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FORUM
Space for PfL members and partners to exchange ideas and share insights and analyses on various issues and topics; includes selected posts by members in the Forum mailing list
INSIGHT
Is hypocrisy sanctified?,
by Mazin Qumsiyeh
My EAPPI experience,
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Norway Attacks and Us,
by Gabriel Banda
Libya and Just War,
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A R C H I V E
INSIGHT
Palestinian Responsibility,
by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Paean for Afghan People, poem by Mustafa Kamal Sherwani
Gaza children in Christian eyes
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FORUM • INSIGHT

Paean for Afghan People

By DR. MUSTAFA KAMAL SHERWANI, LL. D.

2009 APRIL 11

 

Translated into French by

Mrs. SAJIDA SAMIA of Mauritius

 

Your history is splattered with your blood,

Your blood is the testament to your valour;

Your valour is the reflection of your faith,

Your faith is the monotheism in your hands.

 

You brought down the heads of the mightiest,

The nightmares still haunt the past invaders;

You made your land a grave for the arrogant,

Their wonders in science never stood your fury.

 

Your piety is speaking through a captive scribe,

Who saw in your eyes a glimpse of divine vision;

She perceived in you, a truthful and upright way,

The concoctions can never malign your image.

 

Stand up now for the most righteous battle ahead!

Centuries of your crusades are moving to a climax;

The evils of all colours are dressed in one uniform,

I join countless millions to pray for you to win.

 

Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani, LL. D.

Lucknow, U.P. India

 

 

 

Péan pour les afghans

Votre histoire est éclaboussée de votre sang,

Votre sang est le testament de votre bravoure;

Votre bravoure est la réflexion de votre foi,

Votre foi est le monothéisme entre vos mains.

 

Vous avez réduit les têtes les plus puissantes,

Les cauchemars hantent toujours les envahisseurs passés;

Vous avez fait de votre terre une tombe pour l’arrogant,

Leurs merveilles en la science n’ont jamais tenu teˆte à votre fureur.

 

Votre piété parle à travers une pointe à tracer captive,

Qui a vu dans vos yeux un aperçu de la vision divine;

Elle a perçu en toi, une manière véridique et droite,

Les combinés ne peuvent jamais diffamer votre image.

 

Levez-vous maintenant pour la bataille la plus juste en avant!

Les siècles de vos croisades se déplacent vers une apogée;

Les maux de toutes les couleurs sont veˆtus dans un seul uniforme,

Je me joins à des millions innombrables pour prier pour que vous triomphiez.

 

 

Dr. Sherwani can be reached at sherwanimkyahoo. com, and Mrs. Samia at 9rubilive.com.

 
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