This Eid, I would like you all to remember me in Kot Lakhpat Jail, bloved Lahore, just as I am remembering Mahroom Munir Niazi Saab’s ghazal.
Please note it that Munir Niazi Saab WAS NO RELATION OF MRAAN KHAN NIAZI, hain ji?
Uss bewafa ka shehr hai aur hum hain dosto …
Look at Al-King embracing Mraan Khan.
Ashk-e-ravaan ki nehr hai, aur hum hain dosto …
Look at Al-King throwing dollars into Khan’s bagging bowel.
Yeh ajnabi si manzilain aur raftagaan ki yaad…
Shbaaz Saab, wherefore art thou Shbaz Saab?
Tanhā.iyoñ kā zehr hai aur hum haiñ dosto …
So many other sathis are in Camp Jail, Lahore.
Aankhon mein urh rahi hai lutti mehfilon ki dhool …
Bilalwal reminded me of the time Shaheed Bibi and I signed Charter of Democracy in May 2006.
Ibrat sara-e-dehr hai, aur hum hain dosto …
Never again should we lose sight of our compact for democracy.
Laa.ī hai ab urhā ke gaey mausamoñ kī baas …
Bibi’s son and my daughter will continue the struggle.
Barkhā kī rut kā qahr hai aur ham haiñ dosto …
The rains will come and wash away this stain.
Phirte haiñ misl-e-mauj-e-havā shahr shahr mein …
These may be straws in the wind today,
Avārgī kī lahr hai aur ham haiñ dosto …
But a million mutinies will erupt to wipe this deviation clean.
Shām-e-alam Dhalī to chalī dard kī havā …
Sacrifice for the common good will never go unrewarded.
Raātoñ kī pichhlā pahr hai aur ham haiñ dosto …
Dawn will follow the darkest night.
Eid Mobarak,
Meray Aziz Humwatno
NS
Please note it that Munir Niazi Saab WAS NO RELATION OF MRAAN KHAN NIAZI, hain ji?
Uss bewafa ka shehr hai aur hum hain dosto …
Look at Al-King embracing Mraan Khan.
Ashk-e-ravaan ki nehr hai, aur hum hain dosto …
Look at Al-King throwing dollars into Khan’s bagging bowel.
Yeh ajnabi si manzilain aur raftagaan ki yaad…
Shbaaz Saab, wherefore art thou Shbaz Saab?
Tanhā.iyoñ kā zehr hai aur hum haiñ dosto …
So many other sathis are in Camp Jail, Lahore.
Aankhon mein urh rahi hai lutti mehfilon ki dhool …
Bilalwal reminded me of the time Shaheed Bibi and I signed Charter of Democracy in May 2006.
Ibrat sara-e-dehr hai, aur hum hain dosto …
Never again should we lose sight of our compact for democracy.
Laa.ī hai ab urhā ke gaey mausamoñ kī baas …
Bibi’s son and my daughter will continue the struggle.
Barkhā kī rut kā qahr hai aur ham haiñ dosto …
The rains will come and wash away this stain.
Phirte haiñ misl-e-mauj-e-havā shahr shahr mein …
These may be straws in the wind today,
Avārgī kī lahr hai aur ham haiñ dosto …
But a million mutinies will erupt to wipe this deviation clean.
Shām-e-alam Dhalī to chalī dard kī havā …
Sacrifice for the common good will never go unrewarded.
Raātoñ kī pichhlā pahr hai aur ham haiñ dosto …
Dawn will follow the darkest night.
Eid Mobarak,
Meray Aziz Humwatno
NS