By Faiz Ahmed Faiz
'faiz' thi
ham jahan aae
ham jahan aae
“Faiz, the road in its entirety was itself the destination — wherever we reached, we arrived having succeeded.”
Romanहिन्दीFaiz Ahmed Faiz
फ़ैज़ थी
हम जहाँ पहुँचे आए
हम जहाँ पहुँचे आए
The verse in Devanagari — it carries the authenticity of the original, and every Hindi reader can read it.
♪ Hear the coupletA recitation in a synthesized voice.
The Interpretation
The couplet dissolves the usual gap between road and destination — the entire journey was itself the goal. The consequence is liberating: wherever the traveller stopped, he had already arrived successful. It reframes success as something carried along the way rather than waited for at the end.
For You, Today
Stop measuring your life by a finish line — if the road itself is the destination, you are already arriving everywhere you go.
A signature maqta in which Faiz turns the whole journey into the achievement, leaving no failed stop possible.
Themes:AspirationWisdom
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