four times for: i “the Soviet Union in 1962. Despite being repeatedly accused of asnel : Faiz's poetry sugpested a more nuan ed icular. He was, in fae ‘political and military establishment, relationship with religion in general and with Islam in parti greatly inspired by-bothsecularpoetry-and-South-Asia's ult ghazal Hum Dekhenge is an example of how he fused these interests. Faiz was controversially named and linked by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan's government for hatching the conspiracy (Rawalpindi conspiracy, case) against Liaquat Ali Khan’s government, along witha left-wing military sponsor Major- General Akbar Khan. Having been arrested by Military police, Faiz among others received a maximum sentence by JAG branch, although his sentence was commited: after the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951. He remained extremely influential in Pakistan and his work continues to influence — the country’s literature and arts. faiz was publicly honored by the Pakistan Government after his literary work was publicly endorsed and posthumously honored him with nation’s highest civil award, Nishan-e-Imeiaz, in 1990, Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize, the Soviet Union's equivalent to the Nobel Prize in 1963. Faiz's works: o Nagsh-e-faryadi o Dast-e-Saba - - o Zindan Nama 9 Mizan,a collection of literary articles Daste-Tahe-Sang ‘Sar-e-Wadiye Seena < Sham-e-Shehr Yaran Merey Dil Merey Musafar 0 Nuskha-Hai-Wafa : - Pakistani Culture (Urdu and English) e000Do not strike the chord of sorrow tonight! Days burning with pain turn to ashes. ‘Who knows what happens tomorrow? ‘ Last night is lost; tomorrow's frontier wiped out: i Who knows if there will be another-dawn? Life is nothing, it’s only tonight! Tonight we can be what the gods are! Do not strike the chord of sorrow, tonight! Do not repeat stories of sufferings now, Do not complain, let your fate play its role, Do not think of tomorrows, give a damn- Shed no tears for seasons gone by, Allsighs and cries wind up their tales, Oh, donot strike the same chord again!ian poet who Was awarded With thé Jeni peaice prize. by the former Tst Ast 53. He Was also nominated for the noble: auty Of life, his y; his-patriotisiy inthe country. The passion fpr enjoying the: f the world, his:Jove df humani 10 love of self and the agony i ir evalution; his sense of Justice. are‘all metaphors of the agony of love! That agony of love which is the soul of his imagination and feeling, Gn aecount of whichhe illuminates the beauty of Bothy worlds with the desolation of his heart, At the ceremony held in grand Kremlin hall in Moscow, Faiz teceived the'award with sage full oF Russian attendees, Faiz thanked the Russian government for conferring the hovour,. and delivered the acceptance Speech atthe ccremony, which appearsias a bret” preface to his. collection Dast-i-tah-i-Sany (E fand under the rock) 19a peeat piece of humanist literature, as Oily sebing. itis also struggle and in this struggle, one’s: he delivered: Sahib has:said that poetry is participation according to’one’s ability is not only 4 demand of life, il is also.a demand of ant. Far Faié.was one the greatest urdu poets, He- gave a new dimension to Urdu postry by introducing. it He wrote on various subjects. Most of his postry:1s 3 One Of the masterpieces of Urdu poetry. His love poems new: phrases and innovative tenn aitobiographical. His poemee rail rms, with their ts Hushes, syesremeained fixed on drat b ; Dees hor a tan a I of indiispatent Night Our dilead wary young — what could hald ws back? Now listen to the Habrible 9 ray He Light hos forever been severéd fram the Bark, Rene” in feei, iris heard. are now ane wih their goal. See or leaders polish their natinneg tec af our suffering: e Indeed. we must contes-oM only tobi monet sane wwe prust surrender-any wll iddennee jor nthe Beloved — all yearning outlawed. ier, hear But the heart, the eve, He yet deep Snil ablaze for the Beloved, their turmoil hin ets sis grate for news; Fivthe famtern by the raad the flam ver came? Where has it gone? Bid the morning breeze € Night weighs us dawn IS still weighs us down Priends,.come away fre this false light Come. we mist ceareh for the pramixed Dawn lence, with a sense of melancholy dence that was sought after. sweet nature of the triumph it s of this journey resisted the mi clouds cleared then Theme of the Poem The poet writes this wer about the fruits of labour, The poem begins ona dark note with disillusionment, the bitters goes on to describe the'single mindedness with which the voyage and when dawn finally appeared. when the ston kon the eve of Indian independ he verifies that this is not the indepen temptations of fancy.al gion in general anid with Islam in partieular. He wrote to ne sep the country. Due'to this reason, he was sentenced by a short period of time. His writing style was influenced by Ghalib in diction ee is simple nue che mel ion. peer “Freedom's Dawn, August 1947, captures the decietion of independence and partition: ‘Nt iga lyrical rendition that represenis the aesthetic mood ef an unrequited love and shies “ away from the violence and dehumanisation of partition. Crucially the journey w freedom remains unfinished. i In the poem “Freedonr’s: Dawn”, there is asense of tragedy. Faiz wrote this poem in August 1947 when Pakistan came into being. In the poem, there is an expression of tragedy and possibility of ordinary people caupht in the world wind of historical events such as refugee enisis, communalism, rape and horror of partition, The poet says that although this is the same dawn, we have. been waiting for a long time, We expected this moming of freedom be filled with brighmess, sense of security and victory but itis net so. The poet is hopeful of finding such a-dawn Dil kay aywaan main liye gulshada’shamon ki