Tum door basay ho, kya jano
Kya des kay ghum ko pehchano
Dukh sachcha hai to laut aao
Issy dhoop main jee kay dikhkao
Jis dhoop main hum sub jeetay hain
Ghurbat kay zeher ko peetay hain
Jehan nanhay munnay haaton say
Qaleen banaey jaatay hain
Oonchay oonchay aiwanon kay
Farshon pay sajaey jaatay hain
Bholee behnon kay jismon ko
Sholon say sajaya jaata hai
Izzat ghairat kay maslon par
Jismon ko kaata jaata hai
Shifa khanon kay darwazay jehan
Dastak-e-zar pay khultay hain
Bhookay nangay bachay kitnay
Kuch jeetay hain, kuch martay hain
Gar himmat hai to laut aao
Issy dhoop main jee kay dikhlao
Batain karna to aasan hai
Par baton say hai kya haasil
Batain to hum bhee kartay hain
Tum kartay ho to kartay raho
Pardaes kay ghar main bastay raho
Achcha khao, achcha pehno
Haan! Batain bhee kartay jao
Baatain karna to aasan hai
Baatain to hum bhi kartay hain
Par APNAY ghar main bastay hain
Dukh saccha hai to laut aao
Issy dhoop main jee kay dikhlao
… quite rightly said .. but a bit difficult to adhere to .. not because we (general terms) dont want to . .but because we cant
.. thank you for the quite a emotional piece of work ..
, u know wut i just love my country but can’t come back and there are so many reasons for that.
I think people living in pakistan enjoying their lives more than us(pardesi people).
Living in their own land with all relatives & friends is much better than living far away from all of them.
You are right Shaira gee, there is nothing sweeter than your own homeland. The kind of comfort that you get from the familiar culture and known people and their behaviour patterns is no where to be found anywhere else. You know I have always found myself struggling whenever circumstances force me to think of settling somewhere outside my own country! I think I love my own country and my own people (however bad they may be lacking in any kind of civic responsibilities) but I love them. Thanks for appreciating this poem. It moved me also though I am not a pardesi!
Ab mein koi farishta to naheen ke aisay hee andaza lagaoon ke kaun kis ke liye roya? Zahir hai yeh nazm bahir walon ke liye hee likhee gayee hai to rona to un ko chahiye na! Dil ko hilaane walee nazmein bhee kuch asar naheen karten tum par? Sangdil kaheen ke tum pardesi log