Pity the nation – - –
Posted by Iftikhar Ajmal Bhopal on October 31, 2007
* Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion
* Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest
* Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero
* Pity the nation that despises a passion in its dreams, yet submits in its awakening
* Pity the nation that raises not its voice save when it walks in a funeral, boasts not except among its ruins, and will rebel not save when its neck is laid between the sword and the block
* Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking
* Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpeting, and farewells him with hooting, only to welcome another with trumpeting again
* Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.
Khalil Gibran 1883 – 1931 A.D.
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Mutant said
Its the todays picture of Pakistan drafted about 100 years ago.
iabhopal said
Mutant
Thank you for visiting my blog.
You are right perhaps. My reason for copying it was same.
a s m a said
Agree to whats said above … I wonder Kahlil said it in which perspective!