gatar Neor Khurshid saysehmay huay uktaty, huay Hlusan-e-mehboob kay Sayal-e-tasawar ki tarah Apni tariki ko bhenchay huay lapetay huay He resembles the hope of finding peaceful place to live with the hope of finding water in as desert is desert or finding the last group of star before rising sun. His-claiming of sky is worried for his country’s miserable. -canditio dejecting which shows that heP | the waris. over then why there inva ‘feeling of scanty, The: ights and brightness of freedom are stity dim. He-advises-his compevtions in the end, thacwar 1S ROL OVEr yet AL is just the change of phase. Our enemy, is changed ‘ow. Theeneny, now. is wer We-stillnced to'work harder and harder to re ch the destination of coming #9 tiles oF Islam breiking. He asks himself that jr fe More strong and what we dream fo Ayvmbslisi in Paiz’s Poem ‘Dawn of Freedom” Cust ofall Dawn Uitoni ah Old Engtish verh dagian to- become diy"), 16 he tine that marks the bevianing of the twilight before sinrise. Dawnmeans the first appear. oce of daylight in aplarato lives he morning. Asa svinbol. the dawn can have most of the meanings gencrally-associated vith light (e8.. enfightenment, vitality). More pacticularly the dawn is the emergence of a nen stage of life, anew understanding, ora new start, and the emergence frany darkness, zazida Sahar, Ye dagh dagh ujala: ye shi ye wo sahar-to nahin; Ri Wo intizar tha jis-k Ye vo sahar to nahin ji arzu lekar 4 Chale the yar ke mil-jaegi Kahin na kali; In the first stanza Faiz has drawn the picture of dawn. He has used the imagery swith the ts rs inthe sky”. From: this imagery he has conveyed) abate ORIN wwords “day break”. “desired ¢ : the cariching situation ef the Muslims of that day. He las 7 independence of Mustims af the sub-continent, The meaning become toan fina-ergham:e= s hopeful forthe day and the misery and struggle s community, mauj ke symbolized the struggle that is going on within Musli gham-e-dil. Inthe next iwo lines he has represented the tragedy of hu? whieh in English is something “exicted or passionable in nature” The the Muslims to get an independent state was fresh but on the other hand Faiz says that’ ‘Chale; yar to daman pe kitne hath pare” in English tépresents the hurdles as well as hindrances whieh stopped Muslims to achieve their purpase. Jawan lahicki pur-asrar Shanon se Chale ja yar to damian pe kiine hash pare; Inthe above two'lines of third stanza the poet depicied the thoughis of Muslims. [tis about what they thought while fighting fora separate nation: ‘They had a lot expectation with this demand for separate nation. He closed thie words which inspires soul to the poem, He has told us that how firm beli¢ve Muslim had in this demand they thought independent nation will bring 4 full stop to their tragedies. This paragraph has captured the temptation that was residing in Muslim's heart, This is about their faith, their hope and expectations Language Faiz’s Dawn of Freedom was writer in August 1947 on the 60th anniversary of India’s Independence and the eve of Bliagat Singh’s Birth Centenary i ere 60 years ago; lis;words.are-as hauntingly familiar, as evocative, as inspiring as the Then, its view of “this night-bitten dawn”. stained by the-communal bloodshed of partition, mocked.at the trumphalism of Nehru’s Tryst With Destiny. speech whichannounced that “India will awaketo life and freedom” His:tone-varies. from stanza to stanza for example in his first stanza pessimistic tone has been found a5 itteminds us of gloomy and dark situation .[n the second stanza deep and reflective tone has been found that analyze the content of the independent war. His third stanza is He has told us about the harsh realities but in the end he gives faith to Satirical and realistic. fustim that destiny is nof much far. In the last stanza the poet adopts harsh tone-and he seems to be in satirical mode. He declares that fancy has become thesreality butat has net “brought the fruit “that all the battles have been fought” but he stress: that the mainaim for ie ihe struggle was set on is yet unfulfilled. He symbolizes this independence as a “false nsider this andependence as areal independence and he forces that this:Conclusion in the worldwina a eee ea Tes TAT Song ry refugee crisis, communalism. ee ae pe elit Aimar The poet writes this seal ee a ae my ees ne : ‘on the eve of Indian. independence, with asense of Melancholy about the fruits of labour, he verifies that this isnot the independence that was: : f The'poem begins on ads ith dist i Se poem begins on a dark note with disillusionment, the bittersweet nature of the triumph, It foes on to describe the single mindedness with which the ‘voyages of this journey resist the temptations of fancy.. and when dawn finally appeared, when the storm clouds cleared then came a sense of clarity between the struggle and the goal. The poet then goes on to deseribe thal the comrades are changing, how in which gratification is sought more than angst, and fe pain of partition dogs nol weigh on their apparent disposition. The fine breeze of dawn has just passed by and the wayside lamp barely noticed, The gravity of night has not lightened, and the time for redemption has not yet arrived.so the poet urges his comrades and compatriots to keep walk for that destination is not in sight : night has not ended yet. The moment of liberation of hearts and minds: The darkness of the aaa - for we have not come To the end of our journey yer® The: Has'not come yet. Keep going : . Dawn of Freedom #5 a bitter lamentation of the false dawn of independence and the oe : . i igni ic justice. So. Faiz's poem of the ideals of the movement to gain freedom, dignity and economic ls te ‘pot oe ations, their hope, their Freedom Dawn also symbolizes Muslims faith, their expect - : determinations as We as their sufferings mn particular. el Et 3