This leprous brightness, this dawn which reeks of night This is not the one- the long awaited morn This is not the shining light which beckoned Beckoned men ever onwards, to go on Seekin

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Kunapipi Volume 19 Issue 3 Article 4 1997 THE DAWN OF FREEDOM (PAKISTAN 1947) TRANSLATED FROM URDU BY SHOAIB HASHMI Faiz Ahmed Faiz Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi  Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Faiz, Faiz Ahmed, THE DAWN OF FREEDOM (PAKISTAN 1947) TRANSLATED FROM URDU BY SHOAIB HASHMI, Kunapipi, 19(3), 1997. Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol19/iss3/4 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: research-pubs@uow.edu.au THE DAWN OF FREEDOM (PAKISTAN 1947) TRANSLATED FROM URDU BY SHOAIB HASHMI Abstract This leprous brightness, this dawn which reeks of night This is not the one- the long awaited morn This is not the shining light which beckoned Beckoned men ever onwards, to go on Seeking This journal article is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol19/iss3/4 The Dawn of Freedom ---------------------------------------------Faiz Ahmed Faiz THE DAWN OF FREEDOM (PAKISTAN 1947) TRANSLATED FROM URDU BY 51 IOAIB HASHMJ This leprous brightness, this dawn which reeks of night This is not the one- the long awaited morn This is not the shming light which beckoned Beckoned men ever onwards, to go on Seeking The final starry destination in the heavens The final edge where ends the endless night The final rest for the anguished heart When first we set out, urged on by young blood What temptations were there by the wayside From the restless abode of love and beauty The beckoning gestures of hands, the call of young bodies And above all else, the call of beauteous dawn The call of beauty, shining like a light A dull tired pain vying with a hidden need They say there has already been the separation of darkness and light And that the journey has already come to an end They say the system of the world is changed And that ~eparation is no more, and togetherness is all And the heart still aches, and the eye still seeks and will not be still And this togetherness, it will not suffice Dawn's maiden, it seems, has been and gone And the lover waiting by the wayside knew not her coming, nor her going And the dark weight of night is not lifted yet And the heart and the eye have not found their rest Let us press on for the culmination is not yet. 

THE DAWN OF FREEDOM (PAKISTAN 1947) TRANSLATED FROM URDU BY SHOAIB HASHMI

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