Bibliography
of texts and translations
(Brackets at the end of citations are the abbreviations used for text references in this section on Rahman Baba; Enevoldsen and Sampson are cited by the numbers assigned to each "poem"; other texts are cited by the page numbers.)
`Abd-ur Rahman (Rahman Baba). Diwan da `Abd al-rahman . Rasul Rasa, ed. University Book Agency, 1976. This has been a standard edition for many years and is available in various printings. [Rasa]
_____. Da Rahman Baba Kulliyat , Dost Muhammad Khan Kamil Momand and Qalandar Momand, ed. 1984; Peshawar, da Chapzay Printarz, Pablishrz, Bukselarz. (edition with 603 pp. includes notūna : pp.415 ff).
Softbound copy of 1984 has same text but no notes (ends at p.413) [QM]
_____. Rahman Baba: manzum urdu tarjamah . Fariq Bukhari and Reza Hamdani, Lok Virsa, Islamabad, n.d. Only a selection of verses are included in this volume by two scholars who have contributed extensively to literary publications of the NWFP.
_____. Diwan-i `Abd al-rahman (with Urdu translation) Amir Hamza Shinwari. Peshawar: Pashto Academy. 1987 (2nd ed.) [AHSh]
Enevoldsen, Jens. Selections from Rahman Baba . Herning (Denmark), Poul Cristensen. 1977. (later edition: The Nightingale of Peshawar: Selections from Rahman Baba . 1993). This volume includes a lengthy introduction about Rahman Baba and notes as well as English translations of 50 poems on pages opposite the Pashto text s. [Enev.]
Heston, W. L. (1996) "Rhyme and Repetition: Pashto Poetry as Song." In Studies in Popular Culture of Pakistan , William L. Hanaway and Wilma Heston, eds. Lok Virsa with Sang-e Meel (Lahore), 1996. Translation of verses of the Lok Virsa tape FK-118 on pp. 303-305
Lok Virsa audio-tape FK-118, side 1.
MacKenzie, D. N. In Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa . Stefan Sperland Cristopher Shackle,eds., Brill. 1996. Vol. II: Qasida #33, pp. 257-259.
Raverty, H.G. Gulshan-i Roh . London, Longman. 1860. Pp. 3-30.
_____. Selections from Pashto Poetry . Lahore: al-Biruni Press. 1978 (reprint of 1880 edition titled "Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans"). Pp. 1-50. [Sel.]
Sampson, Robert and Momin Khan. The Poetry of Rahman Baba: Poet of the Pakhtuns. University Book Agency, Peshawar, 2005. [S&M]
The following poems with first hemistichs in roman script are arranged from shortest to longest audio files. (Circumflexes are used instead of macrons for "a" only; underlining of single letters indicate retroflexes.) In general, the audio texts follow Enevoldsen; information within the square brackets indicates versions of the texts in the bibliography above. To view these texts in Pashto scripts on computers with the RAMNAPST font available, click the versions below.
(Brackets at the end of citations are the abbreviations used for text references in this section on Rahman Baba; Enevoldsen and Sampson are cited by the numbers assigned to each "poem"; other texts are cited by the page numbers.)
`Abd-ur Rahman (Rahman Baba). Diwan da `Abd al-rahman . Rasul Rasa, ed. University Book Agency, 1976. This has been a standard edition for many years and is available in various printings. [Rasa]
_____. Da Rahman Baba Kulliyat , Dost Muhammad Khan Kamil Momand and Qalandar Momand, ed. 1984; Peshawar, da Chapzay Printarz, Pablishrz, Bukselarz. (edition with 603 pp. includes notūna : pp.415 ff).
Softbound copy of 1984 has same text but no notes (ends at p.413) [QM]
_____. Rahman Baba: manzum urdu tarjamah . Fariq Bukhari and Reza Hamdani, Lok Virsa, Islamabad, n.d. Only a selection of verses are included in this volume by two scholars who have contributed extensively to literary publications of the NWFP.
