waris shah
Aj akhan Warris Shah nu
Kithon kabran wichon bol
Te aj kitab-i-isbq da
Koi agla warqa phol
Ik roi si dhi Punjab di
Tu likh likh ware wain
Aj lakhan dhian rondian
Tainu Warris Shah nu kahan
Uth tak apna Punjab
Aj bele lashan wicbian
Te lahu di bhari Chenab
(Oh, Warris Shah, I ask you to speak out from your grave and turn the newpage in the Book of Love. With the cry of one daughter of Punjab you created an epic and gave her tongue a life's lament. Today, millions of Punjab's daughters are waling and beckoning you to come out of your grave and listen to them. 0, angel of compassion have a look at your beloved Punjab whose green pastures are littered with corpses and rivers filled with blood)
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kareiN meiN ney kesi ebaadateiN
rahi aetaqaaf mein chasm-e-num
kaeiN rath-jugouN ki dukhi huwee
na hi buth miley naa pari milee
merey charagarh mere hum-navaa
naa pari milee, na hi buth miley
naa hee en buthouN ka Khuda mila
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