Hum Dekhenge Explained

Hum Dekhenge
Author:Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Original Title:ویبقی و جہ ر بک
Original Title Lang:ur
Written:1979
First:1981
Lines:21
Language:Urdu

Hum Dekhenge (Urdu: {{nq|ہم دیکھیں گے - In english We shall see) is a popular Urdu nazm, written by the Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.[1] Originally written as Va Yabqá Vajhu Rabbika (And the countenance of your Lord will outlast all),[2] it was included in the seventh poetry book of Faiz -- Mere Dil Mere Musafir.

Background

The nazm was composed as a medium of protest against Zia Ul Haq's oppressive regime.[3] It gained a rapid cult-following as a leftist[4] [5] song of resistance and defiance,[6] after a public rendition by Iqbal Bano at Alhamra Arts Council[7] [8] on 13 February 1986,[9] ignoring the ban on Faiz's poetry.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Themes

Faiz employs the metaphor of traditional Islamic imagery to subvert and challenge Zia's fundamentalist interpretation of them; Qayamat, the Day of Reckoning is transformed into the Day of Revolution, wherein Zia's military government will be ousted by the people and democracy will be re-installed.[17]

In popular culture

Media

The song was recreated in Coke Studio Season 11 on 22 July 2018, under the aegis of Zohaib Kazi and Ali Hamza.[18] In the movie The Kashmir Files (2022), it was depicted as being sung by students of a left-leaning Indian university to as a song of protest [19]

Protests

The poem gained importance in protests against Pervez Musharraf in the early 2000s.[20] [21]

During the Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India,[22] faculty members of IIT Kanpur took issue with Hum Dekhenge being sung by protesting students in the campus, and alleged it to be "anti-Hindu".[23] The IIT instituted a commission to look into the issue.[24] The student media body rejected the charges as being misinformed and communal, which divorced the poem from its societal context.[25] [26] During the same period of early 2000s Madan Duklan, a prominent actor, director and poet in Garhwali language translated 'Hum Dekhenge' in Garhwali language. Encouraged and directed by Dr. Sunil Kainthola, local artists who were participating in a production orientation workshop for 'Mukhjatra' sang the Garhwali version of Hum Dekhenge in front of the Uttarakhand movement's martyrs monument in the court compound at Dehradun.

Notes and references

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: Faiz poetry strikes chord in Delhi. https://archive.today/20120911152854/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110102/jsp/nation/story_13381050.jsp. dead. 11 September 2012. 2 January 2012. The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Pheroze L.. Vincent.
  2. Kantor. Roanne. 2016-07-02. 'My Heart, My Fellow Traveller': Fantasy, Futurity and the Itineraries of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 39. 3. 608–625. 10.1080/00856401.2016.1189034. 148081857. 0085-6401.
  3. Book: Ali, Tariq. On the Abyss: Pakistan After the Coup. 2000. HarperCollins Publishers India. 978-81-7223-389-1. 198. en.
  4. News: Opinion The Dictator and His Death Sentence. Hanif. Mohammed. 2019-12-19. The New York Times. 2019-12-23. en-US. 0362-4331.
  5. Dutt. Bishnupriya. 2015-07-03. Performing Resistance with Maya Rao: Trauma and Protest in India. Contemporary Theatre Review. 25. 3. 372. 10.1080/10486801.2015.1049823. 192583044. 1048-6801.
  6. Korpe. Marie. Reitov. Ole. September 2010. Banned: a Rough Guide. Index on Censorship. en. 39. 3. 36. 10.1177/0306422010381043. 145443811. 0306-4220.
  7. News: Husn-e-Ghazal. https://web.archive.org/web/20160112075842/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/12/stories/2005031200770300.htm. dead. 12 January 2016. 12 March 2005. The Hindu. 21 June 2018.
  8. http://www.dawn.com/news/944800/iqbal-bano-ghazal-personified Iqbal Bano ghazal personified
  9. News: Hashmi . Ali Madeeh . When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra . 20 February 2023 . Medium.com . Medium.com . Naya Daur Media . Sep 4, 2019.
  10. News: Modi's India unhappy with protesters singing Faiz's Hum Dekhenge. Zia's Pakistan was too. Bamzai. Kaveree. 2020-01-02. ThePrint. en-US. 2020-01-02.
  11. News: Iqbal Bano - Renowned Pakistani singer of Urdu ghazals. 10 May 2009. The Guardian (UK)., Retrieved 21 June 2018
  12. News: Pakistani singer Iqbal Bano dies. Khan. M Ilyas. 22 April 2009. BBC News.
  13. Pirzadeh. Saba. Pirzada. Tehmina. 2019-05-04. Pakistani popular music: A call to reform in the public sphere. South Asian Popular Culture. 17. 2. 197. 10.1080/14746689.2018.1512702. 149998949. 1474-6689.
  14. News: Archiving the nation-state in feminist praxis: a South Asian perspective. Chakravarti. Uma. Uma Chakravarti. 2008. Centre for Women's Development Studies. 2451/34235.
  15. Raza. Gauhar. Gauhar Raza. January 2011. Listening to Faiz is a subversive act. Himal Southasian. 26 December 2019. 26 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226145115/https://old.himalmag.com/component/content/article/3566-listening-to-faiz-is-a-subversive-act.html. dead.
  16. News: When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra. Media. Naya Daur. 2019-09-04. Medium. en. 2020-01-02.
  17. News: The story of Faiz's Hum Dekhenge — from Pakistan to India, over 40 years. 2019-12-27. The Indian Express. en-US. 2019-12-27.
  18. News: Maheen Sabeeh . 24 July 2018 . Coke Studio 11 announces itself with 'Hum Dekhenge' . . 29 July 2018.
  19. Kumkum Chadha, The Kashmir Files: Pedalling a half truth, Tehelka, 1 April 2022.
  20. News: If mullahs usurp anti-imperialism should the secular fight be given up?. Naqvi. Jawed. 2008-12-15. DAWN.COM. en. 2020-01-01.
  21. News: DAWN - Features; November 22, 2007. 2007-11-22. DAWN.COM. en. 2020-01-01.
  22. News: How these poems have defined anti-CAA protests. The Week. en. 2019-12-23.
  23. News: Who's afraid of a song?. The Indian Express. en. 2020-01-03.
  24. News: IIT Kanpur panel to decide if Faiz poem is anti-Hindu. Service. Tribune News. Tribuneindia News Service. en. 2020-01-02.
  25. News: IIT Kanpur students respond to professor who accused them of chanting anti-India slogans.
  26. News: Don't communalise the peaceful gathering at IIT Kanpur. 21 December 2019. Vox Populi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221165542/http://voxiitk.com/dont-communalise-the-peaceful-gathering-at-iit-kanpur/. 21 December 2019.

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