sahir ludhianavi (1921-1980) progressive poet writing in chaste yet relatively easily understood urdu.  He brought the quality of urdu nazm to movie songs and raised the standards to a high level.  Supported labour movements.  Strong participant in the Progressive Writers’ Association.  Winner of Lenin Peace Prize and padma shri, and several movie industry awards.  He has written quite openly about his atheism.  There is a series of nazm with similar themes – majaz’s Khwaab-e sahr, faraz’s mansur, qateel shifaaii’s insaan and many others that linked to “uloohiyyat-ehtejaaj” on the Theme Index page.  They all express strong protest against narrow minded orthodoxy, even against divinity.
1
sa’ee¹-e baqa²-e shaukat³-e iskandari⁴ ki Khair⁵
mahaul⁶-e Khisht baar⁷ meN sheesha-gari⁸ ki Khair

1.effort 2.survival 3.glamour 4.Alexandership/absolute power 5.sarcastic–its safety 6.atmosphere 7.rain of bricks 8.building crystals, glass houses

The phrase “ki Khair” is used in a sarcastic vein more in the sense of “god help it”.  It is best translated as “it is doomed”.  The-effort to save the glamor of absolute power is doomed.  In the atmosphere of raining bricks, these glass palaces are doomed.
2
bezaar⁹ hai kanisht o kaleesa¹⁰ se ye jahaaN
saudagaraan-e deen¹¹ ki saudagari ki Khair

9.tired of 10.temple and church 11.religion

This world is tired of temple and church (mosque implied).  The business of the traders in faith/religion is doomed.
3
faaqa kashoN¹² ke Khoon meN hai josh¹³-e inteqaam¹⁴
sarmaaya¹⁵ ke fareb-e jahaaN parvari¹⁶ ki Khair

12.hungry 13.enthusiasm 14.revenge 15.capital 16.pretense/deception of world service (good of the people)

The blood of the deprived and the hungry boils and they are bent upon revenge.  Capitalism’s deception of universal well-being is doomed.
4
tabqaat-e-mubtazil¹⁷ meN hai tanzim¹⁸ ki numuud¹⁹
shaahan-shahoN²⁰ ke zaabata²¹-e Khud-sari²² ki Khair

17.depressed classes 18.organization 19.emergence 20.royal/priveleged class 21.rules, ways 22.obstinate ways

Organization/unionization is emerging among the depressed classes.  The lordly and obstinate ways of the haves are doomed.
5
ehsaas¹ baRh raha hai huqooq-e hayaat² ka
paidaishi³ shauq⁴-e sitam-parvari⁵ ki Khair

1.awareness 2.human rights 3.from birth, lifelong 4.desire 5.nurturing violence/exploitation

Awareness of the rights of life is on the rise.  The lifelong desire for-exploitation is doomed.
6
iblis⁶ Khanda-zan⁷ hai mazaahib⁸ ki laash⁹ par
paiGhambaran-e dahr¹⁰ ki paiGhambari ki Khair

6.devil 7.laugh at, disdainful 8.religions 9.corpse 10.foretellers of fire (hell)

Satan laughs at the corpse of organized religions.  The purveyors of “fire and brimstone” are doomed.
7
sahn-e jahaaN¹ meN raqs kunaaN² haiN tabaahiyaaN³
aaqa⁴-e hast o bood⁵ ki san’at-gari⁶ ki Khair

1.yard/stage of the world 2.dancing 3.disasters 4.lord 5.existence/life 6.exercise of skills, machinations

Revolution is dancing on the world stage.  The machinations of the lords of the means of livelihood are doomed.
8
shole⁷ lapak rahe haiN jahannum⁸ ki goad se
baaGh-e jinaaN⁹ meN jalva¹⁰-e huur o pari¹¹ ki Khair

7.flames 8.hell 9.garden of paradise 10.face/beauty 11.hooris and fairies

Flames are leaping from the lap of hell (to consume outmoded concepts).  The garden of paradise and the fallacies of hooris are doomed.
9
insaan ulaT raha hai ruKh-e-zeest¹ se naqaab²
mazhab ke-ehtemaam³-e fusuuN-parvari⁴ ki Khair

1.face of life 2.veil 3. arrangement 4.magic, deception

Humanity is unveiling the secrets of life.  The deception/illusion of organized religion is doomed.
10
ilhaad⁵ kar raha hai murattib⁶ jahaan-e nau⁷
dair o haram⁸ ke heela⁹-e Ghaarat-gari¹⁰ ki Khair

5.atheism 6.making ready, building 7.new world 8.temple and mosque 9.deceptive-excuse 10.looting, spreading destruction, exploitation

Atheism is building a new world order.  The hoodwinking by mosque and temple for the sake of-exploitation is doomed.