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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Urdu Poetry: Khuda ke bastee: God's Own Land

I just started the english translation of the famous book " Khud kee bastee" ( God's own land). It is a novel about the life of every day people in Pakistan ( it is set in the 1950s but the same issues appear to be relevant today. I will review it once I finish it). Here is some poetry form the book's preface:

Khuda kee basti men khuda ke bandon pey kia guzri
Khuda par yaqin hai lekin khuda kee baste par nahee

God gave us our country, we toil and we plod
We cant trust our land , but we trust in our God
very moving specially for those familiar with the circumstances in which the the poor live in Pakistan ( and in other developing countries).

May Allah make it easy for the poor and May he enable us with the desire and sincerity to help them the best we can.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ameen to your prayer. Inshallah, life will get easier there.

Ya Haqq!