# An Urdu poem: if anyone asks who I am, say nobody special

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/4/
- Date: 2021-02-16 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (11:06–14:11)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=666s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/

**Topics:** Urdu poetry

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth reads and briefly explains an Urdu poem about being nobody special and about a companion whose absence empties life.

## Longer summary

After joking that his lateness is just destiny, Mufti Abu Layth reads a poem he has read once before, praising its natural, seamless flow. Only his English glosses are captured: if somebody asks who I am, say it is nobody that important; a relationship that is not truly known; and a companion in life whose absence leaves one with nothing to do. The poem's own lines are not in the transcript.

## Transcript (machine tier, 11:06–14:11)

[11:06] that it's not me it's just destiny people that it's not like i i'm late lateness just happens it just happens to happen and i just happen to be in it whilst it's happening [Laughter] so where are we at people where we at i've got a poem i've read before once but it is a um it's an interesting one because it has a very natural seamless flow to it and it's about the person expressing that

[11:46] if somebody was to ask you who am i just say nobody that important so that's the just let them know that it's nobody special

[12:22] so just look at that line look

[12:55] it is a relationship that is unknown that is not truly known which in reality is

[13:27] that's such a companion in life that if he or she is far then one has nothing to do fire people fire so right now let's take a look at what is going on

[14:10] see people yep so valentine has passed you know i think i should say a few words about valentine's now that it's passed for all the wounded souls that are there like we're in the words of mir where he says

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment --PntsaR8ck/s/4. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/4/

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