{"id":870,"date":"2011-01-22T17:43:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T21:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=870"},"modified":"2011-05-25T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T20:34:07","slug":"soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Soldier…"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my translation, with help from friends, of another poem by Makhdoom Mohiuddin<\/a>. As always, the translation is still a work in progress — so if you know Urdu and English, and have suggestions, let me know through the comments (same goes for transliteration).<\/p>\n

The poem itself was collected in his 1944 anthology, Surkh Sawera, or Red Dawn<\/em>. It was written to protest Indian troops fighting for Britain in the “imperialist phase” (samraaji daur<\/em>) of the second world war.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

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sipahi
\nmakhdoom mohiuddin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

jaane waale sipahi se poochho
\nvoh kahaaN jaa raha hai
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

kaun dukhiya hai jo gaa rahi hai
\nbhooke bachchoN ko behla rahi hai<\/em>
\nlaash jalne ki boo aa rahi hai
\nzindagi hai ki chilla rahi hai
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

jaane waale sipahi se poochho
\nvoh kahaaN jaa raha hai
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

kitne sehme hue haiN nazaare
\nkaisa Dar Dar ke chalte haiN taare
\nkya jawaani ka KhooN ho raha hai
\nsurKh haiN aaNchaloN ke kinare
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

jaane waale sipahi se poochho
\nvoh kahaaN jaa raha hai
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

gir raha hai siyahi ka Dera<\/em>
\nho raha hai meri jaaN savera
\no vatan choRh kar jaane waale
\nkhul gaya inquilaabi farera<\/em><\/p>\n

jaane waale sipahi se poochho
\nvoh kahaaN jaa raha hai
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Soldier
\nMakhdoom Mohiuddin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ask the departing soldier
\nWhere he is going<\/p>\n

Who is the sad woman singing
\nConsoling hungry children
\nIt smells of burning bodies
\nIt is life that screams out<\/div>\n

Ask the departing soldier
\nWhere he is going<\/p>\n

The vistas themselves are afraid
\nHow frightened the stars proceed
\nSuch murder of youth
\nRed are the hems of veils<\/p>\n

Ask the departing soldier
\nWhere he is going<\/p>\n

The tent of darkness is falling
\nMy dear, the dawn is coming
\nO you who have left the nation!
\nThe revolutionary flag is unfurled<\/p>\n

Ask the departing soldier
\nWhere he is going<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The song was adapted for a Hindi film, in which the last verse is missing. A new verse begins the song:<\/p>\n

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Jagjit Singh also composed a version, for Ali Sardar Jafri’s documentary-series on Urdu poets. It is picturized on Irrfan Khan (2:51-6:04):<\/p>\n

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This is my translation, with help from friends, of another poem by Makhdoom Mohiuddin. As always, the translation is still a work in progress — so if you know Urdu and English, and have suggestions, let me know through the comments (same goes for transliteration). The poem itself was collected in his 1944 anthology, Surkh […]<\/p>\n

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