Bread, clothes and medicine <br />A little house to live in <br />Free education, as may right be seen <br />A Muslim, I, too, have always been <br />What does Pakistan mean <br />There is no God, but God, The Rab-al-alameen <br /> <br />For American alms do not bray <br />Do not, the people, laugh away <br />With the democratic struggle do not play <br />Hold on to freedom, do not cave in <br />What does Pakistan mean <br />There is no God... <br /> <br />Confiscate the fields from the landowners <br />Take away the mills from the robbers <br />Redeem the country from its dark hours <br />Off with the lordly vermin <br />What does Pakistan mean <br />There is no God... <br /> <br />Sind, Baluchistan and Frontier <br />These three are to Panjab most dear <br />And Bengal lends them splendour <br />Anguished should not be their mien <br />What does Pakistan mean <br />There is no God... <br /> <br />This, then, is the basic thing <br />For the people, let freedom’s bell ring <br />From the rope, let the plunderer swing <br />Truly they speak, who the truth have seen <br />What does Pakistan mean <br />There is no God, but Allah... <br /> <br />[Translation of Urdu Poem 'Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya?']<br /><br />Habib Jalib<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-does-pakistan-mean/
