Ustad Daman

Ustad Daman (real name Chiragh Deen) (September 1911 - December 3, 1984) was a Punjabi poet and mystic. He was the most celebrated Punjabi language poet at the time of the Partition of British India in 1947. "Eh Duniya Mandi Paise Di, Har Cheej Vikendi Bhaa Sajjna, Ethe Ronde Chehre Vikde Nahi,Hasne Di Aadat Paa Sajjna"... A severe critic of military dictators who ruled over Pakistan for many decades, his most quoted lines censure the state of affairs in his country:

He goes on:

zindabad mera Pakistan

Jidhar vekho kulchey naan

zindabad mera Pakistan!

(Wherever you look its shops selling cigarettes and paan

Long live Pakistan!

Wherever you look its shops selling bread and naan

Long live my Pakistan!)