Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Nasrullah Shaji

Let the water engulf me
Let the high tides hug me
Let the roaring sea greet me
Let the blue waves meet me

Why for heaven, wait?
Let martyrdom be my fate
I’m used to facing storms
Fighting battles, to me is a norm

I’m an ocean within a soul
A tale of nobleness, untold
I am that drop of rain
Which the sea craves to claim

Shaping and saving lives
Not caring if own self survives
A father, a leader, a teacher
Of heroism, of nobility, a preacher

We won’t give up our prayers
Forever you’ll be in our tears
For a miracle, we're still assured
O Allah! pls make him safely reach ashore...


Nasrullah Shaji was the vice-president of Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi and the principal of Usman Public School Campus 13 (renamed as Shaheed Nasrullah Shaji Campus). He died while saving the life of his student, Sufyan. May Allah ta'ala bless them both with Jannat-ul-Firdows, ameen. 
[I wrote this on poem on June 3rd when there was still some hope for his survival. He has been declared Shaheed now.]

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Unconquerable

(1) 

From the ashes I will rise 
I will ablaze the entire sky 
The inferno that will burn 
Will be unconquerable by anyone 


(2) 

Our dreams never expire 
We are the girls on fire 
Rules, we do not abide 
Like the free birds we ride 
We can't be ever controlled 
Unconquerable are our souls! 



(3) 

This girl is feeling high 
Upto the sky she'll rise 
Stars are only my journey 
Each moment is my eternity 
My dreams won't go in vain 
Unconquerable I will remain 
To the world I may be a loser 
But clear remains my future 
Like the phoenix is my soul 
Mountains-high are my goals 
Shattered dreams are mere lies 
From the ashes I will rise 
Return I will stronger 
The world I will conquer! 



(4) 

The morning star has paved its way 
The night is no longer to stay 
The daylight is near and very close 
The bud will then open into a rose 
This crying face will then see 
More tears cuz of the overflowing glee 
The lanterns we flew for the sky above 
Have touched the heights, are sending love 

(5) 

From the ashes I will rise 
Will touch the heights of sky 
Till my last breath I'll strive 
Shattered dreams are mere lies 
World, behold my cry 
I'll strive until I die 
I have a soul, fresh and alive 
On my dreams, I solely rely 
The world says, "Oh my, 
Why can't she accept she's fried? 
Even takes defeat as a prize 
Crazy her, so full of life." 
Well, I tell you now and live 
Upto the moon, I'll mark my strides 
The stars will see me pass by 
Loud and clear will be their cry 
"Isn't she the human who once sighed? 
And now see her mighty flight 
The mountains scared of her heights 
The eagles envious of her sight 
The horses impressed, how she glides 
Mightier she is than the ocean's tides 
Carries sunbeam in the hours of night 
Infinite, in her is the Light 
Small she is but beats the knights 
With great passion, hurdles she fights!" 
World, don't go on my size 
Till eternity, I will try 
I'll survive agony with a smile 
Unconquerable is my style!