An Ode to Hindustan
by postiveradical on Oct 15, 2007 08:41 PM Permalink | Hide replies

written in 1904 by Urdu poet Muhammad Iqbal, Professor at Government Law College, Lahore.

saare jahaa.N se achchhaa, hindostaa.n hamaaraa
ham bulabule hai.n isakii, vo gulasitaa.n hamaaraa

gurabat me.n ho.n agar ham, rahataa hai dil vatan me.n
samajho vahii.n hame.n bhii, dil ho jahaa.N hamaaraa, saare ...

parvat ho sabase uu.Nchaa, hamasaayaa aasamaa.N kaa
vo sa.ntarii hamaaraa, vo paasavaa.n hamaaraa, saare ...

godii me.n khelatii hai.n, jisakii hazaaro.n nadiyaa.n
gulashan hai jisake dam se, rashk-e-jinaa.n hamaaraa
saare ...

ai aab-e-rau.nd-e-ga.ngaa! vo din hai yaad tujhako
utaraa tere kinaare, jab kaaravaa.n hamaaraa, saare ...

majahab nahii.n sikhaataa, aapas me.n bair rakhanaa
hindii hai.n ham vatan hai.n, hindostaa.n hamaaraa, saare ...

yuunaan, misr, romaa.n, sab miT gae jahaa.N se
ab tak magar hai baakii, naam-o-nishaa.n hamaaraa,
saare ...

kuchh baat hai kii hastii, miTatii nahii.n hamaarii
sadiyo.n rahaa hai dushman, daur-e-jahaa.N hamaaraa, saare ...

'iqabaal' koI marahuum, apanaa nahii.n jahaa.N me.n
maaluum kyaa kisii ko, dard-e-nihaa.n hamaaraa, saare ...

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RE:An Ode to Hindustan
by hanek singh on Oct 16, 2007 01:11 AM Permalink
iqbal is the national poet of pakistan now . he expanded the concept of pakistan . his dada who was a kashmiri kaul brahmin who converted to islam .

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