_____. Diwan-i `Abd al-rahman (with Urdu translation) Amir Hamza Shinwari. Peshawar: Pashto Academy. 1987 (2nd ed.) [AHSh]
Enevoldsen, Jens. Selections from Rahman Baba . Herning (Denmark), Poul Cristensen. 1977. (later edition: The Nightingale of Peshawar: Selections from Rahman Baba . 1993). This volume includes a lengthy introduction about Rahman Baba and notes as well as English translations of 50 poems on pages opposite the Pashto text s. [Enev.]
Heston, W. L. (1996) "Rhyme and Repetition: Pashto Poetry as Song." In Studies in Popular Culture of Pakistan , William L. Hanaway and Wilma Heston, eds. Lok Virsa with Sang-e Meel (Lahore), 1996. Translation of verses of the Lok Virsa tape FK-118 on pp. 303-305
Lok Virsa audio-tape FK-118, side 1.
MacKenzie, D. N. In Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa . Stefan Sperland Cristopher Shackle,eds., Brill. 1996. Vol. II: Qasida #33, pp. 257-259.
Raverty, H.G. Gulshan-i Roh . London, Longman. 1860. Pp. 3-30.
_____. Selections from Pashto Poetry . Lahore: al-Biruni Press. 1978 (reprint of 1880 edition titled "Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans"). Pp. 1-50. [Sel.]
Sampson, Robert and Momin Khan. The Poetry of Rahman Baba: Poet of the Pakhtuns. University Book Agency, Peshawar, 2005. [S&M]
The following poems with first hemistichs in roman script are arranged from shortest to longest audio files. (Circumflexes are used instead of macrons for "a" only; underlining of single letters indicate retroflexes.) In general, the audio texts follow Enevoldsen; information within the square brackets indicates versions of the texts in the bibliography above. To view these texts in Pashto scripts on computers with the RAMNAPST font available, click the versions below.
| har ci na wi xwâr o zâr [Rasa 37-8; Enev. #16 ; AHSh 81; QM 91-2; S&X #41] |
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| wa mahmud wata nazar kawa mudâm [Rasa 79; Enev. #27 ; AHSh 130-31; QM ; S&X #99] |
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| ki ta na kre pa bal câ bânde
gharaz [Rasa 58, Enev. #21 ; AHSh 105-6; QM 106-7; S&X #66] |
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| ci baraham kâ âshiqi da
câ mizâj [Rasa 27-8; Enev. #11 ; AHSh 130-1; QM 69; S&X #27] |
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| hits mi na kra dâ umar ke hâsil [Rasa 71-2; Enev. #24 ; AHSh 121; QM 122; S&X #87) |
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| ki mi tsok pa faqirai shmiri faqir yam [Rasa 74-5; Enev. #25 ; AHSh 124-5; QM 144-5;S&X #90] |
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| warquna latawam da har maktub [Rasa 24; Enev. #9 ; AHSh 70; QM 42-3;S&X #21] |
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| ce di zra pure tarale ustawar
[Rasa 23-4; Enev. #15 ; AHSh 80; QM 88-9; S&X #35] |
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| badshâhâno ki qasaruna kral
abâd [Rasa 29; Enev. 14 ; AHSh 76; QM 74-5; S&X #30] |
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| dunyâdâr ki mustaghni pa
sim zar de [Rasa 93; Enev. #39 ; AHSh 146; QM 324-5; S&X #120] |
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| ki tsok faxr ka pa nang o pa nâmus [Rasa 54-5; Enev. #19 ; AHSh 100-101; QM 104-5; S&X #59] |
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| der yârân wu da gul xân
o jamâl xân [Rasa 81; Enev. #28 ; AHSh 131-2; QM 159-62; S&X #102] |
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| har ci kaxt ye pa bârân
o pa saylâb wi [Rasa 107-8; Enev. #46 ; AHSh 159-*; QM 290-3; S&X #138] |
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