We have a very famous Punjabi folk saying:
‘khada peeta lahe da, baqi Ahmed shahe da (what you can consume may be of some benefit to you, the rest is taken away by Ahmed Shah)
Waris Shah, the famous Punjabi sufi poet who had witnessed the Afghan plundering campaigns, called the Afghans ‘thieves’.
‘Chadia gazab da katak Kandhar vichon
Ahmed Shah az gab thin aan pausi
(A terrible army started its march from Kandhar, Ahmed Shah will descend from nowhere and strike)
When Abdali and his forces mercilessly plundered the city of Lahore and the citizens at large. Waris Shah narrated:
Tay, tor Lahore day vaikh kay ji daur-i-zameen tey sakht bhoochal hoya,
Waris Shah jiven jal bahj mahi, tivain shehr Lahore da haal hoya.
Waris was very happy when Ahmad Shah Abdali was defeated by the Mughal forces near Delhi and he had to retreat to Kabul through Lahore, where he was never welcomed.
Yey, ya Rab toon mehrban hoyon, tadey pher Choghatian da raj hoya,
Toen diti shikast Qandharian noon, Dilli walian day sir taj hoya.
Waris Shah Qandhari khidar naheen, akheen vaikh, bazi hun harda ee.
