Mather-e-Millat; a Beautiful Urdu Poem by Jabib Jalib

Habib Jalib

Habib Jalib (Urdu: حبیب جالب) (Real name: Habib Ahmad) (Urdu: حبیب احمد) was a Pakistani revolutionary Urdu poet, left-wing activist and politician who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. 

Jalib was a Marxist-Leninist and aspired to the ideals of Communism. He was a member of the Communist Party of Pakistan; later when the Communist Party was banned and started working under the banner of National Awami Party (NAP), he joined the NAP. His views led to imprisonment. 

His poetry shows that, being a communist, he was pro Russia and China. He wrote many poems and Ghazal against USA and in many of his poems he even mentioned Ronald Reagan, the than President of USA, and showed his dislike to him. 

In the following enjoy reading “Mather-e-Millat” (Urdu: مادرِ ملت) (English: Mother of Nation) a beautiful Urdu poem (نظم) by Habib Jalib. In this poem he praises Mutarma Fatima Jinnah, the Mother of Nation of sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

I think, he calls the people of Pakistan to vote Fatimah Jinnah in the presidential elections, held in 1964, in which she was the candidate against Field Marshal General Muhammad Ayub Khan. Habib Jalib, as always, this time too, was against Ayub Khan.

You may, as I do, disagree with many of his views but you will like his poetry.