by Ikram Azam, August 11, 2007
Sir!
We, the successive generations
Of your students
Salam and Salute you from the core of our beings
For making our lives
With your moral role model example
Thus you are a living legend
In your own blessed life-span
Identical to the legend of
Our shared alma mater
The Gordon College, Rawalpindi
The motivating motto of which proclaimed:
“Seek and ye shall find!”
And so you taught us
To seek courageously and fearlessly
The truth, knowledge and wisdom
Justice, equity and equality
In the sovereignty of fraternal freedom
Life, light, learning and liberty!
May you live longer to serve
The cause dearest to you:
Service to society and humanity
In perpetual peace
Through Education and Enlightenment!
May your ever-living legend and legacy
Survive you eternally, infinitely
So that this beloved Pakistan, our country
May progress and prosper in peace
For ever
Alongwith the Islami and human fraternity!
