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My Favorite Anecdote From Urdu

This is my best story in my mother tongue urdu which I translated and tried my best to turn it into a poem in english Luqman who was a merchant wiseman and his son bought themselves a fine donkey once. The two then set off together walking besides it, holding its tether. Then they came upon a group of gossipers Roadside chatterboxes they were And how they began to talk and mock staring at the two from the sidewalk. They jeered saying how silly the two were to own a donkey and not ride it and walk foolishly beside it! Hearing that, Luqman quickly seated his teen son upon the dönkey's back They set off thus, Luqman walking besides the donkey, his son riding it. Then they came upon another group of people squatting on the roadside Watching the trio, the onlookers instantly began passing comments so snide. They rebuked the son for having no respect and consideration for his aged father, for letting him walk while he rode himself, like a spoilt generation'. Hearing that the son got down the donkey and asked his father to ride and be seated. Luqman then got on the donkey and began riding before the argument got heated. Thus they set off once more the son trailing on foot behind his riding father. But soon they came upon another group of bystanders who immediately stopped minding their own businesses like some nosy witnesses and began passing comments They said how very cruel and unkind was the father to let his lil' son trudge behind while he himself rode on a donkey fine! ' So once again to stop their pooh poohing Luqman the asked his son to get on the donkey with him as well. So now they both were seated on the donkey's back and they continued their journey that way. But they had hardly gone a mile or two when they came upon another set of idle ramblers who would boo. Immediately they started eyeing the trio quite critically, exclaiming that the two were behaving quite brutally! That with the poor animal riding with both of their weights upon it was too a heavy a load for it! Luqman's son's eyes then popped out to hear that and he looked at his father, mouth agape. His father shot him a wry look and sigh grin 'Everyone's pleasure son you can't win'. You just cannot please each and everybody So you better heed nobody but God for He is only one and He changes not for moon or sun The one God is far easier to please Fellow humans are too many to appease!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 11/4/2015 10:23:00 AM
A cute smooth flowing narrative with a sweet moral.GOD is most pleasing and most generous.
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Date: 11/19/2014 8:44:00 PM
Congratulations on your big win. Love, Joyce
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Date: 11/19/2014 10:00:00 AM
Congratulations on your winning poem.
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Date: 7/18/2014 2:46:00 PM
S.Zaynub, Congratulations, on your awesome Fable ..... Always~ Linda
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Date: 7/17/2014 11:02:00 PM
Lovely write Zaynub,, congrats on great win !
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Date: 7/16/2014 10:02:00 PM
A great job. Congratulations. Love, Joyce
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Date: 7/16/2014 8:30:00 AM
I've learned that it's impossible to please everyone, but really easy to piss everyone off. Good one! Congratulations!
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Date: 7/16/2014 5:14:00 AM
gem of tale, zaynub!.. sweet congrats and huggs!
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Date: 7/15/2014 11:33:00 AM
A treasure! Thank you for entering it in my contest. Congrats on the win... And thank you for letting my show it off as a winning fable. Your friend.
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S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri
Date: 7/16/2014 10:02:00 AM
My warmest thanx carol for the 1st place win.:)
Date: 1/17/2014 3:32:00 AM
Well tried! A funny bt wise tale
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Date: 1/11/2014 11:07:00 PM
Lovely Story and i have so much respect for you whose native tongue is Urdu but writes such good poetry in English. Well done
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Date: 12/18/2013 4:23:00 PM
words of wisdom here indeed
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Date: 12/17/2013 5:44:00 PM
Great truth penned in this one..For sure, we can't please everyone and our responsibility is to God..Thanks for the visit to my patge..I was delighted that you enjoyed my work..Sara
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Date: 12/17/2013 9:21:00 AM
Wisdom is not easy to come by! Light & Love
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Date: 12/17/2013 5:27:00 AM
So, Zaynub , these are the ways of the world,
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Date: 12/16/2013 2:27:00 PM
Hi Zaynub! Thanks very much for your effusive comments. I'm feeling quite coy about it all. As for your invitation to comment on your last poem, I take it this's it. I see it's a translation, but I can't quite say if it's your own original creation. It doesn't matter. A few grammatical errors apart, it re-tells a fable in the manner of the Malay Penglipur Lara story-teller. It's claims on "modern poetry" as such are rather scant, I think. Keep going where you think you must. Cheers! Wignesan
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