Fashions in Language
To
be or not to be
'afashioned'
in style and stand
to
be grand or be appreciated by all in the land;
but
who am I who will tell or know....
till
I join the band or should I?
that
is the question...how will the country know that
there
are more people talented than meets the eye
there
is another story to tell than the 'Love’s One'
there
are some who serve and are thrown out
Hey,
`You just leave`...what politeness what care
..but
He is The Boss! So He can say;
But
let not the Laws unjust unfair put you down
Move
on! The Earth is all green blue and a
bit brown;
And
there are fashions all around…I would say
Fashions
in Gab
Fashions
in Nab
Fashions
in Dab
But
most of All the Fashion in Language left me stabbed;
I
am now from Madam Anjum Dar to M A D
(abbreviations
of my name on one of my student’s assignment)
O’
to teach a language from native to the first
English
is in Urdu rather in Punjabi from Punjab
Milton
says that ‘Eve offered the apple to Adam
Ve
te fer kha lae ki karna ay gham, O Adam’
(so
eat it then and why worry about it)
And
so the teacher taught
Eve
naik bakhte tu kehni ain te kha lene aan’
‘So
I eat as so you say, what am I without my rib
I
cannot even pray’
But
it was Shaitaan’s art of the gab so glib
He
succeeded in persuasion of the fatal jib
Now
love alike is ‘pyaar hi pyaar’
Repent
repent forgive and pray
‘seedha
raasta will only take you paar’
(straight
path- paar-across heaven’s bridge)
Chalo
chalo siraat e mustaqeem
Life
is real and is not but just a dream’
Zindagi
haqeeqat hai khwaab nahi’
6 comments:
You have me grinning throughout at "gab so glib" and your clever wit. Layered with so many fashions from Ivory tower to the streets, this poem brings the reality of naming, renaming, and "stabbing" home.
Thank you Dear Susan ,am so delighted to read your lovely thoughts and am happy you enjoyed the lines but most of all I am so happy that we are now linked' and ...OMG we have the same language....awesome!
This is a very clever poem of languages and I smiled as I read. I enjoyed it very much.
This is beautifully written!! A very impressive bilingual write.
Thank You Dear Sherry
Thank you Dear Mary
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