Baba Siyar the famous poet

“A true lover feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is beyond his strength and believes in no excuses of impossibility.”

 Mirza Muhammad Siyar, also known as Baba Siyar, was one of the most famous local poet, musician, and a true lover who also has written many Sufi (spiritual love for God) poetries. He wanted to keep his love true and free of all human desires, and therefore choose for himself everlasting separation. Yorman Hamin is the song composed by Venerated lover and poet of khowar (Chitral).

Siyar belong to Shogram and his beloved lived in Reshun. Yorman Hamin is the most popular folk song. Every one young and old, man and women, artist and singer even scholar and pious man knows its verses.

This song was composed by Baba Siyar a Chitrali Poet and mystic and is known as” Yorman Hamin”

I roam on the high mountains as if I trod on hot aches.

The sword of love has stricken me; I made of myself a shield of two bones

Oh Yorman Hamin !oh fairy I swear by God after seeing you there is no light, night and day are alike dark to me, no dawn comes to me.

Oh Yorman Hamin! The curls of my bulbul are like rosebuds and maiden hairs fern, come sit by me and sing like a mynah or a bulbul.

Oh Yorman Hamin! Still I look at you; you turn away and look elsewhere, my life is yours, why do look at my enemies?

Oh Yorman Hamin! Long ringlets and your well curled hair are like bedmushk you bind up your locks to stay this lad.

Oh Yorman Hamin! I sigh day and night for the bulbul; I kiss your pearly ringlets in my dreams.

Translated by Colonel John biddulph in 1876.