Patriotic Poem Pakistan

6 September Defence Day Poem by Parvin Shakir

Happy Independence Pakistan Poem

mujh se pehli si mohabbat meray mehbub na maang - Faiz Ahmed Faiz (English Translation)

---

Don't ask me for the love I once gave you, my love

mein ne samjha tha kay tu hai to darakhshaan hai hayaat
tera gham hai to gham-e-dahar ka jhagdra kya hai
teri surat se hai aalam mein bahaaron ko sabaat
teri aankhon ke sivaa duniya mein rakkha kya hai

I had thought if I had you, life would shine eternally on me
If I had your sorrows, those of the universe would mean nothing
Your face would bring permanence to every spring
What is there but your eyes to see in the world anyway

tu jo mil jaaye to taqdir niguun ho jaaye
If I found you, my fate would bow down to me

yun na tha mein ne faqat chahaa tha yun ho jaaye
aur bhii dukh hain zamaane mein mohabbat ke sivaa
aahaten aur bhi vasl ki raahat ke sivaa

anaginat sadiyon ki taarik bahimanaa talism

resham-o-atalas-o-kamkhvaab mein bunavaaye huye

jaa-ba-jaa bikate huye kuuchaa-o-baazaar mein jism

khaak mein lithade huye khuun mein nahalaaye huye

This was not how it was, it was merely how I wished it to be

There are other heartaches in the world than those of lover

There is happiness other than the joy of union

The dreadful magic of uncountable dark years

Woven in silk, satin and brocade

In every corner are bodies sold in the market

Covered in dust, bathed in blood

jism nikale huye amaraaz ke tannuuron se

piip bahatii hu_ii galate huye naasuuron se

laut jaati hai udhar ko bhi nazar kyaa kije

ab bhi dilkash hai tera husn magar kya kije

aur bhii dukh hain zamaane mein mohabbat ke sivaa

raahaten aur bhi vasl ki raahat ke sivaa

Bodies retrieved from the cauldrons of disease

Discharge flowing from their rotten ulcers

Still returns my gaze in that direction, what can be done

Even now your beauty is tantalizing, but what can be done
There are other heartaches in the world than those of love

There is happiness other than the joy of union

mujh se pehli si mohabbat meray mehbub na maang

Don't ask me for the love I once gave you, my love...

~~ Faiz Ahmed Faiz....

Aey Pak Watan

aey pak watan jab bhi tu ne pukara
hum barh kar badal daingay burray waqt ka dhara
niklain gay kafan baandh k sar pe teray betay
goonjay ga arsh pe teray naam ka na'ara
hum teri mohabbat ki qasam khaye huwaye hain
aey pak watan tu humain jaan se piyara hai
yeh shehar, yeh karriye, yeh gulistan, yeh bahaarain
jannat se fuzoon tar teray sehraa ka nizara
bin teray apna koi thikana bhi nahi hai
bin teray kahan dhoondnay jayengay sahara
hai meray liye TAKHAT E SULEMAAN teri mitti
hai mujh ko teri khaak ka bhi sitara

Ae Watan ....

Ham ke Thehre Ajnabi - Faiz Ahmed Faiz

This poem was written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz in 1974 regarding his departure from Dhakka.

Ham ke Thehre ajnabi itni mulaaqaatoN ke baad
phir baneiN ge aashna kitni madaaraatoN ke baad

kab nazar meiN aaye gi be daaGh sabze ki bahaar
khoon ke dhabe dhuleiN ge kitni barsaatoN ke baad

the bahut bedard lamhe khat’m-e-dard-e-ishq ke
theiN bahut bemeh’r subheiN meh’rbaaN raatoN ke baad

dil to chaaha par shikast-e-dil ne moh’lat hi na di
kuchh gile shikwe bhi kar lete manaajaatoN ke baad

un se jo kehne gaye the “Faiz” jaaN sadqe kiye
an kahi hi reh gayi woh baat sab baatoN ke baad

Agha Shahid Ali’s English Translation:

After those many encounters, that easy intimacy,
. we are strangers now –
After how many meetings will we be that close again?

When will we again see a spring of unstained green?
After how many monsoons will the blood be washed
. from the branches?

So relentless was the end of love, so heartless –
After the nights of tenderness, the dawns were pitiless,
. so pitiless.

And so crushed was the heart that though it wished
. it found no chance –
after the entreaties, after the despair — for us to
. quarrel once again as old friends.

Faiz, what you’d gone to say, ready to offer everything,
. even your life –
those healing words remained unspoken after all else had
. been said.