Faraz Speaks for Swat
The people of Swat and the legend that is Ahmed Faraz are never far from my thoughts. After the death and destruction engineered by the maniac Mullah, hope hangs in the air and at the mercy of the gun-toting goons of Fazlullah.
The words of the great Ahmed Faraz in his nazm‘ Mat Qatl Karo Awaazon Ko’ can be interpreted as the voice of the brave Swati people.
Mat Qatl Karo Awaazon Ko
Tum apne aqeedon ke nezey
Har dil main utare jaate ho
Hum log mohabbat waale hain
Tum khanjar kyon lehraate ho?
Is shehar main naghme behne do
Basti main humen bhi rehne do
Hum palanhaar hain phoolon key
Hum khusboo ke rakhvale hain
Tum kis ka lahoo peene aaye
Hum pyaar sikhaana vaale hain
Is shehar main phir kya dekho gay
Jab harf yahaan mar jaaye ga
Jab tegh pe ley kat jaaye gi
Jab shair safar kar jaaye ga
Jab qatl hua sur saazon ka
Jab kaal pada awaazon ka
Jab shehar kandar ban jaaye ga
Phir kis par sang utaao gay
Apne chehrey aaino main
Jab dekho gay darr jao gay
- WRITTEN UNDER MARTIAL LAW (My thanks to cowards Tariq Pervez. Sabihuddin, Sardar Raza & Co for selling out)
