zulm phir zulm hai, baRhta hai to miT jaataa hai Khoon phir Khoon hai, Tapkega to jam jaayega Khaak-e-sehra pe jame yaa kaf-e-qaatil pe jame farq-e-insaaf pe yaa paa-e-salaasal pe jame teGh-e-bedaad pe yaa laasha-e-bismil pe jame Khoon phir Khoon hai Tapkega to jam jaayega laakh baiThe koi chhup chhup ke kameeN gaahoN meiN Khoon Khud deta hai jalaadoN ke maskan ka suraaGh saazisheiN laaKh uRaati raheiN zulmat ka naqaab le ke har booNd nikalti hai hatheli pe chiraaGh zulm kii qismat-e-nakaarah-o-rusvaa se kaho jab’r kii hikmat-e-purkaar ke eema se kaho (eema = permission) mehmal-e-majlis-e-aqwaam kii laila se kaho Khoon diiwana hai, daaman pe lapak sakta hai shola-e-tuNd hai, Khirman pe lapak sakta hai tum ne jis Khoon ko maqtal meiN dabaanaa chaaha aaj vo kuchaa-o-bazaar meiN aa nikla hai kahiiN shola kahiiN naarah kahiiN patthar ban ke Khoon chalta hai to rukta nahiiN sangeeno se sar jo uThtaa hai to dabtaa nahiiN aaeeno se zulm ki baat hi kya, zulm ki auqaat hi kya zulm bas zulm hai, aaGhaaz se anjaam talak Khoon phir Khoon hai, so shakl badal sakta hai aisi shakleiN ke miTaaoo to miTaaye na bane aise shole k bujhaao to bujhaaye na bane aise naare k dabaao to dabaaye na bane Traslation: Repression is sill repression Rising, it must flop Blood is sill blood Spilling it must clot. Whether it clots on desert sands Or upon assassin’s hands On justice’s head or around shackled feet On injustice’s sword or on the wounded corpse Blood is still blood Spilling, it must clot. However much one lies in ambush Blood betrays butcher’s hideout Conspiracies may veil in thousand darkly mask Each blood drop ventures out with burning lamp on its palm. Tell oppression’s vain and blemished fate Tell cruelty’s crafty Imam Tell the UN Security Council Blood is crazy It can leap up to the cloak It is inferno, it can flare up to burn grain-stock. The blood you sought to suppress in abattoir Today that blood moves out into street Here an ember, there a slogan, there a stone Once blood comes to flows Bayonets are no avail Head, once it is raised Is not downed by law’s hail. What is about oppression? What is with its impression? Oppression is, all of it, but oppression From beginning to end Blood is still blood Myriad form it can assume Forms such as are indelible Embers such as are inextinguishable Slogans such as are irrepressible.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:26:12 +0000