What is it to be a Man?
Struggling feat is to be a man
Pukka sahib is to be a man
Patriarchal discourse is to be a man
Slender like a palm tree
Beneficial like a pure ghee
Present in a wee-hours
Where breath is no more savour
Touchy and untouched at times
Who knows internal and external rhymes
Why two people came to dine
Who mostly says mine is thine
When you see grapes vine
Never say grapes are sour
For whom is detachment and attachment both an extra skill
What is it to be a man?
Liking dates is to be a man
Paleontology in practice is to be a man
Nifty and neat is to be a man
Straightly told is to be a man
Eloquently told is to be a man
Smart and fit is to be a man
Daddy-fame is to be a man
All the bit is to be a man
What is not wit is to be a man
Chatty familiarity is not be a man
Eagle of optimism is to be a man
Having deep insight is to be a man
Ship-shape and bric-a-brac is to be a man
Disturbing genius is not to be a man
Flashy light is to be a man
Earthly splendour is to be a man
Shaping freedom is to be a man
Liking coconut is to be a man
Planting trees is to be a man
Nicely bought-up is to be a man
Sun of hope is to be man
All the hope is to be a man
Lastly told is to be a man
Full of zealotry is to be a man
Rhyme and poetry is to be a man
All the poetry is to be a man
Concluding touch is to be a man
Adam's son is to be a man
Lastly told is to be a man
Amorous advancement is to be a man
Scorching sun is to be a man
Rocket science is not to be a man
Teaching repertoire is to be a man
Talking panacea is to be a man
Rightly vote is to be a man
Neatly stand is to be a man
Freshly told is to be a man
All the vogue is to be a man
Brilliantly adopt and adapt is to be a man
Adeptly told is to be a man
Eve's hope is to be a man
Ubermensch is to be a man
All the mocho is to be a man
Definitely superior than woman is to be a man
Hafiz Muhammad Qasim
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem