Poet’s Note:-رزاق خان کی انگریزی میں نظم اپنے مرحوم دوست کے لیے                                                

                 I wrote this piece of poetry in 1999 on the sad and sudden demise of my good friend and cricket companion Nassir Method Asia. Nassir was a lovely cricketer and a nice guy. He played a marvellous role in our club’s numerous triumphs but he lost the game of his life against the tormentor disease of cancer and met a premature death at the age of 32. He was died in the holy month of Ramadan.                          May Allah Bless His Soul. Amen!          

By Abdul Razaq Khan

The Poem; 
 
                      GOODBYE NASIR:- 
  
THE WAY YOU DEPARTED IS HARDLY BELIEVABLE 
THE DAY YOU GRANTED IS RARELY ACHIEVABLE  
THE STYLE YOU SMILED IS MERELY FORGETTABLE  
THE CRICKET YOU PLAYED IS PARTLY REPEATABLE 
YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR FRIENDS WAS NEVER CONCEALABLE 
THE WAY YOU ENTERED GREECE IS SELDOM PERMISSIBLE 
THE DISEASE YOU SUFFERED IS BARELY TREATABLE                   
ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE GONE FOREVER BUT YOUR MEMORIES WILL NEVER 
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU OFF BUT IT IS INEVITABLE 
SO I CAN JUST SAY AND PRAY 
GOODBYE NASIR, GOODBYE! 
BE A ROSE OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN 
MAY YOUR LOVE EVER GROW IN MY MEMORIES                                    

 GOODBYE DEAR FRIEND, GOODBYE!