"Pāk sarzamīn shād bād" (پاک سرزمین شاد باد) ("Blessed be the Sacred Land") is the national anthem of Pakistan, adopted in 1954. It is a rendering of a three-stanza composition with a tune based on eastern music arranged so it can be easily played by any band. The lyrics were written by the poetAbu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri, and the music was composed by Ahmed G. Chagla. An interesting fact is that the music of the anthem was composed before the lyrics were written and that the anthem is written in the Persian language whereas the national language of Pakistan is Urdu. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their states official national song. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri (1900-1982) was a Pakistani Muslim poet who authored its national anthem, the Quami Tarana (Song of the People) in 1951. ... Persian (Ùارسی = Fârsi . ... Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family which developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in the South Asia during the time of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ...
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