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aa gayii fasl-e-sukuuN

it has come: the great calm

Translation by Agha Shahid Ali from The Rebel's Silhouette

aa gayii fasl-e-sukuuN chaak girebaaN waaloN
sil gaye hoNth ko'ii zakhm sile yaa na sile
dostoN bazm sajaao ke bahaar aayii hai
khil gaye zakhm ko'ii phuul khile yaa na khile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listen "Aa gayii fasl-e-sukuuN " in Faiz Voice

You who wear shirts
ripped at the collars:

it has come:
the great calm
with its harvest of silence

all lips have been sewn,
perhaps some wounds also.

And rebels,
my friends:

fill your vases with water
for spring is here:

in this blossoming
of wounds,

some roses may also.

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