MUSHARAF DOR KE PAKISTANI KI DUA
Lub pe aati hey dua bunke tamana meri
Zindgi bomb se ho mehfoz khudaya meri
Na koi bomb ke dhamakay se urha de mujhko
Muft may jam-e-shahdat na pila de mujhko
In pe jaiz hey hakomat karna
Aur hey jurm mujhe apni hifazat karna
Mere ALLAH larai se bachana mujhko
Aur sikha de koi bandoq chalana mujhko
Naam-e-Islam ki hurmat ko bacha le ya Rab
Waqt ke saray yazeedon ko utha le ya Rab
A mother serves her sugar with
A bit of peppermint
To clarify the passages
That carry what she meant
When she first set to bear a soul
Quite separate from her own,
Whom she would cherish, yet must teach
To live and die alone.
