Ustad Sha Wali
Ustad Shah Wali Afghan is one of the senior figures of Pashto ghazal singing. He was born in the village of Shal Woti, in the Aman Zai area of Tagab district in Kapisa province, in 1334 in the Afghan calendar — 1955 or 1956 — and was named Ghulam Dastagir as a child. He comes from a hereditary musical line, the Khalifa family of Sapo: he is the son of Khalifa Bahram Khan and the grandson of Khalifa Tabarak Shah. He was one of seven brothers, of whom only one, Wali Jan, survives. He trained to the level of ustad in the eastern ghazal tradition — the Pashto ghazal style of Nangarhar, Kapisa and the country's east, rather than the Kabul classical school — and is credited with carrying that repertoire abroad. He composes as well as sings. He now lives in Toronto, where he has continued to perform and, more consequentially, to teach: he is reported to have more than three hundred students. His son Zarwali Afghan is also a singer, with his own catalogue on Sandar.
61 songs on Sandar, including 41 with video. Stream them free, or go ad-free with Plus.
Songs by Ustad Sha Wali
- Allah Allah Yar Me Wafa Na Kawee
- Ashoqan Pake Laho Sho
- Asre Me Da Deedan
- Bahar Usnat
- Baz Em Shab Hawasi Roi
- Bego Bego Bego Janam
- Da Dilbar Pa Makh Me Zangi
- Dalta Me Mar Ka Qatalga
- Dalta Za Bacha Yama Che
- Da Naz Pa Khob Weda We
- Da Send Da Speno Shago
- Da Zra Maera Ki Me Balegee
- Dil Ki Armanosi - (Urdo)
- En Rasmo Ko En Qasmo Ko - (Urdu)
- Ghanam Ranga Jenai
- Gulona Rawra
- Guna Ba Wee
- Harmonium
- Isteqlal Azadi
- Kela Naz Kela Kanzel
- Khabaree Sa Sare Sare Arawee
- Ma Me Lambawai Khalka Ma Me Khakhawai
- Marawar Lalaya
- Mata Qandari Qandari
- Pa Ashoqai Ke Ham Gely
- Pakhtana Yo
- Pa Makh Shana Sha
- Pa Tur Orbal Me Sra Gulona
- Prdesio Man Gom Karda Raham
- Preeda Che Lawzoona
- Qad Bala
- Raza Chi Sho Gara Pa Gara
- Roh Mi La Tana Pa Raftan De
- Sengar Pate She
- Stargee Banna Wrezee Leema Pakhtana
- Tappy
- Watan
- Yaar Rana Ma Belawai
- Zaba Jaro Kam Zeyaratuna
- Zamoong Da Kalee Hagha Danga Jalai
- Ze Hejranat Halakm
- Ze Tanha Wom Kho Magar
Music videos
- Allah Allah Yar Me Wafa Na Kawee
- Ashoqan Pake Laho Sho
- Asre Me Da Deedan
- ATG Part 2 Concert
- ATG Part 3 Concert
- ATG Part 4 Concert
- ATG Part 8 Concert
- ATG Part 9 Concert
- Bahar Nawe
- Chenar
- Da Dilbar Pa Makh Me Zangi
- Dalta Me Mar Ka Qatalga
- Dalta Za Bacha Yama Che
- Da Send Da Speno Shago
- Da Zra Maera Ki Me Balegee
- Gerzoma
- Ghanam Ranga Jenai
- Ghazal Bahari
- Gulona Rawra
- Harmonium
- Isteqlal Azadi
- Khabaree Sa Sare Sare Arawee
- Live in Sahar TV
- Ma Me Lambawai Khalka Ma Me Khakhawai
- Marawar Lalaya
- Pa Ashoqai Ke Ham Gely
- Pashot Old Song
- Pashto Nice Song
- Pashto Song
- Preeda Che Lawzoona
- Qad Bala
- Stargee Banna Wrezee Leema Pakhtana
- Tappy
- Toora Che Terege
- Wale Pe Kato
- With Nawab
- With Sharara
- Yaar Rana Ma Belawai
- Ya Qurban
- Zamoong Da Kalee Hagha Danga Jalai
- Zhowand Ta Wogora