Many highbrow poets and critics were dismissive of his work. But Rahat Indori's Urdu couplets were an anthem to millions of South Asians in the subcontinent and abroad. He passed away after contracting Covid-19 earlier this month.
Thanks, Jashn-e-Urdu for the footage.
Thanks, Jashn-e-Urdu for the footage.
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00:00Everyone's blood is involved in the soil here.
00:06India doesn't belong to anyone's father.
00:11I'm saying that if there is any opposition...
00:20If there is any opposition,
00:23then let it be.
00:27There is no life.
00:29If it is ultimately,
00:32then let it be.
00:34There's no life.
00:35If there is opposition, then let it be.
00:37There is no life.
00:39It's all smoke.
00:43There is no heaven.
00:46If there is opposition then let it be.
00:48There's no life.
00:49It's all smoke.
00:51There is no heaven.
00:54fire will be burned.
00:56then you will come to the very edge of the house.
01:00This is not just our house.
01:03If there is fire, you will come to the very edge of the house.
01:07Here, it is not just our house
01:10and whatever comes out of our mouth
01:13whatever comes out of our mouth
01:15whatever comes out of our mouth
01:17that is the truth.
01:19Wow! Wow! Wow!
01:20Your tongue is not in our mouth.
01:23Whatever comes out of our mouth
01:26that is the truth.
01:28Whatever comes out of our mouth
01:30that is the truth.
01:32Your tongue is not in our mouth.
01:34Sir, this is a couplet.
01:37It is a little fine.
01:39Please observe.
01:41Your tongue is not in our mouth.
01:43I know
01:45that the enemy is not less.
01:50I know
01:52that the enemy is not less.
01:55But like us
01:57there is no life on the palm.
01:59I know
02:01that the enemy is not less.
02:04But like us
02:06there is no life on the palm.
02:08And today
02:10the owner of the property
02:12will not be there tomorrow.
02:17He is a tenant.
02:19He is a tenant.
02:21He will not give up the property.
02:23The owner of the house
02:25Today
02:27The owner of the house
02:30Will not be there tomorrow.
02:32He is a tenant.
02:34He will not give up the property.
02:36I read the last couplet with great love
02:38I listened with great love
02:41It was like a prayer.
02:43He is a tenant.
02:45He will not give up the property.
02:47This boy will make a lot of progress.
02:51Very intelligent, MashaAllah.
02:54If he does well in politics,
02:57let him know first if he sells tea or not.
03:09I will recite a couplet for you.
03:12It is said that the people of this country
03:15are not just tenants.
03:18They are not just tenants.
03:21They are the blood of all.
03:24They are in the soil of this country.
03:27Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians,
03:30all of them are in the soil of this country.
03:33I am saying that they are not just tenants.
03:36They are the blood of all.
03:38They are in the soil of this country.
03:42India is not the father of anyone.
03:47Sir, whether there is an incident or not,
03:50there is no condition for it.
03:53Whether there is an incident or not,
03:56there is no condition for it.
03:59What news will come,
04:02the newspaper has to decide.
04:04What news will come,
04:07the newspaper has to decide.
04:10What I have to eat in my house,
04:13what I have to cook,
04:16it is not up to me.
04:19It is up to the government.
04:22It is up to the government.
04:25It is up to the government.
04:28It is up to the government.
04:31It is up to the government.
04:34It is up to the government.