Month: November 2023
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Four Poets and Five Elegies in Wakhi: Poetic Depiction and Pictorial Illustration of the Pamir Snow Avalanche Victims from Hunza, Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg The purpose of this small contribution in English is to provide a background knowledge on the snow-avalanche case of the Pamir that had killed three people of a group of more than a dozen in November 2011. In addition, it will also share the Wakhi transcription of the five elegies of…
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Kẽs̃henem Sahar Sahar K̃hũ Jon, K̃hũ Khuz̃hg Bũlbũl -e Khũsh Sado
Cẽ Fazal Amin Beg en Kẽs̃henem sahar sahar k̃hũ jon, k̃hũ khuz̃hg bũlbũl -e khũsh sado Ne tu tag yem da z̃hũ gũmon, car’mes̃h shũker ta’r yo Mawlo Yi gham-e mahfil en cẽbas, zhrek̃htum ce dẽyi qafas Gotem sẽk tor ya k̃hũ jonon, kert rũs̃han z̃hũ tirich dũnyo Werc̃hem yower Hamish sadqa, ceyi dẽ ma’n…
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Wakhi Elegy with English Translation: Ye Spo Spreg̃hi Rayhon: Spo Khon Ghulomi Din (Oh, our Rahon Flower, Our Ghulamuddin Khan)
By Fazal Amin Beg Tu yi spreg̃hi rayhon, yow vul ko cumer shirin Nũsetken k̃hũ nozamin, ya k̃hũ Khon Ghũlomidin There was a Rehon flower (an aromatic flower), possessing sweet smell, We have lost our beloved, our Ghulamuddin Khan. Damshi kert yũrt-e khidmat, dam-e harakat barakat Dheti x̃̃u jon et dawlat, g̃hate k̃hũ arsh-e barin…