Loud Thinking December 24, 2014 at 09:56PM

A poem on Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Sahab..!

In respectful memory of father and founder 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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