Comments on: Prison Lyrics http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:35:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: elizabeth http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-72910 elizabeth Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:00:18 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-72910 only belatedly am I thanking you for the Genoways link, and for sending me back to 'The Silent Ones'--to be reread today, especially. only belatedly am I thanking you for the Genoways link, and for sending me back to ‘The Silent Ones’–to be reread today, especially.

]]> By: sepoy http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-72173 sepoy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:25:01 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-72173 szerelem: thanks! szerelem: thanks!

]]> By: Szerelem http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-72156 Szerelem Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:51:38 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-72156 Sepoy, I always enjoy your Faiz translations - thank you for this one. Sepoy, I always enjoy your Faiz translations - thank you for this one.

]]> By: rd http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-71417 rd Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:59:07 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/prison_lyrics.html#comment-71417 Mataa-e lauh-o qalam chhin gayi to kya gham hai Ke khoon-e dil meiñ duboli hai ungliyaañ maiñ ne Zabaañ pe mohr lagi hai to kya, ke rakh di hai Har ek halqa-e zanjeer meiñ zabaañ maiñ ne Why grieve if paper and pen have been snatched away For I have dipped my fingers in the blood of my heart So what if my own speech has been fettered; I have placed A tongue in the mouth of every link of the chain that binds me – Faiz Ahmad Faiz Hai dasht ab bhi dasht, magar khoon-e pa se Faiz Seraab chand khaar-e mugheelaañ hue to haiñ The desolate desert we walked through still remains desolate, Faiz But at least the thirst of some of its thorns has been quenched by the blood of our feet – Faiz Ahmed Faiz Mataa-e lauh-o qalam chhin gayi to kya gham hai
Ke khoon-e dil meiñ duboli hai ungliyaañ maiñ ne
Zabaañ pe mohr lagi hai to kya, ke rakh di hai
Har ek halqa-e zanjeer meiñ zabaañ maiñ ne

Why grieve if paper and pen have been snatched away
For I have dipped my fingers in the blood of my heart
So what if my own speech has been fettered; I have placed
A tongue in the mouth of every link of the chain that binds me
– Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Hai dasht ab bhi dasht, magar khoon-e pa se Faiz
Seraab chand khaar-e mugheelaañ hue to haiñ

The desolate desert we walked through still remains desolate, Faiz
But at least the thirst of some of its thorns has been quenched by the blood of our feet
– Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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