How Many structures would you Demolish?
(on the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992)
The mosque and the mineret, the dome and the monastery,
The bridge, Well, tavern and the highway,
Madrasa, schools, thousands of seats of learning,
After all, how many structures would you demolish?
You are demolishing dwellings! Do it.
You are making the nation sick! Do it.
You are doing everything useless! Do it.
You’ll stremble at every step.
After all, how many structures would you demolish?
Every leaf of history is a stone sill,
You may read it if you have a dering heart,
You’ll repeat on your wrong deeds,
Against how many rocks will you dash your head?
After all, how many structure would you demolish?
I’ve come to settle the heart’s dwellings,
I’ve come to tell you what is good and bad,
I’ve come to show you the straight path,
I tell you, you’ll be decived.
After all how many structures will you demolish
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ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the Urdu poems appearing with their English translation which have been made by the author hiself. The Urdu poems are quite good, if somewhat simple, but the Eng. translations are generally excellent, certainly better than anything I have seen recently.
I suggest that Mr Rizwanullah append his surname "Farooqui" because then we'll all connect with him immediately as one of our own widespread clan.
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi