Faiz Ahmed Faiz poems
Faiz Ahmed Faiz(13 February 1911 - 20 November 1984 / Sialkot / British India)
Speak
- by Faiz Ahmed Faiz 36
Speak, your lips are free.Speak, it is your own tongue.
Speak, it is your own body.
Speak, your life is still yours.
See how in the blacksmith's shop
The flame burns wild, the iron glows red;
The locks open their jaws,
And every chain begins to break.
Speak, this brief hour is long enough
Before the death of body and tongue:
Speak, 'cause the truth is not dead yet,
Speak, speak, whatever you must speak.
Translated by Azfar Hussain
Posted By Muhammad Atif Ch.
Stanza
- by Faiz Ahmed Faiz 36
If they snatch my ink and pen,I should not complain,
For I have dipped my fingers
In the blood of my heart.
I should not complain
Even if they seal my tongue,
For every ring of my chain
Is a tongue ready to speak.