Names February 22, 2007

 Do names form your personality or your life and taqdeer?

They say that your name really defines who you are and what kind of personality you have.  It forms who you are and it even sometimes shapes your life and taqdeer.  I am not sure it is true but those claiming the above swear by it.

 I love the name Selgay and want that name for my future daughter if I have a daughter some day da khaira.  I also love the name Okhka (tear)…it is such a sad yet sweet name but my sister always tells me that Okhka is too sad of a word to be used as a name.

 I came upon this name (Okhka) when i was reading a poem by the khudai bakhalee Ishaq Nangyaal.  He had written this poem on the day his daughter was born and had dedicated it to her.  His daughter’s name was Okhka.  When i saw that i just fell in love with this name.  But then again Nangyaal died at a young age which kinda proves the claims ppl like my sister make.

 Here is his poem

Da sro weeno da shpo tsaangay

(Zema da lor Okhkay da zokaray shpa)

Da spogmey teek pa orbal kay

Da la kom loray na raghlay?

Da muska pa dako shondo

Da saara zhwandoon zindaan ta

Dalta marg dai, dalta weenay

Mong par khpal zhwandoon pa tang yo

Taa bay ghama jahaan prekhod

Da zhwando marro mailma shway

Dalta zmong da zhwand par walo

zmong da maindo pa seeno kay

Da zalmyano pa kako kay

Da peghloto pa kamtso kay

Ra zangegee, ra zangegee

Da sro weeno da shpo tsaangay

(note:  this poem was written during the Russian/Afghan war)

Who am I February 21, 2007

Someone once asked me che “ta tsok ye?” and this was my reply to him:

 za khpal pa bara key noor tsa wowayam, kho da yaw dair
sakht sawaal dai…jawaab ye mata la hum sama na da malooma…
za khpala da zaana wraka yema, aw khpal da pezhandalo pa
latoon ke yema….
hmmmmmmmmmm…….I think i am a very complex person, yawa khwa
mai dair practical da, logical da, analytical da, batoora da, zrawara
da, aw bela khwa mai sensitive da, romantic da, hayaanaka da, darena
da, naaraama da, preshana da, aqel aw sha’oor mai dair mutmayen dai,
kho zargai may har wakht drazegee…… hum tor rang yama aw hum speen,
hum shpa yam aw hum wraz, za rangeen da bodai taal yam, za tsapara yem da
storo, za tyaare da makhaamai yam, za ranra da trak gharmai yam, zema
zehen dair batoor dai, zema zra dair dai kamzoorai, za speday da abaseen yam,
za tsapai yem da aamo, speena wawra pa hindokosh key, za daray da taadaro yam,
kela baad kela baraan yem, aw bya raaz yema da meeney, za da esheq talwasa yam,
za da meeney hangaama yam, …kela dooba yam pa gham kai, kela shoor yema aw
saaz yam, da zargee da drab awaaz yam, da ghamjeno stargo okhka, aw da mast
zargee natsaa yam, zhwand armaan yam da jannan za, da khafa stargo muska yam,
za taroon da maato zro yam, za beltoon da khwagey meeney, za awaaz da pakhtano
yam, za sada yawa pakhtana yam,….za yam za yam za yam za yam, kho no bya hum
za tsook na yam, lewaney yam lewaney yam

Zamong zapaidalee mashoman 1 February 21, 2007

My Blog February 21, 2007

Salamoona aw har kala rashai,

da zema lomrai leekana da. 

so this is my first entry in my first blog ever…lets see if i can become a blogger .

I am a pakhtana born in Afghanistan and raised in United States.

I love my land.

I love my people.

I love my religion.

I love my sweet sweet language.