हम देखेंगे

ham dekheNge

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हम देखेंगे

We Will See

हम देखेंगे

We Will See

लाज़िम है कि हम भी देखेंगे

वह दिन कि जिस का वादा है

जो लौह-ए-अज़ल में लिखा है

It is certain that we too will see

that day of which there is a promise

that has been written in the tablets of eternity

जब ज़ुल्म-ओ-सितम के कोह-ए-गिराँ

रूई की तरह उड़ जाएँगे

हम महकूमों के पाँव तले

जब धरती धड़ धड़ धड़केगी

और अहल-ए-हकम के सर ऊपर

जब बिजली कड़ कड़ कड़केगी

When the heavy mountains of tyranny and oppression

will blow away like cotton

under the feet of ours, the oppressed.

When the earth will pulsate with a constant thud

and, on the heads of the rulers,

when lightning will relentlessly thunder

जब अर्ज़-ए-ख़ुदा के काबे से

सब बुत उठवाए जाएँगे

हम अहल-ए-सफ़ा मरदूद-ए-हरम

मसनद पे बिठाए जाएँगे

सब ताज उछाले जाएँगे

सब तख़्त गिराए जाएँगे

From the Kaaba of God's land

all idols will be taken out

when the pure people, (which had been) barred from the sanctuary

will be seated on an exalted cushion

Crowns will be tossed up

Thrones will be brought down

बस नाम रहेगा अल्लाह का

जो ग़ाएब भी है हाज़िर भी

जो मंज़र भी है नाज़िर भी

उठेगा अनल-हक़ का नारा

जो मैं भी हूँ और तुम भी हो

और राज करेगी ख़ल्क़-ए-ख़ुदा

जो मैं भी हूँ और तुम भी हो

Only the name of God will remain

who is unseen yet present

who is both the spectacle and the spectator

A cry of "I am the truth" will rise

which is I, and you as well

And then, God's creatures will rule,

which is I and you as well.

About this song

Singer: Iqbal Bano
Lyrics: Faiz Ahmad Faiz

ham dekheNge (Hindi: हम देखेंगे, Urdu: ہم دیکھیں گے), "We Shall See", is a poem or "nazm" written by the poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.

The poem skillfully uses Islamic terminology and imagery to protest against oppressive regimes. Faiz was a political activist and a committed communist, and his work was banned in Pakistan during the de facto military regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. This government was marked by the adoption of strict Islamizing measures in Pakistan as a means of enforced cohesion and control.

One of the most famous interpretations of this poem (and the musical rendition that popularized it) was by the Indo-Pakistani singer Iqbal Bano, who performed it in 1986 in front of a large crowd. At the time, Faiz was in exile and his poems were banned in Pakistan by Zia's order. In an even greater act of defiance, Ms. Bano performed wearing a sari, an outfit that had also been banned by Zia for being considered "Indian". Zia ordered the destruction of all recordings of her performance, but without success. Since then, the poem has been used across India and Pakistan as a general anthem of protest, hope, social change, and even patriotism.

Although the poem is popularly known as ham dekheNge, its real title is wa yabqaa wajhu rabbika, an Arabic phrase meaning “And the face of your Lord shall remain.”