<P> The Qaumi Taranah is a melodious and harmonious rendering of a three - stanza composition with a tune based on eastern music but arranged in such a manner that it can be easily played by foreign bands . </P> <P> The music, composed by the Pakistani musician and composer, Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, reflects his background in both eastern and western music . Twenty - one musical instruments and thirty - eight different tones are used to play the Qaumi Taranah, the duration of which is 80 seconds . </P> <P> The Urdu lyrics, written by the Pakistani Urdu - language poet, Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952, have commonality with Persian, making them understandable in both languages . No verse in the three stanza lyrics is repeated . The anthem has heavy Persian poetic vocabulary and only uses one exclusively Urdu word' kā' . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Urdu lyrics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> كشورِ حسين شاد باد ‬ </Td> <Td> پاک سرزمین شاد باد ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ارضِ پاکستان! ‏ ‬ </Td> <Td> تُو نشانِ عزمِ عالی شان ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> مرکزِ یقین شاد باد ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> قوّتِ اُخوّتِ عوام ‬ </Td> <Td> پاک سرزمین کا نظام ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> پائنده تابنده باد! ‏ ‬ </Td> <Td> قوم ، ملک ، سلطنت ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> شاد باد منزلِ مراد ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> رہبرِ ترقّی و کمال ‬ </Td> <Td> پرچمِ ستاره و ہلال ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> جانِ استقبال! ‏ ‬ </Td> <Td> ترجمانِ ماضی ، شانِ حال ‬ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> سایۂ خدائے ذوالجلال ‬ </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Transliteration (ALA - LC) </Th> <Th> Translation (poetical) </Th> <Th> Translation (literal) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pāk sarzamīn shād bād Kishwar - i ḥasīn shād bād Tū nishān - i ʿazm - i ʿālī shān Arẓ - i Pākistān! Markaz - i yaqīn shād bād </Td> <Td> <P> May the holy land, stay glad; Beautious realm, stay glad . Thou, the sign of high resolve--O Land of Pakistan! Citadel of faith, stay glad . </P> </Td> <Td> Blessed be the sacred land, <P> Happy be the bounteous realm . Thou symbol of high resolve, O Land of Pakistan! Blessed be the citadel of faith . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pāk sarzamīn kā niz̤ām Quwwat - i Ukhuwwat - i ʿawām Qaum, mulk, salt̤anat Pāyindah tābindah bād! Shād bād manzil - i murād </Td> <Td> Order of the holy land, Power of fraternity of the populace; The nation, country, and domain; Ever luminous remain! The cherished goal, stay glad . </Td> <Td> The order of this sacred land, <P> The might of the brotherhood of the people, May the nation, the country, and the state, Shine in glory everlasting! Blessed be the goal of our ambition . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Parcam - i sitārah o - hilāl Rahbar - i taraqqī o - kamāl Tarjumān - i māẓī, shān - i ḥāl Jān - i istiqbāl! Sāyah - yi Khudā - yi Ẕū l - jalāl </Td> <Td> Flag with the star and crescent, The leader of progress and ascent, <P> Dragoman of past, the pride of present; Soul of the future! Shadow of the God of grandeur . </P> </Td> <Td> The flag of the crescent and star, <P> Leads the way to progress and perfection, Interpreter of our past, glory of our present, inspiration for our future! Shade of God, the Glorious and Mighty . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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