Guest Post Sophia Ali
Does anyone remember the incomparable Malika Pukhraj singing “Abhi to main Jawan hoon”? I have evoked Hafeez Jalandhari sahib’s hypnotic cadences with a dash of black humour and a burning question about missing Pakistanis. I use the word Hakeem on purpose rather than Hakim to denote the self appointed Dictator/Doctor of our supposed collective national ills:
Khatm e jaan to darkinar
La illaj bepanah
Khud parasti ka shikar
Is kufr ka tu bemaar
Bar, bar, bar, bar
Bar, bar, bar, bar
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Bas to kar, bas to kar
Har shaks hai, pur fikr
Har aks pey, hai zikr
Tera nuskha e nagawar
Pe gaey beshumar
La pata, la pata
La pata, la pata
Rasta hai yeh kathin
Galey main hai bari guthan
Kahan gaey merey hamwatan?
Bata? Bata? Bata? Bata?
Bata? Bata? Bata? Bata?
Ae nakhuda, aaqa rawan
Jaata he, tu kahan?
Teri naqsh e bad hai ayan
Har zubaan, hai yak zubaan
Yeh zulm ki bijliyan
Yeh jism ki dhajiyan
Pukarti hain zar, zar
Pukarti hain bar bar
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Tera nuskha e nagawar
Phartey hain ab hazar
Is bazaar, us bazaar
Roshni ke janisar
Tera nuskha e napasand
Sach bhi hai nazarband
Par azm itna hai bulund
Khol dein ge sarey bundh
Josh hai shola numah
Chor meri kehkashan
Na tu koi shehenshah
Chor ye wahm o guman
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Warna dekh tera hashar
Kartey kya hain yeh bashar
Har ghuroor ka zuroor
Aik din hoga hisab
Hai zindagi jin ki azaab
Le kar rahen woh jawab!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Naz
Dec 2 2007
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After I wrote this more verses came…
Here is the updated version….
Khatm e jaan to darkinar
La illaj bepanah
Khud parasti ka shikar
Kufr ka tu bemaar
Bar, bar, bar, bar
Bar, bar, bar, bar
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Bas to kar, bas to kar
Har shaks hai, pur fikr
Har aks pey, hai zikr
Tera nuskha e nagawar
Pe gaey beshumar
La pata, la pata
La pata, la pata
Rasta hai yeh kathin
Galey main hai bari guthan
Kahan gaey merey hamwatan?
Bata? Bata? Bata? Bata?
Bata? Bata? Bata? Bata?
Ae nakhuda, aaqa rawan
Jaata he, tu kahan?
Teri naqsh e bad hai ayan
Har zubaan, har zubaan
Yeh zulm ki bijliyan
Yeh jism ki dhajiyan
Pukarti hain zar, zar
Pukarti hain bar bar
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Tera nuskha e nagawar
Phartey hain ab hazar
Is bazaar, us bazaar
Roshni ke janisar
Tera nuskha e napasand
Sach bhi hai nazarband
Par azm itna hai bulund
Khol dein ge sarey bundh
Josh hai shola numah
Chor meri kehkashan
Na tu koi shehenshah
Chor ye wahm o guman
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Warna dekh tera kya hashar
Kartey hain yeh bashar
Har ghuroor ka zuroor
Aik din hoga hisab
Hai zindagi jin ki azaab
Le kar rahen woh jawab!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Na phir kabhi hamein sata
Ae hakeem e neem jaa!
Naz Nov 28 2007
Bravo Bravo 🙂
Correct
Corruption jin ka Eman ho,
us say bana Haram ka makaan ho.
Bhatiji leny ko jis ki jan ho.
Nara roti Kapra or Makaan ho
Bhai k khoun say rangey hath,
Seyah`sat main jitna bhi diya balidan ho.
Mr. 10% 4 saal hath laganay say 2 gaam ho,
bete ki shakal jese Imran khan ho.
Be-zamir oh be-nazir, jo bhi us ka naam ho,
Sarey Mahal main me`y pay jis ki sham ho,
Bhooki Awam ko Tassali, or Shahi astabal,.
Seeb k marabey
Loutna ho ya lotna ho, Sarzameen-e-Pakistan.
Bura hoA, Chalo jo us ka Anjaam ho,
Wadera` raaj Looter Asif,
Bilawal Teer or baap Kaman`ho..
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