HALI:
"JUSTICE FOR THE SILENT" (1905) |
STANZA FIVE |
pa;Nchvaa;N
band |
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1a) [*urdu 6*]
alas, in the world you've experienced much cruelty and oppression |
afsos
dunyaa me;N bahut tum par hu))e jaur-o-jafaa |
| 2a) often communities have girded up their
loins to murder you 2b) so that they themselves would erase you entirely from the tablet of existence |
ak;sar
tumhaare qatl par qaumo;N ne baa;Ndhii hai kamar de;N taa kih tum ko yak qalam ;xvud lau;h-e hastii se mi;Taa |
| 3a) for ages you were buried alive in the dust 3b) you had no helper or supporter except for the Lord Himself |
gaa;Rii
ga))ii;N tum muddato;N mi;T;Tii me;N jiitii jaagtii ;haamii tumhaaraa thaa nah yaavar ko))ii juz ;zaat-e ;xudaa |
| 4a) you have always kept burning alive, with
dead husbands 4b) and the world calmly kept watching this spectacle |
zindah
sadaa jaltii rahii;N tum murdah ;xaavindo;N ke saath aur chain se ((aalam rahaa yih sab tamaashe dekhtaa |
| 5a) you were married at a time when you were
not aware of marriage 5b) a lifelong vow was bound with half-spun thread |
byaahii
ga))ii;N us vaqt tum jab byaah se vaaqif nah thii;N jo ((umr bhar ka ((ahd thaa vuh kachche taage se ba;Ndhaa |
| 6a) mother and father married you off, oh tongueless
ones! in such a way 6b) the way people punish a criminal for some cause |
byaahaa
tumhe;N maa;N baap ne ai be-zabaano ! is :tara;h jaise kisii taf.siir par mujrim ko dete hai;N sazaa |
7a) as long as your married state remained,
your life passed between hope and fear |
guzrii
umiid-o-biim me;N jab tak rahaa baaqii suhaag bevah hu))ii;N to ((umr bhar phir chain qismat me;N nah thaa |
| 8a) you kept taking tougher than tough examinations;
but the gossips, 8b) [*urdu 7*] if you kept faith till death, still called you faithless |
tum
sa;xt se sa;xt imti;haa;N detii rahii;N paz-raa))igaa;N kii tum ne jaane;N tak fidaa kahlaa))ii;N lekin bevafaa |
| 9a) although you received
no reward for your endurance here 9b) but you've done here that task that wouldn't be do-able by an angel |
go
.sabr kaa apne nah kuchh tum ko milaa in((aam yaa;N par jo firishtah se nah ho vuh kar ga))ii;N tum kaam yaa;N |
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