Balochi literature (Balochi: بلۆچی ادب) is literature written in the Balochi languages.[1]

The main Balochi literature is found in poetry, which is purely popular in origin and form[2] Poetry is by the Baloch regarded as the highest form of literature.[3]

Among the greats of Balochi literature, can mention Natiq Makrani, Mast Tawakali, Molaragam, Zaib Magsi, Abdullah Rwanbod and Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi, Saba Dashtyari, Mir Gul Khan Nasir, Muneer Ahmed Badini and Ghulam Mohammad Lalzad Baloch.

History of Balochi literature

The oldest Balochi poetries is of 12th century which state that poets to compose love songs, record their traditional history and their relations with their neighbours, their intertribal feuds (relations and affairs) and their conquest drivers (military power).[2]

The memories of the Baloch people are full of songs that describe national events and Baloch heroism. These songs have been transferred by singers, minstrels, and itinerant which belongs to poetry of Mir Chakar’s era and Mir Gwahram Khan Lashari. style of the following types:

1. Heroic or epic ballads dealing with the early wars and settlements of the Baloches.

2. More recent ballads, mainly dealing with the wars of tribes now existing, and other tribal ballads.

3. Romantic ballads.

4. Love songs and lyrics.

5. Religious and didactic poems.

6. Short poems, including lullabys, dastanaghs, and rhymed riddles.[4]

Apart from poetry, Balochi has its own prose style of the following types:

1. Balochi folk tales

2. Modern style literature[2]

1930s a few individuals, led by Moḥammad Ḥosayn “ʿAnqā,” wrote for a public in Balochi, producing a short-lived weekly paper Bolan.[1]

Several introductory works on Balochi oral literature, mostly in Urdu have published since 1970, History of Balochi language and literature by Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi 1986, History of Balochi language and literature by Shir Mohammad Mari in 1973 and Balochi literature: Its history, its continuity by Panah Baloch in 2016.[3]

In 1875, Mansel Longworth Dames took great interest in the scientific study and collection of Baloch poems and songs, and for the first time in 1881, he presented examples of them in an article titled "A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language".[5][6]

Proverbs

Here is a list of Balochi Proverbs(Balochi: بلوچی بتل):[7][8]

Balochi Proverb(Balochi: بلوچی بتل) Meaning in English
آ گوهار ء َ کہ تنگئيں برات نيست، چو کلات ء  کہ واجہ يے ماں نيست If a sister is without a brother, she is like that fort which is without king
مرد کہ لج کنت بہائی کک اِنت، جن کہ لج کنت بہائی لکه اِنت A shy man is worth a goat, a shy woman is worth a city
اگا بیکارین سوال جست کنی گورا ترا بیکارین جواب مل ات Ask Silly Questions and You"ll Get Silly Answers
لوگ په مردم و مردم په لوگ The house becomes beautiful with its people and the people with the house
تاسے آپ بور ، سد سال و پا کں If you drank a glass of water in someone's house, you should be indebted to the owners of that house for a hundred years and always maintain their sanctity
شُدءَمرد گوں مزارءَميڑينتگگ Hunger has made man fight with the lion
ریش وتی دست ءَ سپه دارنت Do not behave in such a way that you lose your dignity
جوهر بلوچ آغیرتینت The essence of Baloch is zeal and diligence
مرد په نام مریت نامرد په نان A brave man dies for his name and a coward for his bread
وھدے کے پیشی ھدا نبی ات گورا مشک لیب کن انت When the cat is away the mice play


See also

References

  1. 1 2 "BALUCHISTAN iii. Baluchi Language and Literature". Encyclopædia Iranica."
  2. 1 2 3 "The Reflections of Baloch People in Culture and Literature".
  3. 1 2 "A Brief Introduction to Balochi Literature" (PDF). Uppsala University."
  4. ↑ "Popular poetry of the Baloches". 1907.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ "بلوچی، ادبیات" [Balochi, literature]. Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (in Persian).
  6. ↑ "A Sketch Of The Northern Balochi Laguage Containing A Grammar Vocabulary".Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ↑ "Balochi Oral Literature and Gender Construction" (PDF). 2018.
  8. ↑ "Proverb And Meeru's Proverb: A research And Critical Study In Balochi Language". 2012.
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