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Mir Gul Khan Nasir wrote poems in English, Urdu, Balochi, Brahui and Persian. Most of his poems are in Balochi language. He was good friends with Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Once Faiz Sahib offered to translate Mir Gul Khan’s poems in urdu but Mir Gul Khan turned down the offer. Most of Mir Gul Khan Nasir’s Urdu poetry was written between 1933–1950 and there has been no publication of his Urdu poetry to this date.
Mir Gul Khan’s poetry is filled with revolutionary and anti-imperialist themes and it reflects his progressive nature and socialist ideals. Mir Gul Khan Nasir was very much against the class differences that prevailed at that time, and still do. His poems exhibit his dislike for the chauvinistic attitude of the rich towards the poor. A famous quatrain of his goes as follows:
| "Had Mir Gul Khan Nasir been born in Punjab he would've become Faiz Ahmed Faiz and if Faiz had been brought up in Balochistan, he would've become Gul Khan Nasir". — Habib Jalib |
Balochi:
- Wáhde pa ĝaríbáñ ki jaháñ tang bibít
- Láp húrak, badan lúč pa badrang bibít
- Haq int ča čušeñ wár o azábeñ zindá
- Máří bisučant, sar birawant, jang bibít
Translation:
- When the world starts to constrict around the poor man
- His mutilated naked form is left to fend for his hungry gut
- Then it's better from this life of misery and torture
- If war ensues, heads roll & lavish palaces are burnt to the ground
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