poem by apj abdul kalam
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My dear SoldiersOh! Defenders of borders
You are great sons of my landWhen we are all asleepYou still hold on to your deedWindy season or snowy daysOr scorching sun's swelteringrays
You are there guarding all thetime awakeTreading the lonely epanses asyogislimbing the heights or stridingthe "alleysDefending the deserts orguarding the marshesSur"eillance in seas and bysecuring the air#rime of your youth gi"en to the
nation!!Wind chimes of my land "ibrate
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The *ision
I climbed and climbed
Where is the peak, my Lord?
I ploughed and ploughed,
Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord?
I sailed and sailed,
Where is the island of peace, my Lord?
Almighty, bless my nation
With vision and sweat resulting into happiness
( &bdul )alam
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Where are we?
Where are we now, dear friends,
In the Maha Sabha that shapes as history,
he call of heart beats of Indian people,
!eople ask us, people ask us"
#$h% !arliamentarians, the sculptors of Mother India,
Lead us unto light, enrich our lives&
'our righteous toil, is our guiding light,
If you work hard, we all can prosper&(
Like )ing, so the people,
*urture great thoughts, rise up in actions,May righteous methods be your guide"
May you all prosper ever with Almighty+s grace&
( &bdul )alam
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Soaring Dream
abulous air show of !aris in motion
My thought too in flight and yearns for my *ation
When will the planes designed in my land
!ierce the sky as lightening in action
And gracefully land as angels in full boom
All to the envy of spellbound spectators
'es we can %%
When we are united in action and addicted to deeds
Sky can+t be limit for my nation in action %%
( &bdul )alam
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I am the Indian Ocean
Surge of my waves and their mystical themes
-mbracing .ombay and /ar0es in hold
We all belong to the cradle of earth
Same human civili1ation pervades us all
2enerations of life in these lands were like waves
3ising and falling and melting in time baobabs and
.anyans stood witness to these cycles
.ondage of slavery and foreigners yoke
Are gone with the past and power now to people
2andhi4i and *yerere+s nobility and soul strength
2ot thy the freedom, and now you have a mission
-nlightened youths, now you have to sweat
or making thy people prosperous and happy
or ye are the greatest hope, for this part of globe
A&!&5& Abdul )alam
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moon night7rom my creatorShaken+ bewildered and wonderedThe echo engulfed me and my race8You+ the human race is the best of my
creationYou will li"e and li"eYou gi"e and gi"e till you are united+-n human happiness and painMy bliss will be born in you%o"e is the mission of humanity+
You will see e"ery day in %ife TreeYou learn and learnMy best of creations89eautiful morning it was+Sun radiating+ dri"ing away the clouds#arrots and )okilas were at their
musical 3ightWe the yellow hea"en group entered7lower garden of &siad:oses were in their splendour:adiating beauty in White and rimson9owing to the dawn of sun
We walked and walked+ our feet on thegreen
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pray for lo"e
Yet others build walls to encloseorchards+=ndea"ouring to /nd ways to ful/ll
hunger& few others build rock walls 4 to make ahome+-t is their mission to ser"e humanity andnature
- build no walls+ to con/rm to 5oy orsorrow>To sacri/ce or achie"e+ or to gain or lose+- 5ust grow 3owers on all open spaces+&nd 3oat lilies on ponds and ri"ers
- keep planting trees+ for birds to ha"enests+&t the dawn of the sun+ when morningbree?e blowSun light get /ltered through shining
tree lea"es+9irds' 3i ht i"es me sense of freedom
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