“Siya Moie”

Original: Hazaragi Folklore. Rendition: Dilagha Surood. (Note: ‘Hazaragi’ refers to the musical genre or the musical style originating from the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan, who happen to be ethnic Mongols comprising of about 15 to 20 percent of Afghanistan’s population. They ended up in Afghanistan when Genghis Khan invaded and conquered it, and lots of them settled there and remained there ever since.) Rough Translation: “Black-haired Hazara girl, tall and slender. Hair all let out, ready to unleash a storm. Her lover’s heart is most likely in shambles. If I don’t get another taste of her, I’ll go crazy. I’m about to be drunk in love with her. Does she have a clue as to how I feel and think? Exile and ostracism from my own people has me going mad and treasonous because of her. Does anyone really have a body and a figure as delightfully slender and soft as she does? Her face is the epitome of beauty. I’ve travelled all through Afghanistan and around the world, I’ve seen everything that Afghanistan had to offer, but I have never found a beauty and a body like hers.”

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