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Editors notes: Pakistani poet Hasnain Bukhari visited Beijing and Shanghai from November 1 to 7, 2007 as a member of the delegation of the Pakistan National Management College at the invitation of the CPAFFC. The poem in praise of friendship between China and Pakistan was written during the visit.

Seed of Pak-China Friendship was sown

In Arabian desert which was still unknown

By our Prophet hundreds of years ago,

When he said:

“Seek knowledge, even if to China, you have to go”

That seed, to China, had flown

And now has completely grown

Into an ever-green fragrant tree

All-human beings on earth can see

With their hearts and inward glow

Its branches are higher than skies

Beyond them no Power on earth can rise

Its roots are deeper than oceans

Its fruits are sweeter than honey

Making our land prettier than paradise

From the tomb of Quaid and grave of Iqbal

Till Peoples Great Hall and Chinas Wall

Lie un-ending and ever flowing oceans

Of uniform emotions, harmonious notions

Echoing: we are one, parallel to none.

Let Confucian wisdom and Prophetic light

Prevail over the darkness of night

Let Asian grand cultures revive

To keep our younger generations alive

And make their future bright

Let us join heads and hands

And build another Great Wall

Greater than galaxies, higher than heavens

Unconquerable, so strong, untouchable, so tall