چه لیوانی گرزومه غم
Che Lewanay Garzoma Gham
“How Mad I Wander in Grief”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
How madly I wander from the grief of separation I am not to blame — the beloved weighs heavy upon me
My collar is wet with tears from so much grief On the highway I sit in longing for my beloved
When will you come, O beloved — this is my longing I am not to blame — the beloved weighs heavy upon me
In the pure love of my beloved I was fresh Intoxicated beyond measure by the wine of those rosy lips
When the beloved parted from me my state became hard I am not to blame — the beloved weighs heavy upon me
Transliteration
Che lewanay garzoma gham de hejran de Malamat na yom khalko yar pa ma geran de
Garewan me lawand ba okhko la dera gham Pa loya lar ke nast yum de yaar pa tama
Kela ba rashe yaar daa me armaan de Malamat na yom khalko yar pa ma geran de
De yar pa pakah menah tar aw taza woma Masta saro showando pa maa be andaza woma
Che yar juda shwala ma sakht me gerzan de Malamat na yom khalko yar pa ma geran de
Faryad khoroona kawe shpa ter sahara De biltana le ghama der naakerara
Sterge ye sare pa zheraa lowand yee gerewan de Malamat na yom khalko yar pa ma geran de
متن اصلی
چی لیونی ګرځمه غم د هجران دی ملامت نیم خلکو یار په ما ګران دی
ګریوان می لوند په اوښکو له ډیره غمه په لویه لار كی ناست یم د یار په تمه
کله به راشی یاره دا می آرمان دی ملامت نه یم خلکو یار په ما ګران دی
د یار په پاكه مینه تر او تازه ومه مست د سروشوندو په می بی اندازه ومه
چی یار جدا شو له ما سخت می ګزران دی ملامت نیم خلکو یار په ما ګران دی
"فریاد" خورونه کوی شپه تر سحاره د بیلتانه له غمه دیر ناكراره
سترګی یې سری په ژرا لوند یې ګریوان دی ملامت نیم خلکو یار په ما ګران دی
How madly I wander from the grief of separation — I am not to blame, the beloved weighs heavy upon me; my collar wet with tears; in the pure love of my beloved I was fresh, now my state has become hard.
About This Recording
Che Lewanay Garzoma Gham is a Pashto-language song from Ahmad Zahir's folk preservation repertoire — one of the songs where he crossed linguistic registers to record in Afghanistan's other major language. The Pashto 'lewanay' (mad, crazy) gives the wandering its specific character: not lost but mad from grief, which is a different kind of displacement.
The refrain 'I am not to blame — the beloved weighs heavy upon me' (za gunahgar neyam — yara zama tor sho) is a defense that acknowledges the behavior without accepting moral responsibility for it. The madness, the wandering, the collar wet with tears — all of these are effects of the weight the beloved places on the speaker. The beloved is a gravitational force, not a person one can reason with.
'In the pure love of my beloved I was fresh / Intoxicated beyond measure by the wine of those rosy lips' — the song carries a before/after structure. Before the parting the speaker was fresh (taza, alive, vigorous); after the parting the state became 'hard' (sakht — difficult, painful, firm against softness). The contrast between freshness and hardness mirrors the natural contrast between a living branch and a dried one.
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