"Mata-e-lauh-o-qalam chhin gai to kya ghum,
ke khoon-e-dil may dabo li hain unglian maine,
zubaan pe mohar lagi hai to kya ke rakh di hai,
har ek halqa-e-zanjeer may zubaan maine"
--- Faiz Ahmad Faiz
They've taken my pen, my ink but why worry?
For i've dipped my fingers in the blood of my heart,
So wat if my tongue is tied and i cant scream?
I've given every link of my shackles the courage to speak!
6 comments:
"...and I'm not weak"
i dont see this in the original version!!
a very pre-independence period sher!!
reminds me of one i read abt a candle...i think it was by faiz...not sure...
You've to deduce sometimes na, you know to make it rhyme. Its not out of context by any means.
i dunno but this line dusnt really fit in it...
sory for intruding on ur blog
but rukh's right.theres nothing about weak in the urdu text ..it ssays about the heart.
ke khoon-e-dil may dabo li hain unglian maine,
smth like blood of my heart....
@mubi
Now i'll intrude your blog too..lol :-P
Acha Acha ladies i accept. And i'm not a pro translator anyways. Waisay if i cut that out, to rhythm nae bnta na.like one verse becomes shorter than the other three. So i had to choose the lesser of the evils. Waisay now i accept, it kinda looks stupid.
see see!!!
I told u so!!!
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