POETRY
Urdu Literature / Urdu Poetry
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An Unusual Poem
— POEM by
Ahmed Naeem
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Don’t ask me;
“How many umbrellas do you need?”
Don’t stick your head;
Out of the ticket office window;
And ask, “How many tickets?”
Ask me not;
“What color lipstick?”
Never ask me;
“What will be the weather tomorrow?”
Don’t tell me that the wheel is round;
So the world goes around too!
Also do not ask me;
“How much for a kiss?”
No one should ask me;
“What is our national flag?”
And;
“Who wrote the national anthem?”
No country becomes perfect;
By just a flag and an anthem.
Count us all;
Count us fully;
At the ticket office window;
In umbrellas;
In a circle.
And count us in the anthem of love;
Count us all fully.
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(Translated from URDU by Bush Ahmed)
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Ahmed Naeem
Ahmed Naeem was born as Naeem Akhtar on December 6, 1986 (a Sun eclipsed day) in Malegaon, Nashik District, Maharashtra state, India. He could not get high education. But, he went up to grade 7 and then he had to leave his education due to his economic miseries due to his family’s poor financial conditions so that he could earn some pennies to enhance their income, working as a land tenant. Now, he works as a weaver on power loom. Who knows best weaving the poems and stories than a weaver? He is a poet and short-story writer of modern existentialism. He is also a blogger of “Mautdotcommalegaon.blogpost.com”, where he presents tabooed literature. However, he has vigorous attachment with literature. And, his style has a rebellious tone, introspection and solipsism.
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Bush Ahmed
Dr. Mubashar Ahmed writes under the pen name Bush Ahmed. He was born in Krishan Nagar, Lahore, Pakistan. He obtained a Masters in Physics from the University of Sindh, Pakistan and a PhD from The University of Adelaide, South Australia. And, he worked as high school teacher, university lecturer, and coal mining research officer. He also managed design and development of electronic equipment in Pakistan, manufacturing of gold nugget detectors in Australia, and established a high tech computer-based engineering solutions business in Pakistan. But, in 1998 Bush moved permanently to Australia. In 2019, Bush started writing in Urdu. So, his stories, articles and commentaries have appeared on various Urdu forums.
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