The Pathans

The Way of the Pathans

the pathans by ghani khan

Armed Pashtoon - K.C. Marrott

I sit sad in the valley

Listening to the river that says

Trespasser, trespasser, trespasser.

I stubbornly say, All the same

It’s still beautiful.

And I know that’s true

But I know also

Why it fails to recognise me