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# Subject: Sahir and Majrooh, the poets - Part 4
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# Posted by: tewary@boulder.nist.gov (Dr. Vinod Tewary)
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		     Sahir and Majrooh-The Poets
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			   Dr. Vinod Tewary
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Coming back to "parchaiyaan", see how Sahir would deal  with  the
war mongers. He would not kill the killer. He would simply mobil-
ize the people, and ask the killers to stop, a  clearly  Gandhian
approach to attain the "sapnon kaa Bharat":

	 "Chalo ki aaj sabhee paayamaal roohon se
	 kahen ki apne har-ek zakhm ko zabaan kar lein.
	 Hamaara raaz hamaara naheen, sabhee kaa hai,
	 chalo ki saare zamaane ko raazdan kar lein.

(paayamaal- those who have been trounced; zabaan kar  lein:  make
them vocal"

	 chalo ki chal ke siyaasi mukaamiron se kahein
	 ki hamko jango-jadal ke chalan se nafrat hai"

(Meaning: come, let us tell the politicians that we hate the sys-
tem of wars"

	 "utho ki aaj har-ek jango-joo se yeh kah dein
	 ki hamko kaam kee khaatir kalon kee haajat hai
	 hamein kisee kee zameen chheenanae ka shauk naheen
	 hamein to apnee zamee par halon kee haajat hai."

(jangoo-joo:war  mongers;  kalon:   machines;   halon:   ploughs;
haajat-need)

My final quote from "parchhaiyaan"

	 "yeh sarzameen hai, Gautam kee aur Nanak  kee,
	 is arz-e-paak pe vahshee na chal sakenge kabhie
	 hamaara khoon amaanat hai nasl-e-nau  ke  liye
	 hamaare khoon pe lashkar na pal sakenge kabhie..."
	
 (vahshee: beasts; nasl-e-nau: new generation; lashkar: army).

Another beautiful poem which conveys Sahir's bitterness and anger
at the wrong social values, and his faith in the inevitability of
the revolution is

	 "Aap be-wazah pareshaan see kyon hain madam
	 log kahte hain to phir theek hee kahte honge,
	 Mere ahbaab ne tahzeeb na seekhee hogee
	 mere mahol mein insaan na rahte honge....."

At the moment I will resist the temptation of quoting  the  whole
poem.  If you can get Sahir's book, read the real thing. However,
I will quote one more stanza :

	 "Neik madam, bahut jald woh daur aayega
	 jab hamein zeest ke adwaar parakhne honge
	 apnee zillat kee qasam, aapkee azmat kee qasam
	 hamko tayeem ke maiyar parakhne honge."

(zeest ke adwaar: values of life; tayeem ke maiyaar: standards of
social protocol)

Now some non-political poems. Here is one (I am not sure  whether
it has come in films):

 "Chaand maddham hai, aasman chup hai, neend kee god mein jahaan chup hai
 door vaadee pe doodhiya baadal, jhuk ke parvat  ko  pyaar  karte hain
 dil mein naakaam hasratein lekar, ham tera intezaar karte hain"

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