So Manku has time to think, and he has his views now on Britain and being here, and to put them into verse.
Ik duniya nayi vasavange
Mitran de samne baith ke
Te ik gal sabnu samjhavange
Yaro Punjab nu London nai banana
Asi London nu Punjab banavange."
(We will create a brave new world/We will sit with our friends/And make one thing loud and clear/ Friends, Punjab will never be London/We will make London a Punjab).And, more specifically to the white British people:
Goreya mayn nai jaana
Chhad ke tera desh
Veleyan nu ethay roti mildi
Dil vich fikr nai koi
Khao piyo mauj udao
Is da jikr nai koi
Pubbaan de vich beer nai mukdi
Kadey nai honda Dry Day
Ethay jamna ethay marna
Jeeja hovey ya sala
Bai final gal tenu samjhavan
Toon chal ja pardes goreya
Main nai jaana chhad ke tera desh.
(Listen to me, white guy,/I’m not leaving your country now/Do nothing, still there is dole,/Not a worry in the world/Eat, drink and be merry,/Nobody gives a damn,/The pubs never run out of beer/There is never a dry day/We’ll live here, we’ll die here/Brother, or brother-in-law/Let me tell you finally, white guy/You go somewhere else if you like/But I’m not leaving your country now).