Loud Thinking

In Memory of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Founder and Father of Pakistan

The following poem of my late father Syed Shahab Uddin Ahmad, titled “Jinnah”, was published by Dawn in November 1941 and again on 22 December, 2010.

Jinnah

Thou prophet of a brighter dawn,
A glitt’ring jewel in the nation’s crown,

A beacon for the forlorn ship:
Thus Jinnah’s name shall win renown.

Our din that perished in the wilderness

Lo! Now in Whitehall is resounding loud;

Thou spokesman of the Muslim world,

Dispeller of the gath’ring cloud.

Espouse our cause and lead us to the goal

Under your flag to Pakistan,

And surely will we march with you

To make for us a home in Hindustan.

Long live thou Saviour bold!

To teach us freedom, love and amity:

Long live the glory of thy name

To give us faith, discipline, unity.

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(Originally it was Faith, Discipline, Unity, which now has been changed to Unity, Faith, Discipline).

Pakistan Paindabad..!