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Adil Najam
I was talking to a friend yesterday about Pakistan’s traumatic politics and remembered these really funny verses from Khalid Masood:
Luch lafang elect huwa hai annay-wa
Beeba phir reject huwa hai annay-wa
Sooe pay dhaga daalnay waali nokri pay
Anna aik select huwa hai annay-wa
We had featured these in a post very early in ATP’s life and a reader had translated it as such:
Gangsters and thugs have been elected blindly
And good people have been rejected blindly
For the job of threading the needle
A blind person has selected blindly
Of course, there is very little in the current situation that is really funny. But sometimes when your heart aches and your mind is ready to blow up, it is good to laugh out loud. If only as a means of stress relief.
So I dug into my archive and found these wonderful gems from Khalid Masood.
Khalid Masood writes in this odd, but terribly funny, mixture of Urdu, Punjabi and English – ‘Trilingual‘ more than Pinglish. He has a very direct way of saying things and much of his humor comes from his directness. Consider, for example, the very first line of the first line in the video:
Uss ka rishta na honay ka bayass uss ka abba tha
How can one not burst out laughing at this in anticipation of what will come next. Or, later in the video, when he paints the picture of a bald ‘phuppa‘ borrowing a comb and not returning it. That thought alone gives one such welcome comic relief. And comic relief is what I wanted right now. Just to take a little pause. Because I suspect that the ‘ground realities’ of Pakistan will become much worse before they can become any better.
Extremely funny – youtube is a revolution indeed.
The way Khalid Masood keeps his own face straight while reciting, makes it funnier. If I were reading his poetry, I’ll be laughing myself :)
awesome, simply awesome
Hilarious!
Another one of his gems is:
[quote]Meter check kara lo ham say, chaapay shaapay marwa lo
Border ooper ham ko larrna sharna, okha lagta hai [/quote]
Thanks for giving this break out of this turmoil in our country. Here are few more from Khalid Masood (audio)
http://urdulife.com/mushaira/poet.cgi?ka_khalid_masood_khan
I had an opportunity to meet him in Islamabad couple to times which is really a great fun.
Thanks Adil for such optimism , the smiles that it brought today are I think needed at this time to calm things down in Pakistan, as I was reading the news the only thing i could think of was ATP saying at the very begining “Khuda Khair Karay”
I hope and pray for I see more blood shed ,
This is funny in an odd and unusual way. Interesting mix of language. Loved the one about the ‘kangi’ (since I am going ‘ganja’ myself!
This was too funny :) Thanks for finding it out on youtube for us. What a revolution youtube is!