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Kings and Subjects
Kings and Subjects
I am the bard of equality.
At the crossroads I sing,
Where pity and sympathy
Have made us all comrades and brother
Irrepressible Youth
Irrepressible Youth
O restless and impetuous youth!
Who hid thy face with the mask of wisdom
And clothed thee with the apparel of patience?
All the…
In Salutation of One God
In Salutation of One God
Let them spread jealousy, prejudice and defamation,
We will offer justice, peace and one God's proclamation.
Let them seek narro…
In the Desert's Sandy Vastness
In the Desert's Sandy Vastness
In the desert's sandy vastness blossomed a bright flower
whose fragrance enamoured the universe.
The moon and tile s…
I'll Hide in Song after Song
I'll Hide in Song after Song
To-day my pensive mood
I'll hide in song after song
I'll expose my soul turning
the thorny wound into a flower,
…
If I was Daddy, and Daddy was Me
If I was Daddy, and Daddy was Me
If I was Daddy and Daddy was Khoka (that's me),
if he didn't finish memorizing the multiplication tables I'd tap him on …
I Know Your Compassion Mother
I Know Your Compassion Mother
I know your compassion Mother and hence await better days.
I may meanwhile be battered with losses, want and debt.
You caus…
I Sing of Heroes
I Sing of Heroes
I sing of Heroes -
The youth, the revolutionary,
Who armed with a sharp Excalibur
Today go forth in all direction…
Human Being
Human Being
I sing of equality.
There's nothing greater than a human being,
nothing nobler!
Caste, creed, religion-there's no difference.
Thr…
I am a Proud Muslim Woman
I am a Proud Muslim Woman
I am a proud muslim woman,
I'm the scent of a flower in the household-desert.
The dark Ka'aba I've illuminated with…
Hope
Hope
Perhaps we shall meet,
Where the bending sky kisses
The green wilderness.
Yonder, in the village field
On the ridges o…
Help me do the crossing
Help me do the crossing
Help me do the crossing,
Oh Lord of the Universe.
The boat is rocking on the waves of pity; endless is the crossing.
…
God
God
Who are you, my friend,
searching for God in heaven
and the underworld?
Who are you-searching
through the wilderness
and moun…
Grief-Laden Mid-Night
Grief-Laden Mid-Night
In this still solitude of deep mid-night
Tears unbidden appear in my eyes
What recollection doth enrapture
Whose disregard do…
Fateha-i-Doazdaham [The Passing Away]
Fateha-i-Doazdaham [The Passing Away]
What an amazing sight is this!
Tears well up even is Azrail's eyes!
His stony heart lies in a sea of grief
Forgive us, O Prophet!
Forgive us, O Prophet!
We haven't embraced your message,
Please forgive us, O Prophet!
We have forgotten your ideals
And the path for us that you d…
Faith and Hope
Faith and Hope
Don't look up to them-those
who have lost faith and hope.
They move-yet they're dead-the living dead,
the devil has finished them, r…
Fanaticism is not Religion!
Fanaticism is not Religion!
Bullying, hypocrisy or fanaticism: that's not what religion is all about
According to all scriptures, fanatics are disciples of the…
Evening Star
Evening Star
Oh, dear evening star
Whose bride art thou with veils,
In the glances of your eyes,
Whose forgotten face dwells?
Eve…
Equality
Equality
I sing the song of equality.
I sing of the country
Where fresh joys blossom forth in, the hearts of men
And buddin…
Eid Mobarak
Eid Mobarak
After the lapse of a year
you have come, Eid,
having crossed many a desert
of hundreds of miles,
having caused many a tear to
Eid, at the end of fasting of Ramadan
Eid, at the end of fasting of Ramadan
O heart, Ramadan has come to an end,
and the happy Eid knocks at the door for all,
Come, today give yourself away w…
Day-Labourer
Day-Labourer
Your luxury cars are plying through the streets
And your big ships are cruising Over the Oceans.
The fast steam engines are running on…
Dearest, Don't Say You Have to go!
Dearest, Don't Say You Have to go!
Dearest, do not say you have to go!
Do not play games with me, no, no, no!
Today the flowers in the garden play the tu…