Khadim Hussain Poems

I’ve been to the match, baby, just for the chance we might win it.
Yeah, I’ve been to the match, baby, just for the chance we might win it.
But my doggone team lost again, and in the very last minute
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Eid Mubarak!

Navan chan! Navan chan!
Eid Mubarak! Eid Mubarak!
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It’s Friday night, Saturday Morning
In the middle of December,
It’s minus two and snowing
And I am hungry!
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Mashriq mein ho ya Maghrib,
Shumaal ya janoob,
Akari waqt mera chera,
Khana Ka’ba val howey,
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Her baby blue eyes were bright
Quivering with excitement
She stretched out
And her hand touched mine.
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The publisher asked “is you poetry
At the cutting edge”?
“You’ll have to judge for yourself”, I said;
“But I use my poems to shave”, I added.
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