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Hum Dekhenge (Template:Lang-ur - In english We shall see) is a popular Urdu nazm, written by the Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.[1] Originally written as Va Yabqá Vajhu Rabbika (And the countenance of your Lord will outlast all),[2] it was included in the seventh poetry book of Faiz -- Mere Dil Mere Musafir.
Background
The nazm was composed as a medium of protest against Zia Ul Haq's oppressive regime.[3] It gained a rapid cult-following as a leftist[4][5] song of resistance and defiance,[6] after a public rendition by Iqbal Bano at Alhamra Arts Council[7][8] on 13 February 1986,[9] ignoring the ban on Faiz's poetry.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Themes
The poem employs the metaphor of traditional Islamic imagery to subvert and challenge Zia's fundamentalist interpretation of them; Qayamat, the Day of Reckoning is transformed into the Day of Revolution, wherein Zia's military government will be ousted by the people and democracy will be re-installed.[14][16]
In popular culture
It was recreated in Coke Studio Season 11 on 22 July 2018, under the aegis of Zohaib Kazi and Ali Hamza.[17]Template:Efn-ua The poem gained importance in protests against Pervez Musharraf in the early 2000s.[18] The poem has been quoted and sung widely across a variety of protests in South Asia.[19][20]
Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India
During the Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India,[21] a temporary faculty member of IIT Kanpur took issue with Hum Dekhenge being sung by protesting students in the campus, and alleged it to be "anti-Hindu".[22]Template:Efn-ua The IIT instituted a commission to look into the issue.[23] The student media body rejected the charges as being misinformed and communal, which divorced the poem from its societal context.[24][25]
Notes and references
Notes
References
- ↑ Faiz poetry strikes chord in Delhi(2 January 2012).
- ↑ 'My Heart, My Fellow Traveller': Fantasy, Futurity and the Itineraries of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies({Template:Date).
- ↑ On the Abyss: Pakistan After the Coup{{#if:Ali|, Ali}. HarperCollins Publishers India(2000). ISBN 978-81-7223-389-1
- ↑ Opinion | The Dictator and His Death Sentence. The New York Times(2019-12-19). Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ↑ Performing Resistance with Maya Rao: Trauma and Protest in India. Contemporary Theatre Review({Template:Date).
- ↑ Banned: a Rough Guide. Index on Censorship({Template:Date).
- ↑ Husn-e-Ghazal. The Hindu(12 March 2005).
- ↑ Iqbal Bano ghazal personified Dawn (newspaper), published 22 April 2009, Retrieved 21 June 2018
- ↑ Modi's India unhappy with protesters singing Faiz's Hum Dekhenge. Zia's Pakistan was too. ThePrint(2020-01-02). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ Iqbal Bano - Renowned Pakistani singer of Urdu ghazals(10 May 2009)., Retrieved 21 June 2018
- ↑ Pakistani singer Iqbal Bano dies. BBC News(22 April 2009).
- ↑ Pakistani popular music: A call to reform in the public sphere. South Asian Popular Culture({Template:Date).
- ↑ [{{{url}}} Archiving the nation-state in feminist praxis: a South Asian perspective](2008).
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Listening to Faiz is a subversive act. Himal Southasian({Template:Date).
- ↑ When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra. Medium(2019-09-04). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ The story of Faiz's Hum Dekhenge — from Pakistan to India, over 40 years. The Indian Express(2019-12-27). Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- ↑ Coke Studio 11 announces itself with 'Hum Dekhenge'. The News International(24 July 2018).
- ↑ Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Pakistan's symbol of revolution is today a universal symbol of peace, democracy, Khalid, Haroon. Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
- ↑ If mullahs usurp anti-imperialism should the secular fight be given up?. DAWN.COM(2008-12-15). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ↑ DAWN - Features; November 22, 2007. DAWN.COM(2007-11-22). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ↑ How these poems have defined anti-CAA protests. The Week. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ↑ Who's afraid of a song?. The Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ↑ IIT Kanpur panel to decide if Faiz poem is anti-Hindu. Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ IIT Kanpur students respond to professor who accused them of chanting anti-India slogans.
- ↑ Don't communalise the peaceful gathering at IIT Kanpur. Vox Populi(21 December 2019).
External links
- For a translation and more on the IIT protest: Calling Faiz's Hum Dekhenge 'Anti-Hindu' Is Both Laughable and Insulting. The Wire.