Afghan song amir jan sabori biography

byMasood Hussain

SRINAGAR: An Afghan poem written at the peak of the turmoil has made a grand return to Central Asia.

Afghan song amir jan sabori biography

Sung by various Asian singers, it befits the current global situation and is creating waves on social media, in the subcontinent and in Central Asian countries.

Shehr Khali describes the desertion of the world and laments the loss of life, the disappearance of the love and emergence of a situation in which the doctors are scared of treating the sick.

Written by the Aghan poet singer Amir Jan Sabori, open source  details suggest it was composed at the peak of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The poem is a strong expression of the current situation.

It aptly describes the global predicament:

Oh, woe to the world where lovers fear one another,
Where thirsty buds fear gardens,
Where lovers fear the sound of the union,
Where hands of musicians fear instruments,
Where the chevaliers fear flat roads,
Where doctors gear the sight of the patients.