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Here’s today’s nazm:

dabegi kab talak aawaaz-e-aadam, ham bhi dekheiNge
rukeiNge kab talak jazbaat-e-barham, ham bhi dekheiNge
chalo yuuN hi sahii ye jaur-e-paiham, ham bhi dekheiNge

dar-e-zindaaN se dekheiN ya urooj-e-daar se dekheiN
tumheiN ruswaa sar-e-baazaar-e-aalam ham bhi dekheiNge
zaraa dam lo ma’aal-e-shaukat-e-jam ham bhi dekheiNge

ba-zom-e-quwwat-e-faulaad-o-aahan dekh lo tum bhii
ba-faiz-e-jazbaa-e-iimaan-e-mohkam ham bhi dekheiNge
jabeen-e-kaj-kulaahii Khaak par Kham ham bhi dekheiNge

mukaafaat-e-amal taareeKh-e-insaaN kii rawaayat hai
karoge kab talak naawak faraaham ham bhi dekheiNge
kahaaN tak hai tumhaare zulm meiN dam ham bhi dekheiNge

ye hangaam-e-widaa-e-shab hai aie zulmat ke farzando
sahar ke dosh par gulnaar parcham ham bhi dekheiNge
tumheiN bhi dekhna hoga ye aalam ham bhi dekheiNge

Glossary

aawaaz-e-aadam = man’s voice
jazbaat-e-barham = anxious emotions
jaur-e-paiham = continuous atrocities
dar-e-zindaaN = from prison’s door
urooj-e-daar = from the gallows
ruswaa = insult
sar-e-baazaar-e-aalam = in the middle of world’s market
ma’aal-e-shaukat-e-jam = Jam’s might and end (Jam here could indicate intolerable, king)
ba-zom-e-quwwat-e-faulaad-o-aahan = the might of iron
ba-faiz-e-jazba-e-iimaan-e-mohkam = the grace of strong will and faith
jabeen-e-kaj-kulaahi = the head (forehead) of kings
Khaak par Kham = bowed down
mukaafaat-e-amal = compensation of action (retribution to action)
taareeKh-e-insaaN = mankind’s history
rawaayat = the way, tradition
naawak = arrows
faraaham = gather
hangaam-e-vidaa-e-shab = the time to say goodbye to the night
zulmat = darkness
farzando = sons
sahar ke dosh par = on dawn’s shoulders
gulnaar parcham = red flag
aalam = time