.
His Diwan survives in a single copy known to Raverty. The poems are deeply tinged with Sufi mysticism, but some lament the loss of friends and the pain of separation.
Poems (21)
- I: Either the hinna hath been unto thy white…
- II: Separation from thee, O my friend! hath made…
- III: I would relate unto thee the wondrous works…
- IV: Shouldst thou become the possessor of the world's…
- V: How much longer, O base one! for the…
- VI: Entertain not, O brother! great friendship towards the…
- VII: Since He created thee for well-doing and virtuous…
- VIII: If thou takest into consideration the many favours…
- IX: If thou possessest the love and regard of…
- X: Give ear, O brother! unto the request I…
- XI: The love of the world hath made thee…
- XII: From all ills, shield Thou me, O God…
- XIII: Wherefore dost thou not follow righteousness, O my…
- XIV: Unto the whole and healthy, I am unable…
- XV: I am a complainant against absence: a complainant…
- XVI: Show thou no yearnings for the greatness of…
- XVII: The whole of my grief is love for…
- XVIII: Since thou art the sovereign over the whole…
- XIX: They, who were enamoured of the red roses…
- XX: Many youths and maidens have the dark dust's…
- XXI: Fruitlessly in the world thy lifetime thou hast…