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.
sab kuj ho reya hai ithe anne waa
muk rahe ny kai siyape anne waa
tu kuj v na ker bs “mitti paa”
with regrds and due respect for mr khalid and every dard mand pakistani i salute u all
With y0ur permission Butt sahib:
mulk tay khaki rang charhaya annay wa
annayan nay ANNI PAYEE anne wa !
He is a nice man and good writer. A person whose writing related to normal people. Allah gives a long life and health.
I like him vary much
the last book of mr. khalid is ABB KHA SA LABA THA is very best book in TANZO MAZHA.
mulk tay khaki rang charhaya annay wa
annayan ne annian noo rulaya anne wa !
mulk da haal suna ke saanoo annay-wa
khalid khoob hasaaya saanoo annay-wa
ay jo vee kar dee ay theek hee kardee ay
piario sajno bailio ainoo kuj na kaho
ay aandi ay tay jaandi nahi kee karyee
chup kar kay bardasht karo ainoo kuj na kaho
larna warna ainay bhulaya adha baag ganwaya
addhay baag noo ronday rawo ainoo kuj na kaho
apne aap noo quran da lafz samjhdi kion way
jo kardi ay karan dayo ainoo kuj na kaho !