HALI:
"JUSTICE FOR THE SILENT" (1905) |
STANZA EIGHT |
aa;Thvaa;N
band |
| *back to Stanza 7* | |
1a) the occasion for your receiving of your
rights has, after a long time, come |
naubat
tumhaarii ;haq-rasii kii ba((d-e muddat aa))ii hai |
| 2a) although your supporters have to face difficulties, 2b) still, for every single difficulty in the world, there's always been a solution |
go
hai tumhaarii ;haamiyo;N ko mushkilo;N kaa saamnaa par ;hal har ik mushkil yuu;Nhii;N dunyaa me;N hotii aa))ii hai |
| 3a) stumbling-blocks always hinder the moving
chariot of truth 3b) but when truth herself has conquered, she has conquered in the long run |
a;Tke
hai;N ro;Re chaltii gaa;Rii me;N sachaa))ii kii sadaa par fat:h jab paa))ii sachaa))ii hii ne aa;xir paa))ii hai |
[*urdu
10*] Address
to supporters of the education of women |
;xi:taab
bah ;haamiyaan-e ta((liim-e nisvaan |
| 4a) oh tongues of the tongueless! arms of the
helpless! 4b) the great event of women's education that has come before you-- |
ai
be-zabaano;N kii zabaano ! be-baso;N ke bazuu))o ! ta((liim-e nisvaa;N kii muhim jo tum ko ab pesh aa))ii hai |
| 5a) when this way-station has confronted communities
before you 5b) firmness has caused their chariot to arrive at the destination |
yih
mar;halah aayaa hai pahle tum se jin qaumo;N ko pesh manzil pah ga;Rii un kii istiqlaal ne pahu;Nchaa))ii hai |
| 6a) in a mustard-seed is a mountain, if in
the heart resolve is not steadfast 6b) but when the will has been fixed, then even if there would be a mountain, it's a mustard-seed |
hai
raa))ii me;N parbat agar dil me;N nahii;N ((azam durust par ;Thaan lii jab jii me;N phir parbat bhii ho to raa))ii hai |
7a) is it a small victory, that truth itself
is at your back? |
yih
jiit kyaa kam hai kih ;xvud ;haq hai tumhaarii pusht par jo ;haq pah mu;Nh aayaa hai aa;xir us ne mu;Nh kii khaa))ii hai |
| 8a) those who are partisans ['side-takers']
of the truth-- enough said; their boats have made the crossing 8b) from the direction ['side'] of Bhopal, this voice of a guardian angel has come |
jo
;haq ke jaanib-daar hai;N bas un ke be;Re paar hai;N bhopaal kii jaanib se yih haatif kii aavaaz aa))ii hai |
| 9a) this great event that
confronts us, in it is hidden the hand of the Unseen 9b) the sign of the support of Truth, is the help of Sultan Jahan [the Begam of Bhopal] |
hai
jo muhim dar-pesh dast-e ;Gaib hai us me;N nihaa;N taa))iid ;haq kaa hai nishaa;N imdaad-e sul:taan-e jahaa;N |
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