Let the tribes be lost in the unity of the nation, so that the Afghans gain prestige!

The youth to whom the stars are not out of bounds are the ones I love indeed:

In no way is this child of the mountains inferior to the Mughal.

May I tell you my secret, O Comrade: Khush-hal Khan would much like that his burial place be far from the reaches;

Of the dust blown by the Mughal cavalry, carried by the mountain wind. Khushhal Khan Khattak was a famous Pashtu nationalist poet, who mobilized the tribes and formed a coalition to fight for freedom of Afghanistan frm Moghal emporers. Omly Afridis remained with him till last. About one hundred poems of his were translated in to English and published in London in 1862.