A POWERFUL POEM OF FAIZ AHMED FAIZ DEALING WITH ISSUES OF EXILE

                                                                                  

A poem dedicated to  the suffering exiles world over …….

 (Meray Dil Meray Mussafir )

Meray dil meray mussafir

hua phir sey hukm sadir

ke watan badar hon hum tum

dein gali gali sadaayein

karein rukh nagar nagar ka

ke suraagh koyi paayein

kissi yar e nama bar ka

har ik ajnabi se poochhein

jo pata thha apney ghar ka

sar e kooey nashenayan

hamein din se raat karna

kabhi iss se baat karna

kabhi uss se baat karna

tumhein kya kahoon ke  kya hai

shab e gham buri balaa hai

hamein yeh bhi tha ganeemat

jo koyi shumaar hota

hamein kya bura tha marna

agar eik baar hota

( Faiz Ahmed Faiz )

My simple  English Rendering would be …

O Traveller! My Heart! I

Once again,

A decree was passed on us,

To leave this beloved land,

Cry and weep in distant lands.

Moving through alien cities,

We search for the postman

to bring us letters from our land.

From every stranger we seek

The whereabouts of our left over homes..

In this land of unknown people,

We have been ordained to spend our days and nights.

O Heart! Pass this time by talking to this or that fellow.

Do not ask us the pangs and agony of

this terrible evening of sorrow.

Even this living was better Heart!

If only we were made to know for how many days more.

For us even death was not unwelcome

Should it visit once only?

O Traveller! My Heart!,,....

( Autar Mota )

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