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Recitation
کون گھیرے ہوئے ہے فلسطین کو ۔ حبیب جالبؔ
۱
اے جہاں دیکھ لے کب سے بے گھر ہیں ہم
اب نکل آئے ہیں لے کے اپنا علم
۲
یہ محلّات یہ اونچے اونچے مکاں
ان کی بنیاد میں ہے ہمارا لہو
کل جو مہمان تھے گھر کے مالک بنے
شاہ بھی ہے عدو شیخ بھی ہے عدو
۳
کب تلک ہم سہیں غاصبوں کے ستم
اے جہاں دیکھ لے کب سے بے گھر ہیں ہم
اب نکل آئے ہیں لے کے اپنا علم
۴
اتنا سادہ نہ بن تجھ کو معلوم ہے
کون گھیرے ہوئے ہے فلسطین کو
آج کُھل کے یہ نعرہ لگا اے جہاں
قاتلو رہزنو یہ زمیں چھوڑ دو
۵
ہم کو لڑنا ہے جب تک کہ دم میں ہے دم
اے جہاں دیکھ لے کب سے بے گھر ہیں ہم
اب نکل آئے ہیں لے کے اپنا علم
कौन घेरे हुए है फ़िलिस्तीन को – हबीब जालिब
१
अए जहां देख ले कब से बे-घर हैं हम
अब निकल आए हैं ले के अपना अलम
२
ये महलात ये ऊंचे ऊंचे मकां
इन की बुनियाद में है हमारा लहू
कल जो मेहमान थे घर के मालिक बने
शाह भी है अदू, शैख़ भी है अदू
३
कब तलक हम सहें ग़सिबौं के सितम
अए जहां देख ले कब से बे-घर हैं हम
अब निकल आए हैं ले के अपना अलम
४
इतना सादा न बन तुझ को मालुम है
कौन घेरे हुए है फ़िलिस्तीन को
आज खुल के ये ना’रा लगा अए जहां
क़ातिलो, रहज़नो, ये ज़मीं छोढ दो
५
हम को लढना है जब तक के दम में है दम
अए जहां देख ले कब से बे-घर हैं हम
अब निकल आए हैं ले के अपना अलम
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. habib jaalib (1929-1993), people’s poet. Wrote and spoke/recited fearlessly against dictatorship, inequality and injustice in simple straightforward language. Though composed several years ago, I found this particularly relevant for Ghazzaa today.
1
aye jahaaN1 dekh le kab se be-ghar2 haiN ham
ab nikal aa’e haN le ke apna alam3 1.world 2.homeless 3.banner
O world, see how long we have been homeless. We have come out now carrying our banner.
2
yeh mahalaat1 yeh ooNchay ooNchay makaaN
inn ki buniyaad2 meN hai hamaara lahuu3
kal jo mehmaan4 thay ghar kay maalik banay
shaah bhi hai adu5, shaiKh bhi hai adu 1.palaces 2.foundation 3.blood 4.guests 5.opposed, enemy
These palaces, these tall buildings; their foundation is soaked in our blood. Those who were our guests yesterday, have taken over our home. The shaah and shaiKh are both opposed to us.
3
kab talak ham saheN1 GhaasiboN2 ke sitam3
aye jahaaN4 dekh le kab se be-ghar5 haiN ham
ab nikal aa’e haN le ke apna alam6 1.bear, tolerate 2.invaders, intruders 3.oppression 4.world 5.homeless 6.banner
How long can we bear the oppression of the invaders/usurpers. O world, see how long we have been homeless. We have come out now carrying our banner.
4
itna saadah1 nah bann tujh ko maa’loom2 hai
kaun gheray3 huay hai filistiin ko
aaj khul ke yeh naa’ra4 lagaa aye jahaaN5
qaatilo6, rahzano7, yeh zamiiN chhoR do 1.simpleton 2.know 3.surrounding, occupy 4.slogan, call 5.world 6.killers 7.robbers
Don’t be such a simpleton, you know, who is occupying Palestine. O world, give an open call today – O killers and robbers, leave this land.
5
ham ko laRna hai jab tak keh dam1 meN hai dam
aye jahaaN2 dekh le kab se be-ghar3 haiN ham
ab nikal aa’e haN le ke apna alam4 1.breath, life 2.world 3.homeless 4.banner
We have to fight/struggle as long as we live. O world, see how long we have been homeless. We have come out now carrying our banner.
habib jaalib (1929-1993), people’s poet. Wrote and spoke/recited fearlessly against dictatorship, inequality and injustice in simple straightforward language. Though composed several years ago, I found this particularly relevant for Ghazzaa today.
1
aye jahaaN1 dekh le kab se be-ghar2 haiN ham
ab nikal aa’e haN le ke apna alam3
1.world 2.homeless 3.banner
O world, see how long we have been homeless. We have come out now carrying our banner.
2
yeh mahalaat1 yeh ooNchay ooNchay makaaN
inn ki buniyaad2 meN hai hamaara lahuu3
kal jo mehmaan4 thay ghar kay maalik banay
shaah bhi hai adu5, shaiKh bhi hai adu
1.palaces 2.foundation 3.blood 4.guests 5.opposed, enemy
These palaces, these tall buildings; their foundation is soaked in our blood. Those who were our guests yesterday, have taken over our home. The shaah and shaiKh are both opposed to us.
3
kab talak ham saheN1 GhaasiboN2 ke sitam3
aye jahaaN4 dekh le kab se be-ghar5 haiN ham
ab nikal aa’e haN le ke apna alam6
1.bear, tolerate 2.invaders, intruders 3.oppression 4.world 5.homeless 6.banner
How long can we bear the oppression of the invaders/usurpers. O world, see how long we have been homeless. We have come out now carrying our banner.
4
itna saadah1 nah bann tujh ko maa’loom2 hai
kaun gheray3 huay hai filistiin ko
aaj khul ke yeh naa’ra4 lagaa aye jahaaN5
qaatilo6, rahzano7, yeh zamiiN chhoR do
1.simpleton 2.know 3.surrounding, occupy 4.slogan, call 5.world 6.killers 7.robbers
Don’t be such a simpleton, you know, who is occupying Palestine. O world, give an open call today – O killers and robbers, leave this land.
5
ham ko laRna hai jab tak keh dam1 meN hai dam
aye jahaaN2 dekh le kab se be-ghar3 haiN ham
ab nikal aa’e haN le ke apna alam4
1.breath, life 2.world 3.homeless 4.banner
We have to fight/struggle as long as we live. O world, see how long we have been homeless. We have come out now carrying our banner.
