The poem
Read it in Urdu script-
Translated in English by Anjum Aziz Abbas
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s The Dawn of Freedom This murky dappled glow and smoky dawn ‘Tis not the same daybreak, we did wait ‘Tis not the desired crack, we travelled anon To seek last goal of stars in sky’s deserted lawn
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Somewhere the night of slow rippled pace Would find the harbor soon or late The liner of cloyed heart in search of solace Somewhere would stay a suitable existing place
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Walking the mysterious blood stunned roads Many profane hands hoisted in this state From the restless dormitory of Hellenic abodes Openarms kept callingamid explodes
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But the desire of seeing morning face did select To step to the brink of dawn at any rate We’re in the vicinity of its blooming face in fact Hazy exhaustion and compact hope were in react
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It’s heard, a margin line has been penciled in Between mixed gloom and glow so late It’s heard, amid feet and goal a union has been Matured and glued with that of a blending pin
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The edict of pain stricken hath changed a lot Thinking legitimate the union of mate Andthe torment of parting ill gotten and rot As they are ready to untie dawn’s murky knot
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Eyes‘ Craving and the pangs of heart and soul All labors stay futile to make them elate From where Zephyr’s effigy entered the hole Of hope and had its exit without a specific role
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Still the harbinger is unable to pay a least care Of all stricken followers‘ fate Still promising Dawn is vague seems to be rare Still fading darkness haunts and night is not fair
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Tis not the occasion to spare baffled heart and Fretful eyes from anxiety’s blazing grate Go on with eager spirits by holding hand in hand ‘Tis not the goal but very near is the specific land
Submitted by Anjum Aziz Abbas
